TORONTO – The dissolution of the Region of Peel would have serious financial consequences for a series of municipalities: this is what emerges from a Deloitte report released by the mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown (in the pic above, from Twitter X – @CityBrampton), according to which if Peel were dissolved, property taxes would increase by 17% in Mississauga, 34% in Brampton and 256% in Caledon. For Brampton in particular, if the city became an independent municipality it would have a budget hole of almost $72 million each year. “And taxes are going to skyrocket,” Brown told CityNews.  (more…)