Toronto might be getting a rain tax - but it’s not as wild as you think
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- Опубліковано 24 бер 2024
- Sid and Tammie talk about the possible rain tax that might be introduced in Toronto.
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There’s no version of taxing people for rain that isn’t wild and dystopian
They got a commie mayor. What else can you expect?
Legacy media defending a rain tax...
Because they ( media) will get bailed out by tax money
After collecting carbon tax, they can also collect tax on breathing, pooping and farting. Still think the tax is not high enough, they want to harvest taxpayers
Rain tax? Sounds like they don’t want anyone to own land and property now. Is something else brewing?! Hmmm…
You will own nothing and be happy.
She will use the rain tax and donate to ukraine so zelesnky can buy his wife more gucci bags
WEF said it you will own nothing and be happy and who is part of WEF Trudeau and Freeland
The city needs this money desperately. Those racist roads aren't going to rename themselves! 🤣
The racist roads will cost millions to rebrand !!!! But Canadians have lots of extra cash for this !!!!
Leave it to the mainstream to tell us how great this new tax is going to be for Canadians.
Tax me harder daddy
How about stop giving money to Ukraine and fix our country instead?
Fuckin' A
no, you need to give money to Ukraine but manage our own budget better
It is exactly as wild as you think, and this is the state of this dystopian nightmare we know as Canada.
What about just cutting back on perks that politicians get? Go into your own pockets instead of the hard working class.
Fun fact: Olivia Chow got herself a pay raise a month after she was in office
If our present taxes do not cover sewers what do they cover? Toronto's city planner makes over $350000 tax dollars a year, you know the guy who does not include water and sewer infrastructure in city planning! Maybe he deserves a pay cut instead of tax payers taking another pay cut! It is appalling that our government officials are all increasing their wealth while the average Canadian is being taxed into poverty! And the BT reporters support this!!!! Must be nice to be making the same kind of money politicians do! FU BT for supporting tyranny!!!! Rain tax is another example of taxation without representation!!!!!
What are you guys smoking for breakfast? Property taxes have already been increased, there’s a carbon tax, and now you’re defending a rain tax?? Gtfo
Before the elections I meet some Philippino lady. She said I vote for Olivia and I said why? Don't you pay enough taxes? Don't you want to have money to give it to your family?
You chose her now you pay for it !!
The TTC is losing 124 million on fare evasion. I'm sure people have money for rain tax... Toronto will soon be a barren wasteland similar to Detroit.
If the TTC would take away the "honor system" then fare evasion wouldn't happen so frequently. (I'm referring to, when a streetcar arrives at a transfer point, the driver allows those who have a transfer to enter by the back door. If you have to pay, you enter by the front. Lots of people who haven't paid would sneak in the back.) Then there are people who jump the turnstiles. But people who own property normally don't do that. Then there was the group who were making counterfeit tokens. Is that still happening?
Your disillusion has no limits. TTC is a mafia, they don't deserve fair pay.
Besides, where exactly they're taking their statistics from? Crack of their butt?😂
When's gonna be breath tax introduced ?
That's the carbon tax!!! We are carbon based life forms, so the carbon tax is essentially a tax for being alive and breathing. 😢
They'll eventually tax you for farting,
shitting, coughing, sneezing, laughing, talking, breathing, f-ing, eating, sleeping, walking, cycling, canoeing, snowshoeing, ETC. ETC. ETC.
Maybe stop spending money on free injections sites and you can fix our sewage infrastructure
Can't you see the government I'd led by foreign influence... and those hidden powers that influence our government see us as their enemy?
They're literally trying to bankrupt and starve us to death.
So basically, after misusing other taxes and not doing there jobs with up keep, keeping up with infrastructure they want to penalized property owners. Call it the double land tax for governmental incompetence.
Right on the money.
Can we get a tax for all the BS that comes out of Sid’s mouth. He is terrible.
London Ontario has had a storm sewer surcharge for years. We still get flooded streets and basements.
So much for having a socialist mayor. Again BT states Toronto "needs the money" which is not completely true. They need better government.
The “ Has the cities growing new infrastructure is needed” Excuse always gets me
Wait a minute, if the city is growing doesn’t that mean there’s more people paying the existing taxes?
Shouldn’t it all balance out, providing the governments not wasting money on stupid things?
Stop sending all our money to other countries and problem solved
It’s exactly as wild as you think.
Sid wishes he was elite
Sid is a shill.
setting black folks back years with this one good job Tammie !
Just like the carbon tax - it’ll be taxed, just not gonna be used for its intended use
Heehee...I lived in Toronto/Mississauga for 25 years...retire ..my wife and I moved west of KW. I hate the GTA, too "dark" and too foreign, it's certainly not Toronto as I remembered, but what I really find I do not miss...there is so much...but the taxes. Rain tax...anywhere in the world it would be dystopian (or if you prefer Liberal), but ...well it's Toronto and it kind of ...no makes perfect sense. Quickly becoming a failing city, the "Chow" will tax whatever moves..she is so left ...even Justin admires her...and we all know he only admires himself. Once a shining light of Canadian greatness 30 years ago...the decline a Toronto has been sharp and fast. Remember the business exodus from Montreal due to complete idiocy back in 1970s to Toronto? Go west young man...Calgary, Edmonton is going to eat your lunch Toronto, and the sad thing is you did it to yourself. NO Vancouver, stop licking your chops...you make Toronto look like a picture of common sense.
Damn. That's crazy! You get the government that you elected in the end! Glad I live in Alberta!
Sewer tax separate from the charge on the water bill? I in Hamilton already pay a sewer charge. If the tax is on top of that sewer charge, I say enough is enough. Politicians are wasting money on example Ellington line, etc.
What a crazy idea, infrastructure is part of your municipal taxes the fact that they are thinking about doing this just shows how horrible the government is at managing money. And the only hard decision they make is how to implement an other tax on the people. Just insane, this 2 individuals are dumb to think that this is ok.
Waterloo region is collecting storm water charges and every year the region increases by $7 or $8. Mine started at $7 and now it is $17. These cities are ridiculous and finding ways to collect more and more taxes instead of curbing their expenses.
How about using our existing taxes to actually take care of the cities they govern, instead of politicians using our tax $$$ as their get rich quick scheme
In otherwords, better management of the funds already collected
Will this money actually go to upgrading city drainage infrastructure? Where's the guarantee?
THIS is the biggest point.
They won't tell us how much other tax money goes to actually fixing anything, no accountability.
The money is going to go to more and more services for deadbeats. Better make it easy for them to vote!
how is this even a thing? Is the air we breathe going to be taxed next? Canada is unhinged!!
I will never vote for the liberal, ndp party tax tax tax, 😢🇨🇦 I'm north ontario.
Looks like the Toronto real estate market is gonna open up
This is bs. So anytime there's a new project they'll create a new tax. We need to do better.
This lady said "Toronto does need the revenue" but if they were more responsible in spending the billions they collect, they wouldn't "need the additional revenue". They could start by stopping the waste on those stupid bike lanes that only increase congestion or painting street lanes "liberal red" for transit use identification (apparently bus drivers wouldn't know where to drive otherwise) or changing the name of Dundas Street... just a few suggestions.
I am waiting for sleeping and waking up tax
...how a breathing tax?
@@YammoYammamoto 😆 🤣 sounds good 👍
"We didn't maintain or budget properly for infrastructure improvement over the years ('cos we were busy spending it on social justice projects and political agenda items) so now we're going to invent a silly tax that you will have to pay so we can continue to mismanage taxpayer funds."
Not as wild? Joking right? Storm water is included in current taxes. If not, what are the taxes going towards?! Infrastructure gets worse, social problems are made worse with taxes.... what is the point of any of this?
Communism.
Ffs you canadians have zero spines youll do whatever you are told .. then apologise
"It's normal to have tax on rain"...
So the tax payer needs to pay for the government not doing their job...the solution for everything is create a tax...
How bout cut your salary and waste and do your damn job... 😂😂😂
Even thought of rain tax just sounds wild in itself.
This is ridiculous storm water in Mississauga is charged
On the use of water on a meter…this charge of 75% is added to your
Water bill every month.
It is crazy….
My town implemented rain tax to “get money” from University which pays no property tax by law. $4 a month for 1/4 acre added to water bill. Still several property tax increases to hire new employees. Now looking at 30% property tax increase to pay for wages and benefits. Taxes on rental properties proposed but threatened by lawfare by landlords even though other municipalities have them. Head tax on students opposed by University. Both need to get state approval. Doubtful. Revenue never ending appetite.
Rain Tax slang is originally coming from "adventures of the Little Onion boy" by Gianni Rodari. There was a Lord Tomato who introduced tax for rain, snow, wind,etc...🤗
If you try to claim for flood damage they’ll say it’s an act of god , so get the money off him!.
How about we start with having open tendering for contract work in the city? That is the first major step to saving money.
I have seen the City of Toronto proposal and taken their survey. There is NOTHING in it that says each homeowner will be taxed according to the amount of paving square footage. It is a flat tax per square footage of what you own, in a few broad bands - they don’t care that I have 4% paving (for my half of a right of way) or that the monster house opposite me, on smaller footprint, has 85% paved. I would pay the same as they. The larger homes however, the millionaires, will get a rebate ... paid for by us, the little old ladies who don’t have three cars in the driveway, just city trees that tear up the sidewalk and ruin our 100 year old plumbing. I mean the house’s plumbing ;) This is on top of the 10% general property tax increase. DISGUSTING! Please have me on your programme to explain this
Rain tax: exist
Ppl in Metro Vancouver: 👁️ _ 👁️
This is insane,what are the taxes for that you are already paying for? lmfao
Is that what our current taxes are for? Will they ever have enough money to fully restore the drain systems?
If they can't run the city with property taxes then they need to look at other avenues of income. Stop these extra fees or taxes
Bro what the hell is wrong with Canada.
I have come to hate my once beloved country of Canada!
Because housing affordability is so good right now I imagine this will have little effect on the average Torontonian.
If Toronto needs more revenue, Toronto could tolling roads on all major routes. Toronto could also get more revenue in the sale of people homes. The city of Toronto could bring in a 2 % tax from the sale of your home if you decide to move for any reason.
Hopefully, Toronto can generate more revenue by bringing in municipal sales.
I've been trying to get a balanced explanation of this tax, one that doesn't come from the insane right who distort everything and make it seem like the end of the world... but there doesn't seem to be a good explanation for this tax. It's crap and hopefully doesn't see anything beyond what it is right now.
Thank the NDP mayor. The city has been saying ageing storm water system for over 10 years
People get the government they deserve and they deserve to get it good and hard.
It’s a sewer pipe infrastructure tax. I hate it but it is needed now that the systems are aging fast and crumbling underground.
They need the money to re-namimg all the streets all over toronto to a black/LGBT/Ukrainian positive names
Why don’t they just print more money and stop taxing people
Printing $ is a tax, it causes the price of everything to go up the more you print. You know why groceries cost an arm and a leg now?, because of all the $ they printed. Also, only the federal governmemt can do that, not the city.
Because it rains we have to pay tax. So stupid.
Can we saw off Toronto and push into Lake Ontario and gift it to N.Y. state? .."Here you go, it's your problem now" lol
“Not as wild as you think” is Trudeau paying you to say that?
I thought that the taxes we pay goes to taking care of infrastructure. Why aggravate eveyboby by rubbing it in their faces. I suspect that's the reason they are doing it this way. Keep adding more and more on the average person to depress them.
This is actually bs. Taxes and taxes but this one is actually really stupid
If the conservatives rolled out a tax like this Sid would be bashing the conservative rolling this out. We need to stop sending money to other countries and upgrade our own infrastructure.
Let's charge small businesses more so the big businesses can take over. Ppl can't afford to live but we'll add more taxes
Any new tax is a tax canadians do not need.
Insanity
I wonder how much Olivia Chow paid for this Ad.
Absolutely ridiculous! This is why working people and business pays taxes in the first place, it is to among other things maintain, fix, repair or rebuild infrastructure.
The next tax will likely be a Road Tax to repair and repave our broken and crumbling roads. It is not the fault of hard working Torontonians that previous irresponsible Administrations have kicked these problems down the road into the lap of the next Mayor or the one after that.
To all politicians I say "Get your house in order" , stop pissing away the Peoples money on your idiotic pet projects and lastly, a quote from my parents Generation..."LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS!".
You get what you vote for … enjoy
WTF is this?! Canada is becoming such a joke. The laughing stock of the world...
It always has been man, thanks for waking up
We need to fire 80 percent of public workers and let private businesses get back to competing and doing the same work as government contracts at a fraction of the cost.
So does with this city , so done with BreakfastTV. These hosts are out of touch with reality.
How about taxing air 😂
Coming up next: The Air Tax, and its not as wild as you think. - Breakfast Television.
(Soviet Anthem plays)
Its really funny they are sugarcoating it 😂😂😂 to improve ......
Authoritarian overreach.
Keep toronto great, love it
Everything is normal to these breakfast television folks. They are online “friends” aka woke
What the heck , rain tax
This is becoming a gong show , lol lol
I am willing to pay Fart Tax 🤬🤬🤬🤣🤣🤣🤬🤬🤬
Why don't we hire Chinese infrastructure company that only cost 1/3 of what the local company charges ?
you mean CCP?
KCUF THE MEDIA!!
Clear bias already in the first 50 seconds of this video. 😕
Everyone wants to tax. Look at Trudeau
What s next? Net 0 storm water by 2035?
Another sick WEF idea?
🤯
WTF is wrong with this news
what about that 8 billion given to ukraine??
....and the 10 million given to Omar katar
lol this country
Sid the the government simp.
Complete bullshit
Tax. Tax and more tax. Let follow the liberal government moto. Tax to poverty
Never thought I would applaud a leftist like Chow but, unlike Lustin' Justin, she understands that budgets DO NOT BALANCE themselves. Toronto has underfunded its growth for decades with one of the lowest mill rates in Ontario and no funding for handling stormwater. Chow's proposed increase in the mill rate and her 'rain tax' are just long overdue attempts to avoid Toronto using borrowed money to meet operating expenses, something that both Dougie and Lustin' could learn from. And as a point of interest, when CANADA'S GREATEST CANADIAN, Tommy Douglas introduced Medicare to Saskatchewan he actually balanced the budget first...