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. ' H3 L( ]* @2 g% `4 V' a. n$ h6 \. c0 u
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. 7 u- C* Y9 U' l4 M: i* A
% O( E8 r6 b0 v/ G' J7 W4 k" AYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?