It's a cash grab. Just like charities do when a community or group suffers - they go and solicit the cash froma  public that feels bad, then they pay themselves and then hand a teensy little bit out to those whoactually  suffer. This city council is doing just that. They are opportunistic and predatory. That extra tax along with all the extra tax gets built in year after year and each subsequent increase is based on compounding that tax increase / cash grab. Vancouverites are getting played for fools.