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ON THE RADIO | The Mainlander’s Sean Antrim talks taxes on Coop Radio


The Mainlander’s Sean Antrim appeared on Wake-Up With Co-op Radio this past Friday Jun 24 at 7:00am. Antrim outlined Vancouver’s regressive tax climate, describing the impacts of City Council’s tax shifts, corporate tax breaks and tax holidays:

  • fuels real-estate speculation
  • drives up rents, displacing small businesses
  • gives the advantages to big-box stores
  • blows a hole in the city budget
  • impairs the City’s capacity to invest in affordable housing and other public goods

Listen by clicking this link. Sean speaks from minutes 37 to 50 (out of 60min total).

 

<hr> The Mainlander's</em> Sean Antrim appeared on <em><a href="http://www.coopradio.org/audio?page=8">Wake-Up With Co-op Radio</a></em> this past Friday Jun 24 at 7:00am. Antrim outlined Vancouver's regressive tax climate, describing the impacts of City Council's tax shifts, corporate tax breaks and tax holidays: <ul> <li> fuels real-estate speculation</li> <li>drives up rents, displacing small businesses</li> <li>gives the advantages to big-box stores</li> <li>blows a hole in the city budget</li> <li>impairs the City's capacity to invest in affordable housing and other public goods</li> </ul> Listen by <a href="https://www.themainlander.com/PDFs/seancoop.mp3">clicking this link</a>. Sean speaks from minutes 37 to 50 (out of 60min total).  

The Mainlander’s Sean Antrim appeared on Wake-Up With Co-op Radio this past Friday Jun 24 at 7:00am. Antrim outlined Vancouver’s regressive tax climate, describing the impacts of City Council’s tax shifts, corporate tax breaks and tax holidays:

  • fuels real-estate speculation
  • drives up rents, displacing small businesses
  • gives the advantages to big-box stores
  • blows a hole in the city budget
  • impairs the City’s capacity to invest in affordable housing and other public goods

Listen by clicking this link. Sean speaks from minutes 37 to 50 (out of 60min total).

 

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