Province of Toronto

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The recent history of injury and usurpation includes:

An imposed amalgamation of the former municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto against the expressed will of 76 per cent of Toronto voters;
The suspension of functions for the duly elected school board, and the imposition of policies designed to lower educational standards and opportunities in Toronto to match those of communities elsewhere in Ontario;
The imposition of laws that downloaded responsibilities to the municipal taxpayer without providing adequate means to fund those and other responsibilities;
The plundering from Toronto of billions of dollars in tax revenue and user fees each year to subsidize tax cuts, program spending and infrastructure elsewhere in a have province - extreme taxation with only token representation;
The denial of basic funds for the only workable and efficient means of transporting large numbers of people in an urban area, while forcing Torontonians to subsidize transportation forms suitable only for rural and new, low-density suburban areas;
The imposition of a property tax system that undermines the competitiveness of Toronto's businesses;
The imposition of a property tax system that overcharges for municipal services those homeowners who live in dense urban areas, while subsidizing homeowners who live on large, relatively expensive-to-serve lots;
The issuance of threats to pass laws that would further impede Toronto's ability to raise adequate tax revenue.