Idea 5of 23Builds onFederal, provincial and municipal
Band councils collect tax too
Is a federal, provincial or town government the only kind that taxes?
Today you'll discover
- what a band council is
- which tax many band councils collect
Think firstThe fourth row: a band council
Many First Nations have an elected band council. Can a band council collect taxes?
Decide first, then press Next. Read the bottom row of the table.
The table of governments, with the bottom row lit: band council, for a First Nation. Its middle column says property tax; its right-hand column says local roads, parks and garbage pickup. Then lines join the property tax tag of the municipal row to the property tax tag of the band council row, marked shared.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
Band councils of many First Nations collect property tax too, to pay for services on their lands.
Easy to get wrongNot every First Nation collects property tax, and each one decides how. Different First Nations do this in different ways.
Key word
- band council
- the elected council of a First Nation; many collect property tax on their lands
Ready to use it?
- Name the governments that collect property tax.
- Say who sends a family its property tax bill.