05-06-2019, 11:59 AM
Similarly, the City of Waterloo has struggled with the fact that many students continue to be counted as residents of where they grew up rather than where they live temporarily for University. This gets complicated again when students move either between jurisdictions for co-op. An equivalent would be to compare it to the populations in cottage country. Eight months of a year, the population is a fraction of what it is from May to September. I can imagine that Statistics Canada doesn't want to double count people if they have multiple residences.
In the case of cottage country, a large part of their revenue comes from the tax base of the properties that are there, and in general, local government is able to provide enough services. Cottage country likely comes out ahead.
I understand that a certain amount of funding comes from higher levels of government on a per capita basis. If Waterloo were to get a higher amount of per capita funding by arguing that they have a student population that needs to be serviced, the "home cities" of this population could conceivably receive less funding, which the "home cities" might not appreciate if their funding were cut by a proportionate level.
In the case of cottage country, a large part of their revenue comes from the tax base of the properties that are there, and in general, local government is able to provide enough services. Cottage country likely comes out ahead.
I understand that a certain amount of funding comes from higher levels of government on a per capita basis. If Waterloo were to get a higher amount of per capita funding by arguing that they have a student population that needs to be serviced, the "home cities" of this population could conceivably receive less funding, which the "home cities" might not appreciate if their funding were cut by a proportionate level.