NDP launches tax relief program for rural Alberta municipalities

Alberta’s municipal affairs minister announced a tax relief program for rural communities Wednesday while promising fiscal restraint to balance the provincial budget.
“I won’t mince words. Difficult decisions will have to be made and we will have to tighten our belts to return Alberta to fiscal balance,” said Minister Shaye Anderson in an address at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) convention.
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