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Victoria council committee supports voluntary Indigenous reconciliation fund
Publisher: CBC News
Author: Canadian Press
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Posting Date: March 24, 2022
Year Published: 2022
Abstract:
Victoria has moved a step closer to introducing a voluntary reconciliation fund that will give homeowners the option of contributing financially to local Indigenous nations later this year.
A majority of city council committee members voted in favour on Thursday of supporting the fund, which will ask homeowners to voluntarily add between five and 10 per cent extra to their annual property tax bill when tax notices are issued in June.
The proposal goes to a final council vote on April 7.
Mayor Lisa Helps says the plan is for the city to collect the money and provide it to the Victoria-area Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, along with a $200,000 reconciliation grant council has previously approved.
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