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WRAFT Report May 2009

First of all, on behalf of the Board of Directors of WRAFT, I want to apologize for the recent lack of communication from the organisation We have been busy implementing the association of WRAFT and FOCA and ensuring that the takeover of administrative responsibilities has gone smoothly.

While WRAFT and FOCA remain two separate legal entities, FOCA and specifically FOCA’s Executive Director Terry Rees is now the spokesman and administrative head of WRAFT. Terry can be reached at trees@foca.on.ca or by telephone at 705-749-3622 or on his cell at 705-927-4455. Bob Topp has retired as WRAFT’s Executive Director but remains as a Director of WRAFT and continues to follow WRAFT matters closely. Bob may be reached at bobtopp1@gmail.com or by telephone at 416-929-9885 and during the summer at 705 732 2094. Bob is also Chair of CAPTR-_the Coalition After Property Tax Reform. Mail for CAPTR should be addressed to Bob at 84 Poplar Plains Cres. Toronto M4V 1E8. WRAFT maintains its own budget and separate Board of Directors while paying a service fee to FOCA for administrative services.… continue reading »

News Release Requesting Cancellation of 2008 Assessment

Attached is a press release made on Dec 22 and an accompanying backgrounder. We are being bombarded with messages about the inequity of the 2008 assessment at the top of the market. Hence we are calling for the scrapping of the 2008 assessment.… continue reading »

WRAFT AGM and Town Hall meeting - Nov 22

Perhaps some BBCA members in Toronto might be interested in attending on Nov 22?

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Dear Association Executive,

Attached please find the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of WRAFT being held following the annual meeting of FOCA on November 22. Also attached is notice of a Town Hall Meeting to be held immediately following a short WRAFT AGM.

Notice of the CAPTR/WRAFT Annual Meeting and Assessment­ Information

Dear Association Executive,

Attached is a report to the WRAFT membership. Please distribute it as soon as possible to your membership. Note the date of the WRAFT Annual Meeting. We are hoping for a good turnout to express as strongly as possible our concerns with the existing property tax system. There is also information regarding the timing of the assessments on your property - also, if you wish to know when you will receive your assessment notice go to the MPAC website. 
http://www.mpac.ca/pages_english/municipalities/notice_schedule.asp
Yours truly,

Bob Topp
Chairman CAPTR
416 929 9885
captr@sympatico.ca

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www.captr.org and www.wraft.com

WRAFT - Urgent Request to Visit Your MPP


An urgent request from WRAFT is attached regarding property taxes.… continue reading »

WRAFT Report - Priced out of paradise

Dear association member,

The attached article was carried in the Globe and Mail on May 16.   The media are particularly interested in hardship cases and we would appreciate hearing from any of your members who are willing to be used as examples of the inequity in the current property tax system. We also take this opportunity to remind all members to sign the petition on our websites. … continue reading »

WRAFT Report - 2008

Dear Association Member,

Attached is the spring report to our membership. Please circulate it to your membership. Through you we are asking all our WRAFT members to sign a petition on our website. This fall Ontario home and cottage owners will receive an assessment covering the past three years. Unless further reforms are introduced, this will again shift further taxes onto waterfront properties across the province. … continue reading »

WRAFT january Report

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This past November WRAFT held its Annual Meeting and received a strong endorsement from its member associations to continue the battle for property tax reform-for which we are grateful. 2008 will be a critical year in that struggle. Without serious reform this year, 2008 assessments will bring massive tax hikes for hundreds of thousands of Ontario home and cottage owners. … continue reading »

WRAFT AGM Minutes and Statements

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Dear Association Executive,

The third Annual Meeting of WRAFT was held in Toronto on November 24. We thank all members who were able to attend. Chairman Cliff Hatch chaired the meeting.  Following the formal meeting Bob Topp reported on progress during the past year and Cliff Hatch outlined plans for the year ahead. There followed an active question and answer period. Attached are the minutes from the meeting and remarks by Messrs Hatch and Topp.… continue reading »

Report to CAPTR and WRAFT Membership

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November 2007

Election Results

The Ontario election outcome, from the point of view of property tax reform, was disappointing to say the least. Even a minority government would have given us a good shot at getting an assessment cap in place. We had hoped that the range of positions taken by the three major parties would have made property tax reform an important election issue. Unfortunately religious school funding pushed our issue and many others right off the election agenda. With a Liberal majority and their belief that they have dealt with reform by the combination of the four year phase-in and seniors grant, it is going to be a challenge to make real progress in the year ahead.… continue reading »

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