Following the Deputy Mayor’s Roundtable on Small Business, Chris led the City’s Small Business Council Advisory Body in the development of a discussion paper examining the property tax challenges facing main street entrepreneurs across Toronto.
The paper identified three core taxation issues disproportionately affecting small business owners and illustrated their real-world impacts through profiles of local operators. By grounding the policy analysis in lived experience, the paper helped humanize the financial pressures reshaping Toronto’s commercial main streets.
This work informed ongoing municipal discussions about equitable taxation and reinforced the need for tailored policy tools to support small business sustainability.
To view the discussion paper visit here.