City council wouldn’t budge off a three per cent property tax increase on Wednesday in approving the 2021 budget, despite calls to raise additional tax money to bolster social programs and freeze transit fares in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
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Council approves unusual 2021 budget, rejects calls for higher taxes to help social services, transit customers
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