Delivering the good : Infrastructure and alternative revenue sources for the city of Edmonton

The opinions expressed in this document are those of the author only, and are not necessarily those of the City of Edmonton or the Canada West Foundation’s Board of Directors, advisors, and funders. [...] In 1992, provincial operating and capital grants to the capital side, PPP goes beyond the traditional “bid-build” Edmonton were 3.80% of all personal and corporate income taxes relationship and involves private participation in the design, collected by the province and 0.339% of all personal incomes and financing, building, owning, and even operation of infrastructure corporate earnings. [...] The idea behind “smart” debt is to build a consensus around an appropriate and sustainable level of tax- All of the options above require a fundamental shift in thinking on supported debt over the long-term, recognizing that borrowing the part of City Council and citizens, or approval from the provincial is a legitimate part of any long-term capital financing plan. [...] The ratio was 5.7% over the 1990- achievable within the confines of the Municipal Government Act. [...] Infrastructure of this study was to identify and assess the various ways that and Alternative Revenue Sources for the City of Edmonton, which cities around the globe finance, fund, and deliver infrastructure, was originally intended to provide part of the research base for the recognizing that the current methods in play in Canada are insufficient and inadequate to meet the nation’s mounting urban