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EDMONTON — For the first time in several decades Alberta received more money from the federal government than it sent to Ottawa, according to a new analysis — a nearly unprecedented shift due...
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The city plans to spend an additional $56.5 million in 2018 — $24.4 million from the addition of new homeowners to the property tax base, and $32.1 million generated by the two cent tax increase. The city's total operating budget will add up to more than $3.4 billion, an increase of $122.9 million. However more than a third of that increase will be...
Mayor Jim Watson highlighted some new spending initiatives in the budget, including: Infrastructure 1. The city is promising to spend an extra $12.6 million on infrastructure repairs including road, cycling and sidewalk fixes. 2. The winter maintenance fund, which pays for snow removal, will increase by $2.3 million. 3. The budget would make the $4...
Taxes The two per cent increase to property taxes, 2.5 per cent increase to transit levies and a $2 increase to garbage fees means the average residential tax bill will rise $76 a year for urban homeowners, and $62 a year for rural homeowners. Commercial property owners will see their taxes rise by $163 from the previous year. Transit The transit b...
One of the challenges of understanding a budget is that sometimes what is called an increase in spending isn't an increase at all. 1. Overspent: Ottawa's annual budget illusion The city often cites proposed spending increases in relation to what was proposed in the 2017 budget, instead of what the city is actually projected to spend. Take, for exam...
The city also detailed the infrastructure projects, from roads to parks to recreation centres, will be coming to each region of the city. Click on the links below to see what's happening near you. 1. Central 2. East 3. South 4. West
Dec 18, 2018 · Amid the ongoing trade dispute with the U.S., which saw President Donald Trump impose tariffs of 25 and 10 per cent on steel and aluminum coming into the country, the Canadian government announced...
2 per cent: Property tax increase in 2018. 2.5 per cent: Increase to the transit levy on tax bills and average transit fare increase. $7.50: Increase for the average urban home’s water...
1 day ago · The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released its annual rent increase cap ahead of the long weekend, keeping landlords of some properties to increases of 2.5 per cent or less for 2025 ...
Dec 11, 2023 · That will also involve passing on an expensive list of requests — totalling $2.7 billion — to the federal government, which is not a party in the new deal. However, hundreds of millions of...
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