Oct
21
2023
Merritt Mayor To Withhold Tax From Province Due To ER Closures
Merritt Mayor, Michael Goetz, is taking action amid the crisis of emergency room closures, which continue to affect health care in a number of BC hospitals. He plans to withhold tax money from the provincial government, to cover the days that the Merritt Hospital Emergency Department was closed. “We pay this every year at the beginning of every year. For 2023 we already paid, but for 2024 we will recalculate the 365 days of the year that we pay our taxes, and then we will pull back the number of days...
