Issue briefing : Are Calgary's taxes too high?

For a special index of prices that the City of each property the tax level is produced Calgary claims are the most relevant to de- from a combination of the assessed value livering city services and the mill rate, but there is no general • Population growth means that the City’s tax. [...] The after tax incomes for different household types in Calgary as reported by Statistics The result is that most of the figures do not Canada are not directly comparable to the fairly reflect the changes in expenditure. [...] Besides the level of spending and taxation, citizens may also be interested in the level of The City also presents figures on a cost- debt that is taken on by the City. [...] One obvious objection to this line of thinking The level of transfers from the provincial is that the situation is unsustainable. [...] The One advantage is fairness; people become best defence that can be made for the MPI responsible for the results of their own 23 decisions and pay the costs of their own The first is that evidence from overseas actions, rather than cross subsidizing the has shown road tolls can gain popularity decisions of others.