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. ) E% H+ m* k V# g) ?
7 ^2 [5 H7 P1 l* x4 I- I% w- LMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ( l b5 o. ~9 R$ z8 g
7 o& d2 e; r- B* K: D3 }8 |0 l( gYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?