In British Columbia, I used to be a municipal councillor. We were spending over 42% of our budget just on protective services, with the majority of it being in the emergency services, so you had police and firefighters. Obviously, those are very highly paid positions. Again, I'm worried about the sustainability for municipalities because they don't have the option the federal government does. They can't go into deficit. Inevitably, that will go toward taxation, right? That's the only way to recover it.
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