Canadian Politics Today

http://business.financialpost.com/news/property-post/think-your-property-taxes-are-high-try-being-a-commercial-landlord

Except property taxes are flowed through to paying customers (although perhaps less so now thanks to Amazon, for example).

The payers are always going to be those living in the homes (homeowners or renters) and those payong for the product/services. 

The rest is just a shell game.