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Keith Gerein: As Edmonton drives toward economic development, the UCP’s tax grab throws up a roadblock

Many Edmontonians have been rightly frustrated at city council’s hefty hikes to municipal property taxes in recent years, but keep in mind none of those increases hit the 10 per cent threshold, and the city also didn’t run massive deficits at the same time.

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They are the kinds of dull-as-dishwater terms you will often see in the business plan or mission statement of many an organization, to the point they almost seem ubiquitous and interchangeable.

Unexciting as they are, they also happen to be vital to Edmonton right now, which is why city council – after weeks of private discussions, has made those four subjects their top strategic priorities for the rest of the term. They are the goalposts by which this council is asking to be judged, with Mayor Andrew Knack even suggesting they could serve as the basis for a report card of sorts — though it’s unclear if he means that literally or figuratively.

Either way, it’s a good start.

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