Ensemble Montr\u00e9al warns taxpayers not to be misled. Contrary to Projet Montr\u00e9al’s promises, residents will face an average tax increase of 2.2% in 2025, significantly above inflation. While borough taxes have traditionally been part of previous budgets, the current administration has chosen to omit them this year to create an illusion of better financial management.
“Projet Montr\u00e9al’s elected officials are trying to pull a fast one on taxpayers by manipulating the numbers. Citizens have seen their tax bills explode by an average of 38% since Projet Montr\u00e9al came to power. They simply can no longer afford any more increases… especially when the metropolis remains in such a disastrous state!” declares the leader of the Official Opposition at Montreal City Hall, Aref Salem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Spend Smarter, Not More,” Ensemble Montr\u00e9al Emphasizes<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n For the Official Opposition, the 2025 budget of $7.28 billion\u2014an increase of $2.1 billion since 2017\u2014could well be the last straw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Between streets transformed into garbage dumps, record Emergency Medical Service calls related to sidewalk falls, growing insecurity, poorly coordinated construction sites, and our crumbling infrastructure, Montreal taxpayers have every reason to ask: Where are their tax dollars really going? The increase of over 3,500 employees since Projet Montr\u00e9al came to power\u2014including 36% more managers versus only 1.5% more blue-collar workers\u2014has clearly not led to an improvement in the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, the Official Opposition sounds the alarm over the glaring lack of investments in homelessness and housing. While discussions about social coexistence and encampments are constant, barely more than three million additional dollars are allocated to support the homeless. In total, only 0.1% of the City’s budget is dedicated to them. Consequently, Ensemble Montr\u00e9al warns Montrealers: in 2025, the housing and homelessness crises will inevitably worsen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We need to spend not more, but better. Although they had 7 years to achieve this, Projet Montr\u00e9al’s administration has failed to meet its responsibilities. Apart from bike paths and greening initiatives, its record is practically non-existent and demonstrates a flagrant lack of sense of priority. Homelessness is the perfect example of Projet Montr\u00e9al’s administration’s abdication of responsibility in 2025, which prefers to invest tax increases in administrative overhead rather than on-the-ground solutions,” insists Alan DeSousa, Official Opposition spokesperson on financial matters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ensemble Montr\u00e9al warns taxpayers not to be misled. Contrary to Projet Montr\u00e9al’s promises, residents will face an average tax increase of 2.2% in 2025, significantly above inflation. While borough taxes have traditionally been part of previous budgets, the current administration has chosen to omit them…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15186,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"false","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,109,113,111,108,568,110,208,82,114,112,573],"tags":[],"district":[158,364,159,365,366,367,368,160,161,162,255,163,206,370,164,230,250,369,165],"class_list":["post-15188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-en","category-diversity","category-economic-development","category-environment","category-finances-en","category-homelessness","category-housing","category-internal-affairs","category-mobility","category-public-services","category-safety","category-sports-2","district-ahuntsic-cartierville","district-anjou","district-cote-des-neiges-notre-dame-de-grace","district-lachine","district-lasalle","district-le-plateau-mont-royal","district-le-sud-ouest","district-lile-bizard-sainte-genevieve","district-mercier-hochelaga-maisonneuve","district-montreal-nord","district-outremont","district-pierrefonds-roxboro","district-riviere-des-prairies-pointe-aux-trembles","district-rosemont-la-petite-patrie","district-saint-laurent","district-saint-leonard","district-verdun","district-ville-marie","district-villeray-saint-michel-parc-extension"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n