I'll do it in French.
The taxation is different in each city. Every city makes choices with regard to the construction of infrastructure. Essentially, all cities have the same mandate, which is to build roads, waterworks, sewers, parks and sports centres. Their municipal mandate was given to them when the Canadian Constitution was agreed upon. At that time, it was determined that those would be the roles cities would play.
Unfortunately, taxation has not followed suit. The taxation regime is two centuries old. At that time, almost 100% of the services provided by cities were property services such as waterworks, sewers, asphalt and roads. Today, cites organize leisure activities and are the main disseminators of culture. They try to fight the isolation of seniors and organize activities for them. Cities are the ones that offer sports and leisure.
The cities have developed these services for residents, but their taxation has not changed. You have identified a major problem. Can the cities have access to part of the taxes, either the GST or the QST? May they have access to a part of income tax revenues? Such solutions would be appropriate in order to offset the fact that they now offer more essential services. May I remind you that municipal governments do not fund anything frivolous. In my opinion, we are facing an emergency. We have to change municipal taxation as it is no longer adapted to today's needs.
The decision could be made to tell cities to no longer offer leisure or cultural activities. Libraries have been a municipal responsibility forever. Cities have to invest in them, but they no longer have the means to do so, particularly because infrastructure is weighing too heavily on their finances.
I don't know if I answered your question.