Post-secondary students fight dorm taxes
Posted Aug 30, 2012 6:09 am.
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Student leaders at the University of Calgary are fighting a by-law that would see them hand over thousands of tax dollars to the city.
While other provinces do not collect property taxes from campus dorms, Alberta residences get a yearly bill.
President of the students’ union, Hardave Birk, says it’s unfair considering the residences operate on a non-profit basis and cannot be sold.
Students also argue they don’t see any returns from paying the tax.
Officials paid $525,000 in property taxes last year.
Birk tells The Calgary Herald the money would be better used to fix up aging dorms.
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