Josh Matlow
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Torontonian | Community Advocate
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When you pay sales tax, your money goes up to Ottawa and Queen’s Park. I’m moving a motion for Toronto to finally receive a share of the HST, to invest in the services you rely on here in your city, every day. Please sign the petition: It’s budget season again in Toronto and the cracks are showing between the City’s revenue and the services that the City is expected to provide. For decades, provincial and federal governments have downloaded responsibilities to the City including roads, shelters, courts, daycare, public health and more. Today, approximately 27% of Toronto’s property tax revenue is spent funding extensions of federal and provincial responsibilities. But even as Toronto is told to take on more, the province prescribes what revenue tools are available to the City, and has restricted them almost exclusively to taxes on property. Toronto is one of Canada’s primary economic engines. The Toronto region generates 20% of the national GDP, 20% of Ontario’s jobs, and attracts more than 28 million annual visitors. This level of economic activity is enabled by the investments our city has made in social and civic infrastructure, including affordable housing, public health, roads and transit. We host people from across the country and around the world at events like Taylor Swift concerts, the World Series, and the FIFA games, which generates tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue for the provincial and federal governments. Meanwhile, the City shoulders the costs of additional policing, emergency services, transit, and crowd management that make these events possible. The math doesn’t work. Without any other source of revenue, municipalities have been forced to hike property taxes, cut vital services and delay critical infrastructure investments just to stay afloat. If Toronto is expected to continue driving national prosperity, it must be granted access to revenue tools that are predictable, reflect our investments, and grow with the economy. No more “new deals”. No more begging for one-time ad hoc program funding. It’s time for Toronto to have a fair share of the HST.
Josh Matlow23,419 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
Doug Ford made an announcement, but we have a plan. We have a Made-in-Toronto plan for our city’s waterfront - including a vibrant new neighbourhood in the Port Lands, affordable homes, several new remarkable parks and year-round vision for Exhibition Place. A plan that improves access to the islands, and supports both economic development, and the quality of life of residents from the Scarborough Bluffs to the Humber Bay Shores. It’s been years in the making, and so much of the plan is now becoming a reality. We can’t allow Doug Ford to screw it up. Please click here to send a letter to your elected representatives!
Josh Matlow11,532 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
Toronto will be hosting the FIFA World Cup in only a few months. Traffic is already bad, and it could get significantly worse for both visitors and residents if there isn’t a plan. I’m asking City Hall to focus now on ensuring people can get to where they need to go.
Josh Matlow24,001 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
Today, a report revealed that Doug Ford’s plan for a private spa at Ontario Place, and to rip the Science Centre out of Flemingdon Park, will lead to even more traffic chaos on Toronto’s waterfront. If Ford calls a snap election, let’s take a stand and fight for our city.
Josh Matlow48,285 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
We were able to drive the conversation during the election about ideas, and the investments needed to deliver the services we deserve. But our efforts were expensive & we still have bills to pay. I’d be grateful if you would assist in closing my campaign.
Josh Matlow48,212 görüntüleme • 3 yıl önce
Toronto council has approved our motion to take a stand for Ontario Place & our city’s waterfront! Now, it’s time for Doug Ford to tell Therme, a private Austrian spa company that misrepresented who they are and what they can do, that Ontario Place will be returned to the public.
Josh Matlow24,437 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
After 15 years of construction, the Eglinton LRT will finally open on Feb 8th. Transit expansion is the dream. But Metrolinx’s incompetence, delays, cost overruns and how communities & businesses were treated like collateral damage, was a nightmare that can never be repeated.
Josh Matlow11,988 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
When Toronto’s worst landlords neglect the health & safety of their tenants, it’s time to put a red Rentsafe sign in their window to hold them to account, warn prospective renters, and have the City take real enforcement action. Please sign our petition:
Josh Matlow11,824 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
Doug Ford says he knows how to get things done. But the Eglinton LRT has been delayed by years, is over budget and businesses & residents were treated like collateral damage. Join me in calling for a public inquiry to demand transparency, accountability & to get transit done.
Josh Matlow14,576 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce