Licence Plate Sticker Refund Challenge

[Freddy F]

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Meh, if he can't write it in English, why the hell would I bother to translate it?

Oh wait, ReSTored has a nice bike. Maybe I will.

 

[Mad Mike]

It only saves money if you eliminate the expense as well as the revenue. It looks like agency SO's will be gone soon so that's some money not spent. You are left with the highly paid crotchety government run SO locations.

I did a run to SO in Newmarket Monday - closed - had a handwritten sign on the door that they were closed till Tuesday due to staff covid, the neighbor business gal laughed, said they were just taking an extra long weekend. So off I went to my fave SO in Keswick. In and out in a few minutes, the owner said they don't expect much to change, we still have to renew registrations and they still get paid for doing that despite not collecting fees. She also said they are not facing closure, nor are any other SO private outlets.

Personally I'll use the on-line service wherever possible in the future.

 

[Mad Mike]

Strong rumours from the insiders every 2 year certification at $500 plus. Government gets all it’s money back.

Got a credible source for this?

Strong insider rumors on Facebook and Twitter say COVID is just a hoax.

 

[Mad Mike]

If they were smart, they could use the opportunity to institute a road tax. Stop making the citizens of Toronto pay for the commuters.

You more or less have that with fuel taxes, the challenge is getting EV users to pay up. I'm not so concerned about that at the moment, let them have a break for 5 more years if it's an incentive that drives EV adoption.

Not sure how Toronto citizens are paying for commuters. Can you elaborate?

 

[Evoex]

You more or less have that with fuel taxes, the challenge is getting EV users to pay up. I'm not so concerned about that at the moment, let them have a break for 5 more years if it's an incentive that drives EV adoption.

Not sure how Toronto citizens are paying for commuters. Can you elaborate?

I would assume the city is responsible for the municipal roadways. City related taxes such as property, etc would largely fund the upkeep. When you have a large amount of people commuting into the city and using the roads, are they contributing to said upkeep?

 

[xrljoel]

I would assume the city is responsible for the municipal roadways. City related taxes such as property, etc would largely fund the upkeep. When you have a large amount of people commuting into the city and using the roads, are they contributing to said upkeep?

One could make that argument about every road or public space in the entire country. Just more unnecessary division of the citizenry into interest-based camps in my opinion.

 

[Evoex]

One could make that argument about every road or public space in the entire country. Just more unnecessary division of the citizenry into interest-based camps in my opinion.

I don’t think you’ve thought through the scope of your statement.

 

[Mad Mike]

I would assume the city is responsible for the municipal roadways. City related taxes such as property, etc would largely fund the upkeep. When you have a large amount of people commuting into the city and using the roads, are they contributing to said upkeep?

That's a tough one as so much tax hous into general revenue. A couple of thinking points:

Toronto public transit is highly subsidized by the 905 thru provincial transfers.

The 905 folk need a workplace, those workplaces pay 3x the mill tax rate of a resident and condume few services (no garbage collection, no kids in schools...). Methinks the commuters indirectly generate a ton of indirect tax revenue for the city.

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