Iqaluit ratepayers pay unfairly for all residents

Regarding the Sept. 11 ratepayers’ referendum vote, if I understand it correctly, as a minority of the population, I will have to pay for the rest of Iqaluit, the majority of the population.

My tax increase of $228 a year to fund the infrastructure program, whether necessary or not, is enough to buy a month’s worth of fuel or power in the winter. That is too much for me.

The Government of Nunavut is also generously offering to provide millions of dollars for this program. I wonder if their constituents in Grise Fiord or Sanikiluaq or other communities want these dollars spent in Iqaluit?

While improvements may have to be made, the ratepayers should not have to bear this expense.

In the city’s new business alliance with Labrador, it should seek advice from Hopedale or Makkovik on water and sewage systems — some people barely have a pot to pee in.

(Name withheld by request)
Iqaluit