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Originally Posted by Textcritic
How many Calgary residents who currently do not own a home, will by 2026? How many who do, will not? This can be evaluated any number of ways. Why should all current property owners reserve the right to make decisions that will affect the entire pool of residents for several years to come?
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We are making the decision today not in 2026 plus we’ll begin funding prior to the Games arriving so that’s kind of irrelevant. But it would be nice to know the timing of the incoming property tax that I suspect the majority of homeowners don’t / won’t understand from an impact perspective and furthermore I wonder how many can actually afford the bump.
The current base of property tax payors are the only known group that will be impacted, so wondering about nebulous future impacts is irrelevant. At least future homeowners have the benefit of understanding the financial impacts these games will have on their finances whereas people who own homes today are just stuck with the bill and didn’t have the knowledge Calgary was going to make idiotic civic financial decisions.