‘Rain tax’: People in Toronto could end up paying for the rain that falls on their property
Seriously, they want to tax the rain,’ tweeted MP Kevin Vuong. ‘Because people in Toronto aren’t already struggling enough to make ends meet, Olivia Chow wants to implement a rain tax’
Toronto is considering a change in the way it charges homeowners and businesses for water. The new charge is referred to as a “stormwater charge,” although many on social media are already calling it a “rain tax,” since it has to do with stormwater runoff.
The plan was floated this month by Mayor Olivia Chow, and has drawn mocking condemnation at home and abroad. Kevin Vuong, an Independent MP in Toronto’s Spadina-Fort York riding, took to social media to remark: “Seriously, they want to tax the rain.”
Because people in #Toronto aren’t already struggling enough to make ends meet, the NDP’s @OliviaChow wants to implement:
“A rain tax.
Seriously, they want to tax the rain.” https://t.co/9Dg3ipfcqR
— Kevin Vuong (@KevinVuongMP) March 25, 2024
And in the U.S., no less a figure than Donald Trump Jr. got ahold of the news, tweeting sarcastically: “I’m sure it will end at the ‘Rain Tax.’ They definitely won’t just confiscate whatever they want in the not too distant future!!!”
Meanwhile, the city has rolled out a video presentation on the proposed new tax. Here are the takeaways from that.
