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 u8 j# {4 Q l- T7 Q
0 N2 @2 B' H; `2 A9 U+ EMayor 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# I, H1 n1 v4 j& g. @) v* L9 J + w' b0 F5 n4 `& `1 UYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?