Do you want your home to have a higher value?

Maybe one should not give an opinion. There is always someone (or a number of someones) who think that you are a secret agent of the "taxman" (first cousin of the "Antichrist"). Rightly or wrongly (and for some - sadly) their homes have gained value in the eyes of those others who would wish to own homes such as these that we own. Instead of saying, "gosh, am I (we) not fortunate to have had the foresight (or "accidental ability") to have acquired this home BEFORE the growth spurt" some complain that the Province has "tumbled" to their inadvertent scheme to increase their overall wealth and has the temerity to suggest that they should pay a slightly higher level of property taxes. Property taxes that pay for the hospitals, the schools, the roads, the parks, the policing, the garbage and recycling collection (which we wholeheartedly endorse).

I have a sneaky suggestion for those who are being taken advantage in such a blatant way. Cease being a home owner in this municipality and let some other sucker take over this ridiculous and clearly unfair burden. That'll teach them and simultaneously relieve us of the burden.

Is the budget that the municipality has proposed on the part of the homeowner and resident of the municipality so ridiculous? Are there cheaper providers of the garbage services, the road builders, the street light erectors, the street curb makers etc, etc that these naive municipal employers and elected officials are purposefully ignoring? All that is being done is that a relative ranking order of attributed value of real estate is being proposed so that Fred who has a home valued at $768,200 is paying $8.35 per annum more that Jill whose home is valued at $767,050
....and, if you really think they have "got it wrong" you have (at the time of writing) approximately 4 days 14 hours and 27 minutes to appeal that injustice !