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. A- z6 A) w9 q5 Z, F
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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. . B) a8 [& P7 D- U& X2 w. @, b5 g# v+ x0 `8 l
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?