Lower Property Taxes
Calgarians are facing another year of rising property taxes.
The City’s proposed 2026 budget maintains a 3.6% blended property tax increase, which translates to an average 5.8% rise for single-family homes.
On top of that, utility, waste, and recycling costs are projected to go up by 3.9%.
This budget also includes a one percent tax shift from businesses to homeowners, which significantly increases the burden on residents.
The budget offers little restraint on overall spending, asking residents to shoulder more costs each year rather than forcing City Hall to find efficiencies.
Council will begin deliberations on November 24th.
The budget will be debated, amended, and voted on from November 26th to 28th, making this a crucial opportunity for residents to influence how their money is spent.
Add your name to this petition and tell City Council you want:
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No new property tax increase for 2026
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Spending focused on essential services like roads, policing, and fire protection
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Cuts to non-essential projects and a halt to bureaucratic expansion
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Responsible use of reserves to avoid future fiscal crises
Sign the petition now and tell Council to Lower Property Taxes:
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The Greenline must undergo a foresnsic audit on work performed to date, and then rationalized to avoid any future cost over runs. If the final routing, and the final design cannot be determined at this point, then put work on hold until it is. We need to know what we are building and why, and costs MUST be contained. Construction should never have started cuntil the final design was known. This was incompetence at ALL levels and control MUST be taken back from the Unions on ALL projects.
The Unions need to be put in their place, and forced have a realization of who works for who. They for us, not us for them.
This out of control spending and incompetent budgeting must be reigned in immediately!! Common sense must again enter the equation. No ands, ifs, buts or maybe’s. Just do it!!