Chapleau Council Puts Municipal Accommodation Tax on Hold

Chapleau Town Council's putting a new tax on hold.

While Council was set to vote on a by-law that would establish a "Municipal Accommodation Tax" at Monday's meeting, Mayor Michael Levesque says Council decided to wait.

The proposed tax of 4% would apply to hotels, bed and breakfasts, or AirBnB-style rentals, with half of that money going to tourism and the rest for the maintenance of structures that may drum up tourism.