Alberta's Infrastructure Funding Debate

Alberta’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, Dan Williams, is launching a new minister’s council to rethink infrastructure funding—bringing together cities to explore alternatives to taxes and levies like public-private partnerships and municipal bonds, as communities grow faster than ever. Meanwhile, Calgary’s Mayor Jeromy Farkas pushes for municipalities to collect all property taxes themselves, arguing the province takes billions without giving enough back, and that this would boost accountability and fund major projects like the Green Line. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/9e92987d22503be5