[Senator Clay Davis]

I'm looking at it in terms of, as always for me, the numbers. Raising more revenue now means in theory you can collect less later, thus keeping taxes down more in the future (contingent on proper manangement of course). Obviously at some point taxes are going up in this province, because oil revenue is unpredictable (and perishable), while tax revenue is more predictable. I would be in favor of a consumption tax before an income tax increase personally, as consumption taxes have proven to be more efficient in the past. But I can see how an income tax increase can be somewhat justifiable.