[Thunderball]

incidentally, am I the only one outraged that the government is announcing an $11.6 billion surplus when the city is about to raise property tax citing lack of funds, and the government increased its royalty scheme because it "didn't get enough money"?

Needless to say, most of this should go to the Heritage Fund... the rest to the cities for LRT, roads, maintenance, schools, hospitals and rec facilities.

After that, I would re-evaluate the Corporate Tax in Alberta and look to designating more money directly to civic infrastructure to encourage the cities to keep taxes where they are or lower them.