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Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Financial Advice

and culture /  / Work with federal and provincial governments to negotiate a percentage of HST be directed to City, a percentage of liquor tax be directed to municipal social services and a percentage of  gas tax - to fund public transportation and address traffic congestion issues

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prioritize basic needs and services that create revenue.  tolls for entering the city by highway during rush hour.

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The City of Toronto Act allows the city to bring in new sources of revenue - for example, the vehicle registration levy. My family are car owners and we support the vehicle registration levy, as it was a small way for those who use the public roads in Toronto to contribute to their maintenance and upkeep. 

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lottery, grants, donations, corporate funding, volunteers, sales to raise funds, do more for less, prioritize, efficiencies, forensic look at costs, casino, road tolls, increase parking costs, fundraisers like concerts, 

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Look at fees that will also achieve other desirable goals -- for example, some sort of road pricing, parking surcharges, etc. would also have the benefit of reducing traffic.

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Congestion tax on cars in the downtown core. /  / City employee salary cap for the top 10% of city employees. /  / Pollution taxes on large vehicles, both commercial and private.  /  / Legalize, regulate and tax prostitution.

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Very important to improve services that have become quite poor (for example, fixing potholes), and maintain services that are very good (for example, the great people in the building permits department, the 311 service).  TAXES MUST GO UP -- this idea that they shouldn't is just wrong, and it leads to a very unhappy, disorganized, and chaotic city.

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Fees on road use (tolls) coming into the city, polluters and a small gas tax that goes to the city.

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Road tolls. / Carbon taxes. / Increase parking permit rates.

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The city should reinstate the vehicle tax, and tax overuse of water. It should also levy fees on houses and buildings that are not energy efficient, and on houses and buildings in low-density areas that use more than their fair share of resources. Adding tolls to heavily travelled roads and for driving inside the city centre would provide revenue to combat the air pollution caused by driving, and recoup money spent on providing services to commuters who reside and pay taxes outside of Toronto, but use city services, thereby costing the city money. Decreasing the police budget would also save some money.

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there is talk of waste....... we are a rich city and need to get creative.  Fees for new construction need to be raised to reflect the actual cost of upgrading services (roads, power etc.) so the developer pays for these services and the city does not subsidize  them

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Bring back the vehicle registration tax, add tolls to DVP, Allen, Gardiner for non-T.O.

registered vehicles.

99.      

Cut back reckless pay increases to the Police. SHAME ON YOU. Invest in bicycles to help road congestion and improve air quality. Increases taxes for the highest pay