Junk food tax.
Didn't the onus on banning smoking in public places fall to the municipalities? Couldn't the city increase business taxes on places that sell unhealthy food? or a surcharge to be collected at point of sale on items that are on a certain list? I know the logistics would be a large job, but not impossible.
Inner-city tax breaks
A simplistic solution could be to assign every property a distance to City centre/City Hall. Taxes in part could be calculated on this distance, with an accompanying calculation based on the density of your neighbourhood.
User pay roads
An RFID in the stickers of license plates could signal to a collector mounted on lamp posts, then send the bill to the non-Calgarian. EDIT:This would need to be a provincial initiative... So strike this from the Municipal election.
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