Sigh, every year city council gets this raise tied directly to the average earnings of Albertans, and every year people bitch about it. I think it's far and away the most equitable way of doing it.
The CBC article tries to tie this to property taxes, which is total nonsense. If taking the independently determined, indexed raise is not appropriate in a year where property taxes go up, the corollary is councillors deserve huge raises for cutting taxes. I'm sure a lot of the electorate believe this, which is ####ed...
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