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<DIV>Ottawa City Council passed a resolution asking FCM or Association of
Municipalities of Ontario (I don't remember which) to look into the advisability
of municipal income tax. The roadblock is that no one on Council took the
initiative to see to it that the resolution was shared with the other Ontario
municipalities, and so it appears to have died.</DIV>
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<A title=linda_lalonde_ottawa@yahoo.com
href="mailto:linda_lalonde_ottawa@yahoo.com">Linda Lalonde</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=homeles_ot-l@list.web.net
href="mailto:homeles_ot-l@list.web.net">homeles_ot-l@list.web.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:16
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [homeles_ot-l] The State of
Canada’s Cities and Communities 2012 - Report from Fed'n of Cdn
Municipalities</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi folks,</DIV>
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<DIV>This report from the FCM covers the reasons that cities need
to have a better revenue system than the static and
non-progressive one offered through property taxes.</DIV>
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<DIV>Linda.</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://fcm.ca/documents/reports/The_State_of_Canadas_Cities_and_Communities_2012_EN.pdf"
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<DIV>"Canada’s cities have come a long way from a $125-million
federal investment in 2003, to the $4.75 billion of 2010. The
economic importance of cities and communities is clearly being
recognized. Recent events suggest that the tide has turned in
favour of municipalities. During the recent economic crisis, the
federal government called upon municipalities to implement its
stimulus plan. Together, federal and municipal governments began
repairing and rebuilding Canada’s aging infrastructure, creating
tens of thousands of jobs in the process.</DIV>
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<DIV>Saying we’ve come a long way implies that we had a long way
to come—and we did. We had to overcome a decade of neglect and
underfunding that had undermined Canada’s competitiveness and
quality of life. </DIV>
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<DIV>Unfortunately, much of the way forward is uphill. Canada’s
tax system takes too much from our communities, and puts too
little back. Without access to revenues that grow with the
economy, and without long-term investment from other levels of
government, municipalities continue to face a gap between their
responsibilities and their ability to
pay."</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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