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There is something rotten in the Municipality of Victoria County and it is called the Local Improvement Charges By-law .
These costs can be incurred by MVC or the Nova Scotia Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal on a cost-share basis. The LIC is actually a property tax although MVC likes to say otherwise. If it looks like a property tax, is paid for like a property tax, is subject to a lien like a property tax, is subject to interest like a property tax – it's a property tax.
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