Caledon Council says no to Peel download of regional roads and waste management

CALEDON, ON (May 21, 2024) – On Tuesday during its regularly scheduled Council meeting, Caledon Council broke its year-plus commitment to confidentiality on Peel transition and called on the Transition Board to keep regional roads and waste management at the Region to protect Caledon taxpayers.

Caledon remains committed to the process overall, but as the final report looms, the Town is concerned that there may be an option on the table where Caledon taxpayers would be asked to pay the bill for the transition of these services. In that scenario, Caledon taxpayers would be hit with a minimum 70% tax hike and perhaps more.

“Throughout transition, Caledon has been promised that we would be ‘kept whole’ financially and that our taxpayers would not be burdened by this process. A report will be submitted to the Province within weeks, and we still have not seen the funding formula that protects Caledon taxpayers now and, in the future,” said Councillor Doug Maskell, Chair of the Caledon’s Single Tier Transition Committee.

Caledon has steadfastly maintained its commitment to the confidential process laid out by the Transition Board when it first formed. As part of that process, the Town has committed significant funding to independent analyses of Regional services to ensure that the interests of taxpayers and the Town are protected.

“No-one can afford a 70-plus percent tax increase,” added Mayor Annette Groves. “Without a firm and significant financial commitment, we see no other option than to have regional roads and waste management for Caledon remain at the Region of Peel and funded through the current model.”  

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Media contact:

Lavina Dixit
Manager, Communications

905.584.2272 x. 4076 | lavina.dixit@caledon.ca   
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