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Originally Posted by Daorcey
Mayor Nenshi isn't planning to impose a city sales tax. It's not actually something municipalities in Alberta can do. If you're referencing his call for more funding for cities to build things like the Green Line (NE-SE LRT), the ideal situation is that Calgary gets more of a fair share of the billions of dollars sent to the other orders of governments by Calgarians. This is part of the conversation related to City Charters.
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I am confused. Our Mayor wants the city charter to have the ability to create a city sales tax, does he not?
In the quote below, the provincial funding deal portion of the quote seems in alignment with your statement. However, the quote also implies he wants to get implement a city sales tax. If not, what is his idea for his new revenue generating powers? That screams new tax?
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He’ll continue pushing in 2014 for a city charter that gives Calgary new revenue-generating powers or a different provincial funding deal that weans the city off its reliance on property tax, which Nenshi has long derided as regressive.
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http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...909/story.html