But they are indeed: Per Can. Taxpayer Federation report,  between 2005 and 2010, while David Bronconnier was mayor,  the average rise in the residential property tax rate was 4.6% while in the same years, the Statistics Canada Consumer Price Index rose, on average annually, by 2.6%. 
•  Since 2011 (effectively the first full “Nenshi year”) the average annual rise in the residential property tax rate was 7.6% while the Statistics Canada Consumer Price Index rose, on average annually, by 1.7%.

  So, say for a $1000 tax in 2011 the increase is as follows: 2012--> 1076, 2013 --> 1157, 2014-->1245, 2015-->1340,
22016--> 1442, 2017-->1551
Nenshi can go back to teaching Socialism at the college and wait for a slot in the Liberal candidates line-up!