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Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Financial Advice

mandatory retirement of city staff at 65 / 6. reduce benefits for city staff / 7. reduce number of city Councillors / 8. increase tax revenue by helping  to convert abandoned / underused city buildings into residential areas and businesses. /  / The focus should be on increasing revenue, not use fees /  / 9. there should be different tax brackets for property taxes. for example if a house costs more than $500, 000 the property tax should be 10%. the wealthy should be taxed more relative to the poor.

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Combination of user fee increases in some areas such as parking, toll highways into the city, development permits, etc. and an increase in property taxes is warranted to ensure that we have a progressive and livable city.

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New taxation schemes such as a gas tax, vehicle registration tax, land transfer tax, toll roads. The city also needs to lobby the provincial government to give more money and restore at least some of what was lost under Premier Harris.

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The city should look at a road toll to raise money to invest in public transportation. It's time.

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When I compare with quality of life in other cities in Canada and Europe, toronto has fallen way behind in last 15 years. This is not an attractive city to live in - too many potholes, poor public transportation, poor auto-transportation, really low quality public recreation facilities. Living in Toronto, I feel like we are stuck in what we had 20 years ago; it's dismal!

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ROAD TOLLS

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resist privatization; it doesn't work! Spend the money you need to to create a vibrant, interesting place to visit (like Chicago, for example).  Invest in infrastructure and public spaces. Increase taxes if you must in order to do this. Bring back targeted user fees such as vehicle registration fee to fund road repairs etc.

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There are a number of programs and services that are also city assets (i.e. parking). Assets should be managed by the city in order to leverage revenue. Selling off or contracting out an asset will only create a greater budget shortfall.

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Look to innovative sources of funding that provide multiple returns by both raising funds and discouraging behaviour that has negative effects. For instance, congestion fees would raise money, reduce economic losses to traffic congestion, and improve air quality. Increase users fees on activities that have negative externalities (like driving or wasting water) and reduce user fees on activities that have positive externalities (like recreation centres).

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Thank you for asking for feedback. Always a healthy thing for citizens to see being done. / Please do not gut the library budgets--as the school libraries close, our children will all the more need the literacy professionals and the books/etc at the local libraries. Toronto can only benefit from the growth in literacy, especially among the disadvantaged. It can also grow financially through the many visits made to our special collections by people from around the world. That's Tourism! Growth in another way for the city. / And please, fix the roads and put up more signs so the Tourists can find their way to Toronto. 

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Charge property taxes for churches, and end the Sunday morning parking fee