http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/al...141/story.html
Having lived in Quebec and BC, I like having no sales tax in Alberta but I did notice prices are higher here, maybe because of it. Economically, a consumption tax is way better than increased income taxes.
Speaking only for myself, a sales tax would be OK as long as it was a few % of HST and not something that creates yet another provincial bureaucracy.