Penticton, B.C. is a gorgeous city of 33,000 people, nestled between the Okanagan and Skaha lakes and famed for its hot summers, beautiful beaches, rambunctious Peach Festival and several award-winning wineries.
Something extraordinary is happening in this south Okanagan community; something very few other Canadian cities can claim. It’s a modern day municipal miracle: property taxes have gone down. Penticton City Council reduced taxes by 0.5 per cent in 2011, froze them in 2012 and just voted for another freeze for 2013. The average $325,000 house has seen their taxes drop more than $100.
On this episode of Tax Talk, CTF B.C. Director Jordan Bateman chats with Oenticton Mayor Dan Ashton and CAO Annette Antoniak on how they are bucking the municipal tax increase trend.
Plus our Comment of the Cast, Waste of the Week (Transit Police, anyone?) and Stat of the Cast.
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Is Canada Off Track?
Canada has problems. You see them at gas station. You see them at the grocery store. You see them on your taxes.
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