In today’s editorial, I condemn the effort to change Halifax’s taxation system from a assessment-based property tax to a fee-for-service based system. I quote three economists in the editorial, but for space reasons I was unable to provide supporting documentation that two of the economists had given me. I’ll do so here. First, Lars Osberg […]
Mathieu Dufour
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Tax Reform Committee’s shoddy work
Halifax council was scheduled Tuesday to discuss “tax reform,” which is the attempt on some councillors’ part to switch from the time-honoured system of assessment-based property taxes to a “service-based” system that would charge residents receiving similar city services the same fee, regardless of the value of the property being serviced. Specifically, the Tax Reform […]