[Bend it like Bourgeois]

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We're 3rd in property tax on what's considered an average edmonton home.

In holisitc terms we're 16th. Right next to Montreal. Not exactly esteemed company. In fact the edmonton survey gives a pretty good overview.

You're much more generous than I would be with the word 'cutting', but I get the point. Just remember that residential taxes alone are not the whole picture. Just like the example above, if you include all the ways the city dips into your pocket the jump is much bigger.

And even with property taxes alone, that's on top of massive funding jumps from the provice and feds, transfers of responsibility, cost sharing...etc.

I'm not ready to hand out any medals for 'only' hiking my taxes along the lines of inflation when other major revenue streams have been growing well in excess of inflation.