I find myself more and more interested in a consumption tax in general, where income tax is abolished and you pay a tax based on your consumption. I am worried about how this might effect some of the communities close to the border (as it would be higher than the provinces they border most likely), but it would be worth considering in my opinion.
I'm also not sure on the spending vs. revenue problem. I guess my thinking is that its a spending priority problem. The revenues are what they are, but I don't want to services cut. To that end I'm more in favour of cutting administration. I feel the same way about the Calgary Board of Education and them not cutting front line positions and look for areas of admin to be cut first, if any positions need to be.
Some of the statistics are misleading in general; the increase in spending is probably really high. So is the level of immigration into the province. We also faced enormous cuts as a province in the relatively recent future and probably over-cut at that point. Returning to something sustainable means a huge increase in spending to get there.
The handling of the Heritage fund is a disgrace. There was a political leader advocating that the government put away some money for the tough times that would eventually come, but that didn't get a lot of press or public support.
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