Tag: Property taxes
Bruce County offering $100K to help residents build income rental on property
Bruce County is offering up to $50,000 in financial assistance to homeowners who want to build an Additional Residential Unit (ARU) on their property and offer it as an affordable rental. The county is putting up a total of $100,000 for its pilot ARU program, with applicants able to access a maximum of $50,000. An […]
SIMS: If London isn’t Ontario’s capital for taxpayer frustration, it should be
I did a quick review of the slick Power-Point presentation made for London police that we taxpayers paid for to help persuade taxpayers to pay a lot more taxes. It sure is pretty. Part of an overall communication package called âA Safer City,â there are lots of colourful graphs, fancy typeset and dire warnings that […]
Letters to the Editor: September 19, 2024
Costs keep rising Regarding the article Jays jaunt cost $38K (Sept. 13) I am appalled by the lavish $38,500 field trip for top brass at Thames Valley District school board as classroom teachers and support staff struggle with the fallout of a $7.6-million deficit. The paid leave for director of education Mark Fisher is even […]
A Southwestern Ontario city wants more land. A nearby town is pushing back
Norwich Township council is proposing a boundary change that would give Woodstock a fraction of the nearly 400 hectares of land it seeks.
Politicians propose spending $3M to make tiny dent in looming tax hikes
Two city politicians want their colleagues to pull $3 million from municipal savings to slightly reduce the relatively large tax increases that will hit Londoners over the next three years.