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Peel police board approves 9.9 per cent budget hike, one year after passing an unprecedented $144M spending increase
Residents and local leaders in Mississauga are again raising affordability concerns over property taxes as Peel Police Services budget hike goes to Council
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This Port Dover golf course could be yours for a song in tax sale
While tax sales for unpaid property taxes can be an opportunity to purchase a property far below market value, it’s also buyer beware for budding barons
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Canada’s tax agency may be the key to driving dangerous truck operators off Peel's roads
The Canada Revenue Agency could solve the dangerous trucking problem in Peel Region overnight if it enforced laws for contractors and underground economies
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Facing wage pressures, YRP requests double-digit budget hike
A proposed York Regional Police budget hike would account for most of the overall tax levy in one of the lowest municipal property tax regions in Ontario
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New Brunswick: Province says no extra money to compensate for property tax freeze
Property tax freeze compensation and tax credits were the main issues of discussion at the annual conference of the Union of New Brunswick Municipalities
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Feds, BC are shifting LNG risks to public purse, report claims
Taxpayers will be on the hook for expansion of LNG fuel infrastructure projects on West Coast as Ottawa and BC weaken commitment to polluter pays principle
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Management
Trump renews push to end quarterly reporting — here’s what that would mean
Accounting Professor Douglas A. Stuart says reporting frequency has been studied for decades; the scientific evidence behind frequency is not cut-and-dried
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Niagara council rejects bid for $40M taxpayer incentive to fund luxury homes
Niagara Regional Council decision to reject a maneuver to avoid defeat of $40 million developer incentive called a victory for taxpayers outside of Welland
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Thought Leaders
Staying the course toward sound public finances
The absence of a federal budget underscores the importance of returning to fiscal consistency, says Université de Sherbooke taxation professor Luc Godbout
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Ford and Smith divided over Trump response at premiers’ summit
An electricity export tax is a the centre of a disagreement between premiers Doug Ford and Danielle Smith as to how best to respond to Trump tariff threats
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Alberta: Unpaid taxes leave municipal districts in financial pickle
In Alberta, municipalities can no longer pay for joint healthcare and social services, because Smith government lets oil and gas companies off the tax hook
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New Brunswick: 'Change is needed' – Consultations begin on province's high property taxes
The new Liberal provincial government has frozen property taxes as it follows through with a campaign promise of tax reform currently in the discovery phase
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