some of what Mr. Fraser had to say Frank X. Fraser, Canso, N.S. The towns will always be urban units and the rurals always rural with distinctive differences. It is a myth that the designated annexing unit will treat its new municipal family members as economic and political equals. Not so, if the Canso scenario is a model for the Hantsport and Springhill files. It is understandable that citizens of a dissolving town will expect to receive the same tax rates as existing residential and commercial citizens in the new unit plus area rates for services not received for others. However, the receiving council, at its own discretion, may become creative and add a new rate to bring the total tax payable equal to or exceeding what citizens paid under its own town incorporation. Apparently, as is the case of Canso, this new rate is not appealable. The new unit may also offer for sale many of the former towns public buildings and other infrastructure, and, with no offers or interest, may order them demolished. Greater still is the fact that the political voice of the dissolved town will become muted.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:17:44 +0000
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