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Methinks at least we may rest assured that Mr Higgs will be Happy Happy Happy that he will have more money to balance his budget with N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/03/property-taxes-going-up-for-179000-new.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/property-tax-going-up-1.5039511
Property taxes going up for 179,000 New Brunswickers
38 per cent of properties around the province will see increase
About 179,000 New Brunswick properties are getting tax increases starting today — but exactly where is a mystery.
Property tax bills began landing in mailboxes around the province Friday.
Although most landowners will not pay any more than last year, there are hints of pockets of tax increases in some areas — including several popular summer communities — that won't be fully revealed until next week.
Executive director of assessment Stephen Ward said Thursday the largest increases probably belong to newly built or renovated structures, not existing properties.
A comprehensive street-by-street list of where property values and taxes have jumped the most will not be released by Service New Brunswick until next week.
"When you see an [assessment] increase greater than 10 per cent, that's typically due to new construction — a new building , a new residential home, a new office structure," Ward told reporters.
But typically, property tax increases also hit in clusters where communities are growing, have recently been visited by assessors or have land that is in high demand.
Heads up
Last fall New Brunswick municipalities were given some information on where property values in their communities were headed. Based on those estimates, full-time and seasonal residents of several popular provincial vacation spots will want to check property tax bills closely as they begin arriving as early as today.
Saint Andrews in particular was told property values in the town were up $18.7 million this year (6.2 percent), more than double the provincial average of 2.5 percent.
That may be the result of significant new construction in the town, but may also hint at higher assessment and tax bills coming for average residents.
Moncton leads cities in assessment growth
Other popular summer communities with higher than average increases in property values this year include Lac Baker (5.5 percent), Cocagne (4.6 percent), Cap Pelé (4.2 percent) and Shediac (4.2 percent).
Among New Brunswick's larger communities, Moncton continues to lead in the growth of property values. It added a projected $309.7 million in assessed value this year (3.8 percent) bringing the total worth of all taxable property in the city to $8.37 billion.
That's $1.1 billion more than Fredericton and $1.4 billion more than Saint John.
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David Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise
Marc Martin
@David Amos
I am not surprised at all...He wanted to eliminate the double tax on property it was the only way to do it...Higgy and Austy are the best !!!
I am not surprised at all...He wanted to eliminate the double tax on property it was the only way to do it...Higgy and Austy are the best !!!
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David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks you must be off your meds N'esy Pas?
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David Amos
@Marc Martin Yea Right
John Pokiok
This is crazy officially my
assessment is now higher than what I can sell my house for easy money
grab.It just never ends here just got my bill today not happy.
David Amos
@John Pokiok Methinks at
least we may rest assured that Mr Higgs will be Happy Happy Happy that
he will have more money to balance his budget with N'esy Pas?
Roy Nicholl
@John Pokiok
Then get an appraisal or comparative analysis to demonstrate your assessment is over fair market and appeal between now and April.
Then get an appraisal or comparative analysis to demonstrate your assessment is over fair market and appeal between now and April.
Marc Bourque
wait till we have to pay taxes on the market value of our homes!! Give us a damm break!!
Ian Scott
@Marc Bourque Well those are
probably less than than the assessed values. I been saying it for
kingdom come that NB cities cannot continue to use property assessments
that are out of wack with market value to make money. Its the services
that need to be paid for so account for those just like the water/sewer
taxes. And do that after provincial and federal grants. Some cities in
Canada have million dollar plus homes with taxes lower than ours on 400K
homes. Waterfront vacation homes well you are on your own for those.
David Amos
@Ian Scott True
Marc Martin
And there ya go, the people
who wanted the second house taxing gone well its gonna be gone but poor
179 000 people will pay for it, the CoRservative way rich get richer and
the poor gets poorer.
Seamus O'hern
@Marc Martin ....wow, your boy had a better handle on it?...short memory, eh voila.
Shawn McShane
@Marc Martin I am sure they are still using the Liberal spy planes and agenda that started the tax grab.
Marc Martin
@Seamus O'hern
No short memory at all, but its the CoRservative way.
No short memory at all, but its the CoRservative way.
Marc Martin
@Shawn McShane
But why isn't your CoRserative leader removing them ? Your saying he does not need it right ? Oh by the way the Liberal did not initiate the current tax grab your leader Higgs did.
But why isn't your CoRserative leader removing them ? Your saying he does not need it right ? Oh by the way the Liberal did not initiate the current tax grab your leader Higgs did.
David Amos
@Seamus O'hern I have a long
memory and keep even better records Methinks what Mr Martin said to you
last evening was a rather telling thing about his character N'esy Pas?
Seamus O'hern
@David Amos ....aye....that code....."thoughtful and respectful conversation"...as per CBC NB values are concerned.
Colin Seeley
Eliminate Property Tax.
Replace it with equivalent Carbon Tax.
Replace it with equivalent Carbon Tax.
David Amos
@Colin Seeley Not funny
Ian Scott
One problem now is the cost
of building is so high that the finished products are almost in the 1%
of home values even though most of the surrounding areas are market
value less. So they will pay taxes but not be able to sell at the built
price. Renovation costs are huge . I have to laugh at some of the people
that want old homes kept etc. They have no idea of the reno costs. A
bathroom stretches into the 10K range to bring things up to modern. Its
almost an inversion compared to Toronto or Vancouver.
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David Amos
@Ian Scott True
David Amos
@Ian Scott Oh So True
Addie lingley
Every year they go up , so no
surprise here, we cannot afford to live, eat, pay taxes, pay cra, pay
utilities, almost no one now has a bank account because our great
politicians and governments want every last cent, we drive on the worst
roads ever, actual dangerous roads but we want more of your hard earned
money, is there anybody out there getting this or what!!!!
daryl doucette
@Addie lingley These
monstrous tax increases will allow the liberals to bring in thousands
more middle eastern and north African "refugees" ( read new liberal
voters) from the never ending war zones in the middle east and Africa.
Nice to see them living in new homes and looking well fed with their 8
to 10 children per family.....and we pay for that....
Seamus O'hern
@Addie lingley ...."NOPE" but
the BILLS have to be paid on NBer's backs....seems Brian and "his kind"
don't hear a thing....they can afford it now with the "non
games".....everybody in Atlantic Canada voted for the Liberals so ask
Truedoe...oh wait, he's busy. How about Clam man Dominic....oh
wait....he's still trying to get those "games" for you.....oh dear,
Sorry Addie....maybe Marc and his kind can help ya.
daryl doucette
@daryl doucette and, as a "
footnote"........are these middle eastern men ( mostly Syrians this time
) " vetted"? That is, have back round checks been done on these guys?
Apparently , according to the " Rebel Media" , under the " right to
information act" these men have NOT been checked....it seems the only
thing that counts is they have a bunch of children...??
Tim Biddiscombe
@Seamus O'hern Seamus .. Trudeau has nothing to do with property valuations in NB.
Tim Biddiscombe
@daryl doucette We didnt bring in any single Syrian men. We brought in families only. Try again.
Seamus O'hern
@Tim Biddiscombe ...duh...gee thanks...trudoe has nothing to do with the Atlantic too...except during election time.
David Amos
@Addie lingley I got it
Harold Benson
It is one beautiful province being squandered by politicians.
Tim Biddiscombe
@Harold Benson Of both parties..
Tim Biddiscombe
@Harold Benson And actually, there's nothing especially beautiful about NB..
Harold Benson
@Tim Biddiscombe Nope not since they cut all the woods down.
Shawn McShane
@Tim Biddiscombe Could be a beautiful awesome province again. The swamp of eternal stench set in. We need to drain the swamp.
David Amos
@Harold Benson YUP
As a Baby Boomer lucky enough to grow up here I should inform you that New Brunswick and its people were far more than merely beautiful. This place was chock full of joyful souls who had survived two world wars and a depression then raised many large happy families. The Trudeau the Elder became our Prime Minister. The ghosts of many folks who raised me would agree that the draft dodging Quebec lawyer was not worthy of shining R.B Bennett's shoes.
Methinks folks can make it be that way again if we manage to rid ourselves of the rampant public corruption that supports the greed of politicians,, the SANB and the Irving Clan to name but a few N'esy Pas?
Frank Campbell
The harder you work, the
harder you save, the harder you try to get ahead, the harder you work
to get or build a nicer house, the harder they punish you
(tax)..Property tax should be amt of money per square foot of land....
that's it....... Ask Irving how much they are paying on millions of
acres of land that are providing millions of $ profits.
Tim Biddiscombe
@Frank Campbell People with big rural lots would be quite upset with your proposal..
Shawn McShane
@Frank Campbell Ask Irving
how much they are paying on millions of acres of land that are providing
millions of $ profits to THEMSELVES for a fraction of what the rest
pay.
Fixed it for you.
Fixed it for you.
Harold Benson
@Frank Campbell OMG..you should see the amount of CLEARCUT here since fall. Ruined it.
Shawn McShane
@Harold Benson Expect more flooding except now its blamed on Climate Change.
David Amos
@Shawn McShane Expect your insurance rates to rise with the water
Shawn McShane
The biggest scam? If your
house is assessed for $150,000 and it sits on the market for 2 yrs and
you sell it for $120,000 the new owners HAVE TO PAY TAX ON the assessed
value of $150,000 and more when the assessed value by governmint makes
it go up every year after that. It never goes down if the market goes
down. The taxes only ever go up.
John Pokiok
@Shawn McShane I already have
gone through that in 2014 i have sold the house that was assessed at
252000 after almost year on the market I sold it for 215000 the guy I
sold it to is paying tax on it now assessed at 264000 he appeal it every
year since buying yet kept on going up, pure robbery.
David Amos
@John Pokiok The same thing just happened to me
Matt Steele
Tax , Tax , Tax , and more
Tax . It will get a lot worse before it gets better as N.B. has one of
the oldest populations in Canada , with a very low birth rate . Everyone
is leaving , and no one wants to move here other than retirees .
Welcome to N.B. ; Canada's " ONLY " officially bilingual province !
Shawn McShane
@Matt Steele The government
and employers are fixing that problem, they have joined forces to bring
in immigrants and retain them while they turn a blind eye to NBers
leaving because they can't afford to stay...in this place.
Mike McCormick
@Shawn McShane We obviously need immigrants.
Marc Martin
@Matt Steele
So when is Higgs going to lower taxes one : revenue, gaz, TPS ?? Oh wait he just brought up the taxes the CoRservative way...
So when is Higgs going to lower taxes one : revenue, gaz, TPS ?? Oh wait he just brought up the taxes the CoRservative way...
David Amos
@Matt Steele "Welcome to N.B. ; Canada's " ONLY " officially bilingual province !"
Methinks you should finally read my lawsuit (T-1557-15) N'esy Pas?
Methinks you should finally read my lawsuit (T-1557-15) N'esy Pas?
Les Cooper
They will keep increasing because more and more people leave. No one will be left here
David Amos
@Les Cooper Methinks I will be and no doubt the Irving and McCain Clans are here to stay as well N'esy Pas?
Jake Quinlan
Ahhhh and there is your balanced budget. Frustrating.
David Amos
@Jake Quinlan Methinks Ernie Steeves should be pleased N'esy Pas?
Jim Johnston
I guess I am one of the few
people in NB who are not dissatisfied with property taxes. I feel I pay
fairly for the services I receive. The only issue I have with
property tax is the assessment process that is inconsistent, as pointed
out by many people posting here. If a place sells for 200K it should
be assessed at 200k, and those values should be reflected in the entire
neighbourhood.
Ramone Burrell
@Jim Johnston So you don't
mind the government taking your money and shoving it in their pockets,
giving it to other countries, and just simply squandering it? You must
not work hard for your money.
Roy Nicholl
@Jim Johnston
As a owner occupant your property tax rate is reasonable as the provincial portion of the property tax is rebated.
However, folks who rent their accommodations are {indirectly} paying proper taxes which include the provincial portion and are another 20-40% greater on the same assessed value.
As a owner occupant your property tax rate is reasonable as the provincial portion of the property tax is rebated.
However, folks who rent their accommodations are {indirectly} paying proper taxes which include the provincial portion and are another 20-40% greater on the same assessed value.
David Amos
@Roy Nicholl True
David Amos
@Roy Nicholl Then there is
the old folks whose property taxes double as soon as they go into the
old folks when the government refuses to provide assistance so that they
could remain in their home. Rich people's property taxes don't double
when they go south for six months each year. Why should old folks pay
double in their last days?
Johnny Jakobs
Tax the summer homes/residents more. If you have money for a second home than you have more money for the taxman.
Tax this. Tax that. Tax it again. Than at the end of the year and your life... you pay more tax.
Tax. Tax. Tax.
Tax this. Tax that. Tax it again. Than at the end of the year and your life... you pay more tax.
Tax. Tax. Tax.
David Amos
@Johnny Jakobs Sounds like an old song by the Beatles
Harold Benson
Thoreau said it all. You don't own your house, it owns you.
David Amos
@Harold Benson Methinks Sam
should tell you that the Yankee who hung around Walden Pond didn't know
everything For instance if you quit paying property tax on your house
you will find out who owns it and you N'esy Pas?
Wally E. Bamberger
I've said it before and I'll
say it again. Get assessment out of the system. It's too subjective.
There are too many variables that go into it's determination. Property
size, structures and zoning should be the only determinants upon which
to base a tax. Population and popularity come and go, but property is
constant. A town loses popularity and population, but the land and
demand for services are still there.
David Amos
@Wally E. Bamberger True
Seamus O'hern
CBC and Marc have a mandate.....isn't that right CBC NB?
Matt Steele
@Seamus O'hern ......M.M. and
his other fake accounts certainly does have an agenda on here for sure .
Luckily , when you look at his overwhelming down votes , no one really
takes him or his other accounts seriously .
Marc Martin
@Seamus O'hern
I do ?
I do ?
Marc Martin
@Matt Steele
Mat why don't you respond..When is Higgs going to remove the special taxe on gax, lower the tase on revenue and lower the TPS ??
Mat why don't you respond..When is Higgs going to remove the special taxe on gax, lower the tase on revenue and lower the TPS ??
herbie derbie
@Marc Martin Matt cant respond unless someone tells him the answer.. fake account steele is his real name.. pay your taxes buddy
David Amos
@Seamus O'hern Everybody knows thats true
David Amos
@herbie derbie Thats true too
Seamus O'hern
"thoughtful and respectful conversations".....so how does Marc come into play here?
Marc Martin
@Seamus O'hern
I am always respectful to those who are respectful to me.
I am always respectful to those who are respectful to me.
David Amos
@Marc Martin Yea Right
herbie derbie
There is one big problem here
and its the people.. Everyone wants all services for nothing..
Governments keep bending and changing but the people still want more and
more.. I hope some day we have to pay for health care per visit.. pay
to drive our roads etc... maybe then everyone will stop demanding
more...
Matt Steele
@herbie derbie .....Just take
a look at all the money that the Liberal govt. has funneled to the SANB
. Brian Gallants buddies recently filled their pockets with 2.5 million
worth of taxpayer cash with their Francophonie Games SCAM !
Marc Martin
@Matt Steele
When is you CoRservative leader going to remove the special taxe on gax, lower the tase on revenue and lower the TPS ??
When is you CoRservative leader going to remove the special taxe on gax, lower the tase on revenue and lower the TPS ??
Shawn McShane
@herbie derbie When a home in
NB assessed at $200,000 pays double or more property tax than a home
assessed at $2 Million anywhere else something stinks. We are the
highest everything taxed province in Canada with the lowest median wages
in Canada.
Marc Martin
@Shawn McShane
Higgy and Austy have to compensate for the double tax elimination on roperty enjoy !!!
Higgy and Austy have to compensate for the double tax elimination on roperty enjoy !!!
Matt Steele
@herbie derbie .....It would
be interesting to know how much of the taxpayers hard earned money is
being funneled to the SANB and UdeM......
Shawn McShane
@Marc Martin The tax didn't
just go up under HIggs and Austin, it went up for many homes under
Gallant Liberals, remember the scandal with fake renovations?
Marc Martin
@Matt Steele
Its all public..Do a Google search...
Its all public..Do a Google search...
Marc Martin
@Shawn McShane
But it went back down...Why is it coming back up now ?? Is Gallant still in charge ????
But it went back down...Why is it coming back up now ?? Is Gallant still in charge ????
Shawn McShane
@Marc Martin It didn't go
down it artificially went up for fake reasons, only those stung by the
tax scandal, those charged for renovations they never did got their
assessment fixed.
herbie derbie
@Matt Steele Good for them are you jealous..
.
herbie derbie
@Matt Steele I hope a bunch mr seele
David Amos
@herbie derbie Methinks lots of old rural folks such as I would love to see a few potholes fixed with our tax dollars N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Marc Martin "Its all public..Do a Google search..."
Methinks folks should Google your name and mine while they are at it N'esy Pas?
Methinks folks should Google your name and mine while they are at it N'esy Pas?
Seamus O'hern
@David Amos ...oh David....
if he Google's the Martin name it will devastate him....when those
English Coat of Arms show up....lol!
Mario Doucet
Some one has to pay the bilingualism/duality bill.
Marc Martin
@Mario Doucet
Actually this is the start of the compensation from Higgy and Austy concerning the double taxe elimination enjoy !!!
Actually this is the start of the compensation from Higgy and Austy concerning the double taxe elimination enjoy !!!
Matt Steele
@Mario Doucet ......Very true ; the SANB and the UdeM loves getting those taxpayer handouts .
David Amos
@Mario Doucet YUP and pay the wages of all the greedy unionized bureaucrats the Federal Charter has spawned
Chantal LeBouthi
Weird cbc nb where the story about why NB Blaine Higgs.missing in action at the Atlantic meeting In Halifax
Hiding or something really low leadership but not surprising
Hiding or something really low leadership but not surprising
David Amos
@Chantal LeBouthi Hmmmm
Seamus O'hern
@David Amos ...hahaha....failed that test she never had to write....all good.
Phil Bigeau
i want it now and i want it free you hear
David Amos
@Phil Bigeau I heard that and a lot of crickets as well
David Amos
Methinks everyone is still Happy Happy Happy N'esy Pas?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/canadas-draft-dodger-pm/article4290247/
Norman Spector
Canada's 'draft dodger' PM
In his final telegram home before leaving Ottawa, British High Commissioner Lord Moran observed about Pierre Trudeau:
"With
some reason, he has not been greatly respected or trusted in London. He
has never entirely shaken off his past as a well-to-do hippie and draft
dodger. His views on East/West relations have been particularly
suspect."
Perhaps Lord Moran had Mr.
Trudeau's "peace initiative" in mind when he wrote these words. Indeed,
the most damning assessment of that initiative - until now - was that
of our former ambassador to Moscow under Mr. Trudeau, Robert Ford, who
famously observed that Canada lacked the power to effect change in
either East or West.
According to a CP report
by Joan Bryden, the second volume of John English's biography of Mr.
Trudeau, which will be in book stores tomorrow, may explain Lord Moran's
harsh judgment of our former prime minister:
"When
Trudeau approved testing of cruise missiles over Canadian territory in
1983, one of his paramours at that time - Margot Kidder, an actress and
peace activist - took it upon herself to persuade him to reconsider.
While
he maintained that Canada had no choice as a member of NATO, Trudeau
nevertheless invited Kidder to a dinner during a visit to Washington, in
which she 'argued vehemently with senior Reagan administration
officials while he urged her on by squeezing her thigh each time she
scored a point,' English writes.
Kidder
pressed Trudeau to meet with anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott. She
taunted him about being on 'the other side' but, as she put it in one
letter, 'You're a potential ally. I'll get you on our side if it kills
me.'
'Slowly,' writes English, 'Pierre began to shift to her side.'
Pressured
by Kidder, harassed by anti-nuclear protesters on Parliament Hill and
worried about the possibility of a nuclear war, Trudeau launched a
personal peace initiative in the fall of 1983. He planned to meet with
the heads of the five nuclear superpowers and other foreign leaders,
trying to tone down the belligerent Cold War rhetoric and kickstart
negotiations for an expanded non-proliferation agreement.
His
initiative won accolades from Kidder, as well as Streisand and Garnett,
among others. But Canadian pundits were skeptical about his sincerity
and English himself concludes that Trudeau's impact on the end of the
Cold War was 'marginal.'
With
his poll numbers down and his caucus in open revolt, a discouraged
Trudeau allowed his peace initiative to peter out in February, 1984, and
announced his resignation from politics a few weeks later - even
though, English says, 'There can be no doubt that Trudeau wanted to
stay'."
Some Canadians will agree with Lord Moran's assessment of Pierre Trudeau. On the other hand, a Toronto Star columnist,
apparently unaware that it would take a unanimous agreement to amend
the constitution, was so infuriated by the "trashing" of Mr. Trudeau
that he suggested we cut our links with the Crown if we cannot get the
respect of the British in future.
Notably,
in advance of the book launch this evening in Toronto, Toronto Star
readers will not be reading Ms. Bryden's report this morning; instead, they will read this about Professor English's biography of the former prime minister.
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