General Business Updates and News

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Not a business update, but economic nonetheless. Region expects to raise taxes 6.8 percent to meet financial pressures: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...sures.html

Now, now, let's not be alarmist: the same article did suggest that the tax hike might only be 5.5%.  This works out to between $121 and $132 per average household. I don't know what the average household taxable value is for the  Region.

(For information: The 2022 budget increase was 4.56% or $96/average household (1.26% for the police and 3.30% for everything else))