"car crash" wrote in message
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I want to finish my basement....I'm putting up 2 walls and some
electrical. I realize that by law I'm suppose to get a permit but
lots of people are telling me not to even bother. It will increase my
taxes substantially and that's about it.
Someone was telling me that in Ottawa about 50% don't get permits to
finish their basements.

If you live in Ottawa, Ontario, you ought to know:
1. City property taxes are no longer specifically based
on inspection and assessment but via the Municipal
Property Assessment Corp., a creature of the Harris
government, http://www.mpac.ca/
2. MPAC reassessments are in abeyance pending
political review by the McGuinty government.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)