Showing posts with label taxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxes. Show all posts
Thursday, 20 November 2025

How Thunder Bay Wastes Both Taxpayer Money and Urban Core Development Opportunities

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  The City of Thunder Bay is engaged in budget season and striving to keep its total tax levy increase to 2.6 percent .   ...
Monday, 11 September 2023

Thunder Bay's Municipal Budget Woes

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  Well, Thunder Bay’s municipal budget opera season is now in full swing with assorted fiscal choruses and arias being pla...
Friday, 20 January 2023

Municipal Property Taxes and Water Rates in Ontario: A Comparison

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  As we continue to journey through  the 2023 municipal budget year, it is time to update some of the property tax and wat...
Friday, 13 January 2023

Municipal Employment in Thunder Bay: An Analysis

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  The last post presented an overview of what for lack of a better term can best be described as higher tier municipal em...
Sunday, 9 January 2022

Thunder Bay: The Challenges Ahead in 2022

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  The start of a new year is always a time for reflection on the past and a looking ahead to the future.   During a pandem...
Friday, 17 September 2021

Is a Tax Revenue Bonanza Coming to Thunder Bay?

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  Things have been relatively quiet of late at Thunder Bay City Council all things considered.   Indeed, for the most part...
Monday, 7 June 2021

Thunder Bay City Council Swimming In Cash - Again.

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  Well, after a break of a few weeks, Thunder Bay City Council will be back in session this evening and the agenda is long...
Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Thunder Bay's Tax Crisis

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As expected, Monday evening’s City Council Meeting was a long one wrapping up at 3am and as predicted the Turf facility is going forward i...
Saturday, 8 August 2020

Higher Taxes AND Higher Debt: Municipal Finances in Thunder Bay

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Thunder Bay’s per capita municipal debt rose from $1,618 in 2015 to $1,839 in 2018 – an increase of 14 percent.   Over the same period, i...