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# O$ `0 A2 f0 Q0 |3 z# f
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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. $ K* P' i" N1 h: W) p% o$ O; T# n0 M: ~* u
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?