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Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Financial Advice

rather than on an estimated value of the property that may have gone up faster than one's income. The Land Transfer Tax should be reinstated to reduce property tax increases.

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Road tolls & congestion charges

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The city should charge for parking at all city schools. Currently teachers and staff are provided some level of free parking. This "free ride" should be stopped.

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Toll roads to charge those who drive on the roads with out a downtown city address. As more people drive in to work that have an outside address.

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Road tolls, donation options for under funded services for users that wish to enhance those city services. / Steeper fines.

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People coming into the city from other areas should pay for the infrastructure they use (i.e.. the Gardiner and DVP)

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Implement a toll charge for the DVP/404 into the city core from north of the city, and then another toll closer to the city, during peak hours during the week only - it should be a higher toll for one person per vehicle, and no toll for three or more persons per vehicle.  This will not only lessen and discourage needless traffic/drivers into the city core by daily office commuters (who should either take the train or car-pool), it will provide some city money to offset the cost of other services.  I frequently need to drive into the city for my business activities, but would happily pay a toll if it meant that there was less traffic on the roads because people were rethinking their driving habits due to a road toll.

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To spend more money does not necessarily mean better service.  Personally, I believe that some restructuring could save costs that's what BMW Canada Inc does for instance.  It's based on the principle that people get complacent when they have been in a job for a period of time.  Personally, I have a major issue with policing and how it is governed.  I would like to see improvements while cutting costs.  In my opinion, that is possible.  In this respect as well as others, more cooks tend to spoil the porridge.  If indeed police officers have to account to too many agencies that causes dissatisfaction all around.  Whereas, improving in a humane, structured, antioppressive way with acceptance for law enforcement conduct as increasing trust and with mediation, e.g. police officer got injured - find her a "job" at a desk, show her/him that they are a valuable part of our community and so is a parking enforcement officer and a cleaning person.  Listen to all sides, that's maybe sometimes 3 or 4, of the story and than vote like we are doing now.  Even if this process fails, we have an awesome basis.   / I for one, as I am on welfare, be willing to give 0.1% = $0.713, so 72 cents monthly of my welfare to contribute to the fund raising of my city.  I would bed 5 cents that someone who makes $5,000 per month is willing to give $5.00 to contribute to the fund raising to maintain as much of our good services as we have.   / Lastly, I would like to propose an "effective" study, e.g. personally, for me 3-1-1 has lead to some misinformation not because of the attendant's fault, but I probably did not explain it right.  Therefore, I "wasted" her and my time.  Is it effective? Perhaps not.  It does not hurt, in my own personal