Spending like a drunken sailor
Download MP3The four-year capital and operating budgets have been approved! We'll break down everything you need to know about what this means for the next four years.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
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Budget
- News release: City Council approves 2023-2026 Budget
- 'Gruelling' budget process ends with tax increase of 4.96% in 2023
- Edmonton passes 5% tax increases; Cartmell calls it 'very dangerous' for affordability
- Budget deliberations continue following $100M for Edmonton Bike Plan
Task force
- News release: Cabinet task force to tackle Edmonton social issues
- Homeward Trust CEO hopeful about new community response task force
- Tim Cartmell's tweet
- Sarah Hamilton's tweet
Budget files
- High Level Line tweet
- Police IT tweet
- End gets closer for Northlands Coliseum after council approves $35M for demolition
- Cathy Heron tweet
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