The Illusion & The Reality
a former real estate broker with interests in real estate, property assessment. property taxation, municipal provincial and federal politics,
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2026
There are those who feel taxes that benefit society as a whole, like education and other regional services that benefit society in general, should come entirely from income tax not property tax. Today we examine the historical trajectory of taxation from its origins in the physical labor of the ...
03/08/2026
Supporters of market value assessment believe that the value of your home is a fair way to measure your ability to pay. The Fair Tax Commissions report of the Property Tax Working Group, who had a one-time access to income information at the household level, concluded that this was random at bes...
03/08/2026
