The Safe Surrey Coalition has heard from residents during the election campaign that they cannot afford property tax increases while inflation is skyrocketing.
Keeping this in mind, Mayor Doug McMallum and his SSC team are committing to freezing property taxes for the next 4 years at 2.9%. That is well below the 7% expected rate of inflation.
According to SSC "It continues the proven track record of Doug McCallum and his team on council. They held the line at 2.9% during their past term, even during the pandemic. This is a remarkable achievement that was not matched by any other municipality in the Lower Mainland. Surrey is at the bottom third in the Lower Mainland when it comes to property taxes"
The SSC wants to work in partnership with higher levels of government, so that the City of Surrey will also be able to secure infrastructure funding for SkyTrain to Newton, several new community centers with pools, and build new road infrastructure without placing a burden on Surrey taxpayers.
The municipal election is taking place on October 15th. There are 8 candidates who have thrown their name in the hat vying for the city's top job.
While final figures won't be known until post-election processing has been completed, Elections BC says more than 1.9 million voters cast their ballots.
On election night, the riding went to the B.C. Green party, giving the party its first seat on the mainland, but an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots saw Sturdy win by just 41 votes.
The GOP appears poised to claim Alaska and North Carolina, the two other seats still up in the air, but would remain one shy of the 51 needed for a majority.
A huge barrier has been broken with gates of opportunities flooded open for young girls and women who have dreams of making it big in politics with Kamala Harris a woman and a woman of color elected as Vice President of the United States.
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