Quebec election: Couillard promises to diversify municipal tax powers

QUEBEC — Municipalities in Quebec would get new taxation powers — long sought by the city of Montreal as it looks to lessen its dependence on property taxes — if the Liberal government is re-elected, party leader Philippe Couillard promised on Friday.
Speaking at a meeting of the Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ), Couillard said that if his government is returned to power on Oct. 1, it would renegotiate the relationship between cities and the province.