The Southforks Nanaimo River Community Association fully supports and have joined the RDN Tax Payers Alliance. The community and its homeowners have reached a point we cannot stand by anymore and let the RDN and the board continue to mismanage tax payers funds.

Who is the RDN Tax Payers Alliance:

We are a group of Residents and Neighbourhood Associations, from across the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) to form the RDN Taxpayers Alliance (RDNTA).

Why Have We Come Together?

We have formed because of continued ‘Excessive RDN Tax Increases’ that are outpacing inflation, regional growth and most importantly family incomes.  This is straining family budgets, undermining families’ financial confidence, and resulting in financial hardship.  We recognize that our community services are not sustainable if our families are not financially sustainable.    

The Core Issue

The Tax Pile-on Continues.  RDN & Hospital Taxes are planned to increase 75% from 2025-2029.  This increase is more than 7 times expected inflation and well ahead of both regional growth and income growth.  This ongoing rate of tax increase is unsustainable.  We see four major root causes:

1) A Poor Financial Planning Process that doesn’t guarantee fiscal balance or financial accountability.

2) Run-Away Capital Spending with limited prioritization between or within departments based on the difference between needs & wants or sustainable financial capacity.

3) Ineffective Project Management that often fails to design financially efficient projects or bring them in on-time on-budget.

4) Limited Transparency, Unbalanced Representation, and Limited Accountability. 

Our Mission

Bring Together the Public Across the RDN & Realize True Sustainable Fiscal Balance

This will be achieved by advocating for:

• Improved Financial Planning Process initiated with a clear taxation cap & related Departmental Targets.
• Quantified Performance Management Metrics by Departments
• Prioritized Capital Spending Projects Across & By Department
• Timely Full Transparency of Financial Plans, Reserves, and full costed Project Business Cases esp. when borrowing is required.
• Fully Accountable, Responsible Representative Leadership.

Visit the RDN Rate Payers Alliance at: https://www.rdntaxpayersalliance.ca/