‘Ontario’ Archives
Canada Taxes Up Fraser Institute
Image via Wikipedia The Fraser Institute Canadian Consumer Tax Index indicates 41.7% of average family's income is now going towards taxes. In 1981, the figure was 40.8% and 1961 it was 33.5%, the latter was the first compiled figure by Fraser Institute. Has anyone noticed an improvement in services that are offered in return? Related [...]
2010 Toronto Road Tolls – Congestion Tax
We have been hearing about an increase in parking taxes and now there is a lot of discussion around introducing road tolls. Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion suggests the new revenue source is necessary to fund the expansion in public transit across GTA. This is a solution to partially address structural funding shortfall. We have a lot to [...]
Toronto Transit Budget Gap
Image by Allan Rostron via Flickr The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates 3rd busiest transit system in North America. Ridership 280M per year Annual Operating budget 1.4B Employees 11,861 This would make the cost per ride about $5. If you compared this against New York Public Transportation [...]
Ontario’s New 13% Harmonized Sales Tax – What It Will Mean To You
Next summer (2010) the Ontario Government is set to put into force its new harmonized GST/PST sales tax which will apply a 13% sales tax to everything we purchase. Things That Were Not Subject To The Current 8% PST Will Be Now Taxed As a result, things that were not previously taxed under the current Ontario Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will be [...]
The City of Toronto Cut Budget
The city of Toronto aims to cut 10% or $343 M from its operating budget over the next couple of years. Thank goodness we have a law in place that doesn't allow Toronto and other municipalities to run in red otherwise we would be in no better shape than Ontario province which has a record deficit of $24.7 B. The estimated fiscal shortfall [...]
Be a Proud Torontonian
Toronto has the third largest English theater center in the world, behind New York and London. Toronto's public transit system is second largest in North America. 25% of all Hollywood filming is done here in Toronto, making Toronto third largest movie and TV production center in North America. Caribana parade is the largest Caribbean [...]
2009-2012 Toronto Bike Plan and Cycling impact in City of Toronto
Image via WikipediaToronto Bike Plan to be completed by 2012. The plan is to have 1,000 km bike way Network, consisting of three bikeway types: Bicycle lanes; shared roadway routes; and off-road paths. The Bike network is currently 395 km and it is managed by Transportation Services with a 5 Year Capital Plan of $69 M. (more...)
Lets close some pools so we can build a library ..
Brentwood Branch Renovation and Expansion This project includes a partial demolition/reconstruction, renovation and expansion (3,885 sq. ft.) of this 52 year old building, which will result in approximately 17,500 sq. ft. of floor space for the branch to respond to the needs of existing and increased population from major residential development [...]
