Taxation: Ok if it is just a little over inflation - And of course that is not what taxpers have seen from this Council

By Pepper Parr

May 13^th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

Council spent two hours listening to a report from Deloitte, an accounting firm that does survey work for some of its clients.

They have completed a significant survey of Burlington residents on what they like about the job the city is doing.

65% did not like the taxation experience during this term of office. It came nowhere near matching taxation.

There were 22 slides used in the presentation to explain what residents thought was working and what wasn’t working.

The range was vast – everything from taxation to snow clearing.

Did people feel they were engaged, and if they were, how did they feel they were listened?

Council members had a lot of questions.

In the next few days we are going to provide Gazette readers with some of the data and the comments made by the people who did the survey.

Going to start with an easy one: Taxation.

Elections are won and lost on what taxpayers have to pay each year.