Province Lowers Municipalities' Interest Rates

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Keith Gerein: For Alberta municipalities, the UCP government remains a dysfunctional dance partner

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Alberta cities and towns will take whatever help they can these days because other provincial manoeuvres have generally been unkind to their finances, including sections of Bill 20 that have forced big, unwanted changes to local elections.

The province should be reimbursing municipalities for the forced move to hand-counting.

Premier Danielle Smith mused about the possibility of the province taking over tax collection duties.

Alberta ’s municipalities need to find a new rhythm to their finances, but they should be wary of a partner that continually dances to their own tune.

Transferring tax collection control requires a high level of trust, which is in short supply right now.

The UCP government is refusing to pay its full share of municipal property taxes these days .

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