Gunter: Spending cuts, not incentives, key to fixing Edmonton's high residential taxes
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So, city council is thinking up ways to convince industries and businesses not to leave high-tax Edmonton for the lower tax jurisdictions all around the city. They’re talking about grants and other financial incentives to encourage businesses to stay so the split between the residential tax and the industrial base moves lower than 80-20. But […]
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