On today’s show, we revisit a January conversation with Tantramar treasurer Michael Beal and CAO Jennifer Borne about why taxes are up in the municipality. Beal and Borne talk about the issues they see with how taxes are determined for federal and provincial properties versus private residential and municipal properties, and what they’d like to see in terms of municipal financial reform.
Plus in news briefs, a rash of overdoses in PEI cities sparks a warning about possible fentanyl in the illegal drug supply, and the proposals are in for a new website for the municipality of Tantramar.
