Watch your wallets: Property taxes on the rise in many Montreal suburbs
He says bills should be based on the quality and quantity of public services provided by the agglomeration council to suburban cities and towns and not based on the valuations of properties, as it is currently calculated.“All de-merged municipalities are being heavily penalized,” he said.
“It just goes to show the way that the bill is calculated now is not right,” Masella told Global News.
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