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Demers budget delivers on his election promises<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

By Genevi\u00e8ve April<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Promise made, promise kept: Laval senior citizens 65 and up will soon ride Laval\u2019s public transports for free. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe 2014 budget will permit Laval senior citizens to travel free-of-charge at all times on city buses as early as next year,\u201d said Mayor Marc Demers\u2019 spokesman Fran\u00e7ois Brochu. \u201cOur electoral platform proposed offering free fares only outside of rush hours, but we have [subsequently] decided to implement it at all times. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe free fare policy applies only to seniors who are Laval residents,\u201d he added, \u201cand the specifics as to how it will operate\u2014be it with a card or another method\u2014remain to be worked out.\u201d <\/p>\n

The 2014 budget also absolves senior citizen from their water tax bill. This exemption has voted into effect each year for several years and Mayor Marc Demers decided to retain the cost-saving measure for seniors in his first budget, keeping true to another electoral promise. The water tax exemption has long been welcomed by Laval seniors, who can save up to $200 depending on their income.<\/p>\n

Laval citizens will also be pleased to learn that the average rate of taxation has been frozen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis doesn\u2019t mean that some citizens won\u2019t see a small increase on their next tax bill, but the overall average tax rate [that the city collects] has been frozen,\u201d Brochu explained. In 2013, former mayor Alexandre Duplessis also tabled a budget that froze property taxes, and even decreased taxes slightly for some condo owners. <\/p>\n

As Demers stated during the Dec. 2 city council meeting, the 2014 budget won\u2019t accomplish all his Mouvement lavallois<\/i> party\u2019s objectives, because of decisions taken by the preceding administration. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2015, we will see a budget that much more reflects ML\u2019s vision,\u201d he promised. <\/p>\n

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