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  "path": "/opinion/letters/letter-to-the-sun-interest-rate-hike-on-deferred-property-taxes-will-hit-seniors-hard",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T22:00:02.000Z",
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  "textContent": "We are appalled at the NDP's attack on seniors in the recent budget. The outrageous interest hike on property tax deferment will hurt many on the North Shore especially hard, as we've just been saddled with the 30-year debt of the Wastewater Treatment Plant boondoggle. The provincial government held no one to account for that, and now it is adding to our financial stress. Read More",
  "title": "Letter to The Sun: Interest rate hike on deferred property taxes will hit seniors hard",
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