In fact, since we're talking about big, bad Nenshi and "his" penny tax (that was actually proposed by an independent business group), this is all I have read about his level of support for such an idea:
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Outside the friendly reception that Transformation Calgary got Monday for its dedicated "penny tax" at the chamber of commerce, Mayor Naheed Nenshi and federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty were both far more lukewarm to the idea.
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Nenshi first revealed Transformation Calgary's idea in February while talking to reporters in Toronto. After first musing about it seven months ago, he still believes the sales-tax solution is merely one of the options to wean cities off the inadequate property tax base.
"It's not really directly related to the services consumed at the city level, so there are goods and bads about it," the mayor said.
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