I don’t begrudge the Toronto Police for demanding and getting a raise – we should all be so lucky in this low inflation environment – but something has to give financially in Toronto. You can’t be handing out 3% or 5% salary increases when the only way to raise more revenue to cover these cost hikes is higher property taxes. At what point do homeowners say “it’s one thing to pay for municipal services but enough is enough”? So far, homeowners have been complacent about property tax hikes – almost as if there is nothing they can do. But I’m hoping people who look at their bills and wonder why taxes keep going up, services keep declining and people who work for Toronto are getting higher raises than the rest of us.
