Niagara Region Councillors To Consider Motion to Give Homeowners Some Cash Back

Thursday, 24 March 2022 05:37

By Tami Jeanneret

Bob Gale proposing plan to give eligible taxpayers $240 back

The Niagara Falls councillor will present a motion at tonight's meeting asking for council to agree to direct staff to give every household that makes less than $160,000 a year, a $240 return.

The councillor tells the Standard, people are suffering and the cost of living is through the roof .

The region’s 2022 budget contains a 2.87 per cent tax increase.

Gale is running in the June election for the Conservative Party in the riding of Niagara Falls.

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Niagara Region Councillors To Consider Motion to Give Homeowners Some Cash Back

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