Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow arrives to West Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 27, 2023. (The Canadian Press)
Seriously, they want to tax the rain.
Before we get started on the latest insanity to, um, seep out of Toronto's municipal government, let's give credit where credit is due, shall we?
For sheer gall, for its bottomless brazen brassiness, you can't beat this one: a tax on rain. You almost have to admire the Bolsheviks who presently run Canada's largest city, for their inventiveness and their total indifference to the taxpayer.
Almost.
And, let's make one thing clear: we are not making this up, Virginia. Toronto-stan's commissars have even issued a call for people to participate in what they call, benignly, a "Stormwater Charge & Water Service Charge Consultation."
"The City of Toronto is consulting with water users and interested parties on the possible implementation of a stormwater charge," they write, neglecting to mention that "water users" are all sentient beings living within the confines of Gulag Tee Dot.
They want to have "a stormwater charge for all property classes" - meaning, everyone will ultimately pay for the invasive wet stuff. Why? Well, just because.
Also, those pesky raindrops don't just soak into the grass and plant life - which, last time we checked, is arguably a good thing - they sometimes dribble off into the sewers. Which, you know, were built to accommodate water that occasionally falls from the sky. But never mind.
The Rain Tax will appear as a separate line on your utility bill, but they won't call it that. It'll be called something to diminish the number of fainting spells and heart attacks it will inevitably cause. It'll probably be located adjacent to their next proposal, "The Air Tax."
Comment: Coming soon to a town near you, followed by the S&P Tax that is calculated by Smart Meters on the toilet bowl - details not completely finalized.
How will the city calculate how much "hard surface" you've got? Good question. Knowing this crew, we'd wager they considered sending out a million New Democrat consultants with neon-orange measuring tapes, but they're not doing that. Instead, they say they will "use aerial photography" to guesstimate how big your roof is. Sounds quite scientific, no?
"Marge, get my twelve gauge! The city's sending spy drones over the back yard again!"
Now, before you have a stroke, the city's overlords wish it known that other municipalities are just as insane. Kitchener, Mississauga and Orillia all have a Rain Tax, too. And, where goes Orillia, so goes the nation.
Because, make no mistake, Toronto-stan's rulers really, really want to do this. They've tried it before, too. Back in 2017, city bureaucrats pleaded with council to go along with a Rain Tax, and John Tory - who, full disclosure, this writer worked for, and not just because he opposed taxing rain, but because he was an adult and a sane person - shut them down.
Figuring out who would pay a Rain Tax, and how and when, would be like "unscrambling an egg," Tory said at the time, which was a bit of an odd metaphor, but which also makes us miss him all the more.
Undaunted, the 'crats are trying again, doubtlessly, er, egged on by the Team Trotsky now running things.
A Rain Tax. Seriously.
Now, before you head down to City Hall with pitchforks and torches, the Rain Taxers would like it known that they are merely "consulting" with you, to "provide feedback." They're even going to have some public meetings on the Rain Tax.
When? Well, in April, of course. Because, perhaps, April showers bring May flowers.
And, soon enough, a bigger bite out of your wallet.
Splish splash.
Reader Comments
Speaks to the troubles of a free-loving women who succumbed to penetration of a fella in Cuba just effing anything willing.
Not to mention that his surrogate Papa (also trueless in denial of his name) was a loser no doubt being he let his women eff this and that up.....
Now - the Maple Leaf is in serious jeopardy cause the citizens let themselves be "led" by a misbegotten true to no doe bastard son of a Cuban rebel appealed to the free-loving women clueless about the consequence of her dalliance behavior.
Oh Canada indeed - seems your country is lost in the woods....
Cause within coal are mineral and metals of value if the burners weren't in such a rush for combustion for the sake of heat only.....oh they burn themselves up in their lies upon humanity.
Oh Lordy, the elitist hypocrite dipshits are fixing to face some serious consequence - cause the harm they bring upon many is fixing to be turned upon them directly.
See this is the quandary rule-lovers find themselves in - they self-contradict.....not good for longevity to be such hypocrites - cause us peasants know better.
Eff em - and don't comply -
Long live the Maple Leaf!
I got to pay it on my bills....seriously - it is already in place in many places...
it ain't difficult to figure out the stormwater flows -
But point remains - Canada is lost in the quandary of trying to make rules for everything including rain and so this proves that the Maple Leaf is in jeopardy and the reason being is true to no doe no doubt.
~ Some rules are best ignored and non-compliance is easy and it will be so easy when pandemonium ensues due to too many rules ruining everything....so fret not - soon it will be a "free-for-all" and then lets see what takes form.
I'm guessing strong rope will be of value when the time for hanging the rule-makers in the wrong approaches.
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Tis a poem, 2nd of the Day - 32424 1822