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THUNDER BAY – City manager Norm Gale defended the municipal government’s record on topics from taxes to housing development at a Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce event on Tuesday.
Around 60 people attended the event at the Da Vinci Centre on Tuesday, including representatives from local businesses, Lakehead University, Confederation College, and the city. Chamber president Charla Robinson, moderating the event, quizzed Gale most prominently on a hefty tax hike planned for 2024, and whether the city has done enough to reduce barriers to growth like new housing developments.
“It sounds trite… but tough decisions have to be made – and sometimes that tough decision is a larger-than-usual tax increase to maintain and protect those programs and services.” Whether, and how, Boshcoff chooses to exercise the powers will have profound impacts on local decision-making, he predicted.
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