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. 7 U1 |% _# t6 f6 Q- W" I
0 J' }. ^& K& }# ~/ w( JMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. * o. y; m1 Z1 e, g0 e9 k! L F
. h/ Z3 n! I6 `+ x
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?