Saddling Calgary taxpayers with nearly an additional $350 in annual education property tax charges without getting meaningful provincial aid for things like infrastructure is “egregious,” according to Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas.
Mayor Farkas mulled the Alberta budget for 12 hours after giving his initial impressions shortly after the province delivered it Thursday, saying that more transparency is needed in how...
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