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For those of us who find fault with the real estate and development industries for being more concerned with building profits than cities, October was our month to stick it to them. First it was passage of the Land Transfer Tax and then, at the end of the month, development charge<\/a> increases came to the front burner.<\/p>\n

In spite of the hundreds of thousands of dollars pumped into the campaign to kill Mayor David Miller’s<\/a> Fair Taxes by the Toronto Real Estate Board<\/a> and its allies, a contingent of high-profile developers swooped in at the last second to give Miller the boost he needed to not only win the vote on taxes at Council but win it convincingly.<\/p>\n

You have to figure the developers realized that if the taxes failed to go through then development charges would sky rocket, among other necessary and more painful measures. Thus, Land Transfer Tax equals continued bargain deals on development charges, right? Wrong.<\/p>\n

As soon as Toronto City Council finished with the tax debate, its Executive Committee moved to speed up reports<\/a>\u00a0[PDF] on increasing development charges. This approach is similar to most GTA municipalities, which already have higher development charges than Toronto and are increasing their take at a faster pace than Toronto, too.<\/p>\n

From the October 31 edition of the Toronto Star<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I think we could double or triple our current charges,” Joe Mihevc<\/a>, councillor for Ward 21, St. Paul’s, told the city’s executive committee this week, citing “a gross inequity between what we charge and what they charge in the 905.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now developers are out on a very lonely limb, having played Tonya Harding<\/a> to TREB’s Nancy Kerrigan during the taxes debate. Without the anti-tax infantry<\/a> marching behind them, the development industry has few defenders who will come to their aid. I almost get the sense that industry reps aren’t even going to put up a fight on this one. They told the media earlier this week that property tax increases are fairer than levying higher development charges. I don’t think there are many who buy that argument.<\/p>\n

The claim that people who build and purchase brand new subdivisions (horizontal or vertical) shouldn’t pay the capital cost of the infrastructure required because of their arrival is laughable. While it’s important to be judicious in setting development charges, it’s abundantly clear that the City of Toronto isn’t getting its fair share when compared to our 905 neighbours. And it surely costs more to hook up a new building to aging infrastructure in Toronto (think century old water pipes)\u00a0than\u00a0it does in the much more recently built burbs.<\/p>\n

So get ready for 905-style development charges in 416. Even if you don’t like that prospect,\u00a0you can take comfort knowing that\u00a0Councillor Cliff Jenkins<\/a> will<\/a> be<\/a> able<\/a> to<\/a> move<\/a> on<\/a> to another issue.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy <\/em>Eric Giberson<\/em><\/a>.
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