David Miller the Mayor of the city of Toronto is ready to get tough with the people that live in Toronto.
In the beginning of this year the province of Ontario gave a gift to this city, which is called The City Of Toronto Act, which means that the city can charge extra taxes on services that the people already pay for.
The first tax grab that he tried to pass was putting and extra two percent tax on land transfer which the province also charges which in effect doubles the amount on what people have to pay if they buy property in Toronto and since the average price for a house is three hundred thousand dollars that is a big chunk of change.
He also wanted to add an extra tax on vehicle registration doubling that cost as well.
They had a vote on this highly controversial tax in the beginning of the week and was deferred by one vote until after the provincial elections this fall.
Mayor Miller was going to spend four million dollars on his office and another six million dollars to beautify city hall and he had to cancel his plans and he is angry.
On 640News I heard that the commissioner of the Toronto Transit Commission wants to shut down part of the subway system and dramatically decrease bus services to make the people suffer so they pressure their councilors to vote for this user pay taxes.
This Mayor is not ready to roll up his sleeves and help fix the problems like he promised all he did was to support a raise in his wages by forty percent in the beginning of the year.
Mel Lastman the previous mayor would have handled this crisis differently and would have brought the communities together but this mayor just cries and threatens.
The sad part about this is, we are stuck with him for another four years.
In the beginning of this year the province of Ontario gave a gift to this city, which is called The City Of Toronto Act, which means that the city can charge extra taxes on services that the people already pay for.
The first tax grab that he tried to pass was putting and extra two percent tax on land transfer which the province also charges which in effect doubles the amount on what people have to pay if they buy property in Toronto and since the average price for a house is three hundred thousand dollars that is a big chunk of change.
He also wanted to add an extra tax on vehicle registration doubling that cost as well.
They had a vote on this highly controversial tax in the beginning of the week and was deferred by one vote until after the provincial elections this fall.
Mayor Miller was going to spend four million dollars on his office and another six million dollars to beautify city hall and he had to cancel his plans and he is angry.
On 640News I heard that the commissioner of the Toronto Transit Commission wants to shut down part of the subway system and dramatically decrease bus services to make the people suffer so they pressure their councilors to vote for this user pay taxes.
This Mayor is not ready to roll up his sleeves and help fix the problems like he promised all he did was to support a raise in his wages by forty percent in the beginning of the year.
Mel Lastman the previous mayor would have handled this crisis differently and would have brought the communities together but this mayor just cries and threatens.
The sad part about this is, we are stuck with him for another four years.
