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. 5 ~. d+ G; i+ o0 u/ n6 _8 m& ~# w. O. l7 V' b) `! a% q1 L
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. 9 }/ }1 I" W. J2 ]2 h" M( {- E d/ c/ l- k X8 B
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?