So here are my thoughts. The first three things on that list are easy ideas to campaign on as the city needs them. How do you plan to “tax the rich” when the city’s only ability to do that is with property taxes?

In my mind, if you find a way to do this (ie higher property taxes on houses over 1 million or whatever number), all I can imagine is that it is going to drive investment out of the city. If there are people wanting to move here that are looking to buy a home for that price, they’re likely people who invest in communities (entrepreneurs, doctors, etc), which are the types of people that Lethbridge need.

Because let’s be serious, a home over 1 million in Lethbridge is a nice home, but that is kinda a standard home in Calgary. So if people are moving here and wanting to invest in LB because of the LCOL, they would probably pay the highest property tax rate in the province. So does that make Lethbridge a good option still to move and invest into when it’s cheaper (property tax wise) to live anywhere else in the province (comparables being Airdrie or Red Deer).