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. ; ]1 l" }; o' g' H) j& t! R
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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. ) j* ^# E! Q+ B* v) g0 k8 w( W* [% W% Z+ v8 n
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?