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Tax and fees levied by Metro Vancouver will increase to $ 875 for the average household next year .
The tax increase is a 9.9 per cent jump on the amount residents pay for waste, water and other regional services.
The regional district framed the tax increase as an attempt to catch up on infrastructure work deferred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Critics call it another example of financial mismanagement.
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