Mr. Chairman, I do not think the Minister is going to convince me that some of these properties are worth $50,000. That is the argument that the residents in the Deh Cho are using. They cannot see the justification of the market value that is being assessed to these properties. It is not realistic to see properties go from $4,000 to $30,000. Even to say that your property values have gone up, nobody is buying that. The Minister has indicated that Finance will balance things out by not raising the taxes. Increases will not be so drastic. We have already seen that. Taxes have probably tripled in most of the communities. It seems to be a little too drastic. I would like to ask the Minister if he would commit his department to reviewing the whole process. If nobody has gone to the communities to see the improvements, I do not see how they can use the arguments to justify that the property values have gone up because of property improvements and home improvements. It seems to be just like a blanket approach to it and I do not think that is fair.
Michael McLeod on Recommendation 1
In the Legislative Assembly on June 29th, 2000. See this statement in context.
Recommendation 1
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 29th, 2000
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