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. ! p) ~4 [$ U2 ?
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Mayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. , F: n* m) O# G$ e3 K1 m0 _& h! p$ _% `/ b$ i
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?