E.F. Marshall, Chair of Research
o.b.o. Research Team
Ontario Landowners Association
Tom Black, President
Ontario Landowners Association
May, 2011
During the Harris era, in Ontario, the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation was created to be a corporation that would provide assessment services to the Municipalities as a separate entity from all levels of government. This Corporation was to be funded by the Municipalities eliminating provincial responsibility and eliminating the costs to the provincial government. It was legislated into life in 1997 to answer recommendations created by bureaucratic planning, in government, on how to consolidate and create an arms length assessment process. It was promoted as a Corporation that would present "fair market value" assessments to the people of Ontario.
