assistance in physician recruitment to rural areas. “Provincial support to help with the recruitment of physicians across our rural Ontario would reduce the competition and costs associated with the municipality recruiting new doctors to our community,” Burton states. The current taxation system presents additional hurdles, with residential properties comprising over 75% of the tax base, a particular burden given Haliburton’s demographic profile. Burton proposes solutions, “for the province to explore providing communities, municipalities with a portion of the land transfer tax.”Adding,“this would alleviate many of the financial issues rural communities are facing.” Strategic planning efforts include developing a new county-wide plan and streamlining processes for municipalities to acquire Crown land. “A more streamlined process for municipalities, for the province to dispose of Crown land or provincially owned facilities and done so at an affordable rate 116 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 05
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