Ken Sim and ABC voted to freeze property tax increases this year, in a major handout to major landowners, corporate landlords, and super-rich investors.

This handout to the rich means reduced library hours, cancelled community events, less infrastructure upgrades, and worse services for everyone. The city needs to find $120M in cuts- or starve the reserves and jack up taxes next year.

ABC is pretending they're trying to help homeowners with affordability- but the biggest winner from their plan are billionaires and investors. Everyone who relies on city services will be left behind.

Councillor Orr is moving a motion to call Ken Sim's bluff and tax the rich. It's not too late to stop Ken Sim's brutal austerity budget.

We can save our public services by targeting the tax at the rich - people who own mansions and big investment portfolios. 

Send a letter to City Council today to support Sean Orr's Motion "Funding Our Services with Taxes on Major Landholders and Investors"

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The form will send this letter:


"Dear Vancouver City Council,

I'm writing to urge you to support Councillor Orr's motion on the agenda for April 1: Funding Our Services with Taxes on Major Landholders and Investors.

The City's own budget surveys showed that the proposed 0% tax increase was politically unpopular, and an overwhelming majority of residents demanded there would be no cuts to every service they were asked about.

Mayor Ken Sim indicated during debate on the Zero Means Zero motion that his motivation for this plan was to help regular homeowners with affordability. But this tax plan disproportionately helps the super-rich.

Instead of a freeze that helps the rich and starves our city of needed revenue, Vancouver can get large property holders, corporate landlords, and investors to pay their fair share to protect our public services and staff.

I urge you to vote yes on April 1.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Postal Code]"