The city of Edmonton evidently thinks Albertans are so enamoured of tax increases now that the NDP is in charge that it has proposed increasing property taxes 4.9% a year for each of the next three years. 5 T8 p% Z r" V n( E% r& s
0 v, n* g! Z) r& k# uMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ' e- F, S. ~" j0 X7 | ; Z: w; ?5 @5 G1 w$ O0 cYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?