Enough is Enough.
Translink just slapped you with a new 200% tax increase to your parking.
That means you’re going to pay up to $540 more a year plus HST to get more of the same from Translink.
Translink’s Board and Mayor’s Council kept spending without a plan and now they want you to pay for it.
Why Should You Pay More?
Translink’s Board and Mayor’s Council are supposed to protect taxpayer’s interests not abuse them.
Their new parking tax means you’ll be paying the highest parking taxes in North America.
Why should you pay more because they failed to control costs and plan? Let them know you oppose the new parking tax.
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News Articles
CTV: Coalition blasts TransLink’s 35-per-cent parking tax
Vancouver motorists are being forced to pay more than 35 per cent tax for the right to park their cars – and there’s a growing movement to have that tax turfed.
Maple Ridge resident Jugana Bikic was recently shocked to discover how much a night of parking costs in downtown Vancouver once …
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CFIB calls for value for money audit of TransLink
Today, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) called on the TransLink board to initiate a truly independent value for money audit of TransLink. “We need to get to the bottom of this wild spending spree we have witnessed since 2002. TransLink must address the root causes of their structural operating deficit or their thirst …
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Drive Out the Tax Coalition Launches Honk Friday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 7, 2010.
Vancouver, BC — The Drive Out the Tax Coalition responding to incredible public opposition to the 200% parking tax increase implemented by Translink on January 1, 2010 is launching “Honk Friday” at 5:30 pm today.
“Honk Fridays” encourages drivers in Metro Vancouver to demonstrate their opposition to the parking tax increase in …
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Tripled tax triggers parkade protest
A new TransLink tax that triples the fee applied to the cost of using a parkade will drive both businesses and customers from downtown Vancouver, says a coalition of businesses opposing it.
The tax came into effect Jan. 1.
The Drive Out the Tax campaign was launched Thursday with leafletting of drivers parking at lots in the …