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. " Q/ m3 I$ x: ?* \4 h9 [ 6 p" Y) ]1 p$ U. w' y; dMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. 4 r" C; G7 u$ |
, |; e' U' i: |' w9 P/ ]) j0 W; RYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?