Whether or not those positions are necessary, it was bad optics to be mailing out massive tax increases while posting those positions. The province has been in a economic malaise for almost 5 years, the city needed to be tightening the belt a few years ago but they evidently haven't got the memo. I expect to see a lot of restaurants and small businesses fold in the next year, not sure how many can absorb the tax increases with the economy so weak.
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