Numbers vs. statements
The record
A verdict here describes whether the published figures match the statement. It is not a judgment of whether the policy was a good idea.
- Direction supported; size unclear
Property taxes versus the GTA
The low per-capita levy is confirmed. The Town’s own figure (10%) and the mayor’s (18%) differ, and the GTA-only average behind either claim has not been checked here.
- Supported
Debt
Debt relative to the tax base fell every year from 2020 to 2024.
- Accurate but narrow
Mulock Park and property taxes
True for construction. The land, the precondition for the park, was tax-funded.
- Acknowledged; outcomes worsening
Homelessness
The statements match the data, and the measured problem has grown while he has chaired the Region’s housing committee. These sources do not publish a Newmarket-only count.
- Mixed; one year of data
Housing supply
The apartment rebound is real, and starts are lumpy. Annual completions against the 6,400 target are the better measure. That series is still needed.
- Fell short
Town halls
He acknowledged the gap himself: he would have liked to do more.
- Unverified
“85 to 90 per cent” of priorities achieved
A published list of priorities with a status beside each one would make this claim checkable.