[Bend it like Bourgeois]

A couple of really good fiscal articles from the Chamber for those worried about spending.


http://www.greatcalgary.ca/issues/finance.html

I particularly like todays: http://www.greatcalgary.ca/issues/fi...article-4.html

The City of Calgary proudly communicates that its residential property taxes per capita are third lowest in the country.
However, The City communicates significantly less information regarding the competitiveness of Calgary’s other major tax revenues (i.e. non-residential property tax and the business tax).
Comparing non-residential property tax and business tax per person across Canada for cities with populations over 100,000, Calgary is second highest only to Montreal (2009 figures).
Focusing on Calgarians’ total municipal tax burden (residential property tax, non-residential property tax and business tax), our city ranks near the middle of the pack across 21 Canadian municipalities.

(admittedly this has always been a pet peeve of mine, so perhaps grinding my own axe)