Critics deluge Toronto's proposed "rain tax" on paved properties

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Critics deluge Toronto's proposed "rain tax" on paved properties

This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A plan to charge Toronto homeowners and businesses for paved surfaces on their properties is creating a public backlash, a deluge of negative international media attention and even derisive comments from Donald Trump Jr. The outcry reached such a crescendo last week, the city canceled public hearings on the tax, whi…