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. ( \1 e% Z) z0 c& i: {1 O% t) J
+ ~! I9 X5 V% [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. ( y! E: p# X, j! v( H6 |+ W$ Q2 j4 U/ J; i0 k. N; Y
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?