Walking in Waterloo Region

[MidTowner]

I'm hoping that if this was properly costed out and meant a $50 or so increase in taxes that the vast majority of people would be willing to pay for the convenience as well as for the indemnity of ever facing a bylaw infraction and fine for this. Yes, there will be people on low income who will still find this amount to be onerous. And yes, there will be people (if I can call them that) who use silly logic like, "I don't use the sidewalks. Why should I clear them?" or "I live on a street where's there's no sidewalk on my side so why should I pay?", etc.

I can only assume that, the more accurate and specific the estimated tax impact is, the fewer people would feel inclined to oppose the idea. There are always people who will be against anything and everything for their own idea of logic. I would imagine they would be few, provided there's confidence in the cost estimate.