Municipalities warn of property tax increases because of Ontario housing bill

Planning staff at local governments, including Markham, Mississauga and Toronto, have lambasted the Ford government’s Bill 23 for the crippling financial impacts it could have on local governments. Colin D’Mello reports.

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