Article content Township council approved the increase last month as part of its 2021 budget. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Tax hike angers Loyalist Township residents Back to video A 4% increase would put Loyalist Township among the municipalities with the largest increase to its property taxes this year. An online petition to stop the planned tax increase has almost reached its goal of 1,500 names. “The COVID-19 global pandemic has made many communities and levels of government come to the aid of people yet Loyalist Township feel that increasing the deductions is the right thing to do,” the petition’s author, Tim Pearsall, wrote. “People are already suffering during this uncertain time.”