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.
The Greens accused Horgan of breaking a governing agreement in place since 2017, and the B.C. Liberals said he withheld COVID-19 pandemic relief dollars for struggling businesses to bolster his chest of election goodies.
Dr. Gulzar Cheema Liberal candidate for the riding of Surrey Panorama accompanied him and Andrew Wilkinson opened up with remarks that "We have seen a very divisive and antagonistic campaign from the NDP and they are happy to attack me personally which accomplishes nothing. We are in this pandemic and it is going to do a lot of damage to our economy over the winter".
A re-elected NDP government commits to ensuring that the people living with disabilities will play a key role in the development of these standards. The legislation would build on work begun by the BC NDP government through 2019 and 2020.
A BC Liberal government will lower premiums for young drivers and officially end the ICBC monopoly by opening up the automobile insurance market to competition from the private-market so drivers can shop for the best possible rate.
WATCH: Darpan's social media host Ish Sharma sat down with a very well known South Asian personality with. Dr Gulzar Cheema has practiced medicine for over 25 years. He has also has been in politics locally and also in Manitoba. He has put his name forward for the position of Liberal MLA for the riding of Surrey Panorama. Find out what changes he wants to bring about for theresidents of Surrey if elected on October 24th.
