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Opinion: City hall’s budget secrecy costs Calgarians

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Brian Thiessen is the leader of The Calgary Party and a candidate for mayor in the 2025 municipal election.

He says the city's budget is so vague that citizens can't know where their hard-earned tax dollars are going.

The C.D. Howe Institute graded Calgary ’s fiscal accountability a dismal C, dropping from a B in 2020 .

We need to end dysfunction at city hall and be more responsive to the needs of Calgarians , he says.

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