Over 1,200 delegates from more than 260 of Alberta’s cities, towns and other municipalities are meeting in Calgary this week for the 2025 Alberta Municipalities Convention and Trade Show.

The annual conference focuses on networking between local officials, but it also provides a chance for communities to put forward resolutions on issues that matter to local leaders.

One of the pressing issues on this year’s agenda is the way that the provincial government gathers its educational property taxes.

For many decades, this tax has been collected by municipalities before being transferred to the provincial government. This has become a small issue for many municipalities, as the responsibility (and costs) of collecting these taxes fall onto the municipal governments. Additionally, any raises

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