Why “lowered tax rate” isn’t the right headline
They’ve lowered the tax rate for 2025! Yay? Not so fast.
Property assessment and taxation reform: The Assessment Act
In over 50 years, at no time did the government ever amend or re-write the Act in contemplation of changes in market conditions like the ones we’ve seen here in NB since 2021.
Property assessment and taxation reform: Backgrounder
Fundamentally, though, there are four main areas that any new system absolutely must address for it to improve...
Malign design: Nine ways to build a broken property tax system
My old friend, former Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs, Doug Griffiths, wrote a book called 13 Ways to Kill Your Community. On Amazon, he writes, “Here is a handy manual, chock-full of proven ideas, for the up-and-coming town wrecker.”
TAXING NEW BRUNSWICK: Why I wrote this book (excerpt)
Even though New Brunswick politicians will hate it, this is a book I simply HAD to write.
Shuttered
Weathered OSB doesn’t illuminate or illumine like stained glass Does the holy escape & dissipate through the hole in the roof?
The call of home: Moving to New Brunswick (Part III)
Hard to believe, but it’s been five years since my friend and I pulled into the driveway after dark, with a disintegrated rear tire and most of my wife’s and my worldly possessions in tow.
Guest post: We lost the house
...I’ve read much about the dangers of gambling, the risks of addiction, your family’s dismantling...