Mine-tax formula review.

• Position: Property tax - Brief Article

Canada's biggest gold mine would pay lower property taxes if most of its 600-strong workforce moved from Marathon to nearby Manitouwadge. But officials with the mine say that isn't likely to happen.

Relocation has become a hot topic lately because the property tax both towns receive from the three Hemlo gold mines in the region is based on where miners live. Most employees at the Williams mine live in Marathon, but if they all moved to Manitouwadge, Williams' property taxes with regard to those workers would be cut in half because a provincial funding formula...