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. ; K# ^$ |! \6 |
# P! Y9 [7 u" J! u6 ~4 F+ m' LMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ! n( ~. [: |4 k" q1 g
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?