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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
I'm more interested in looking at more than one province for one year.
We already know Alberta collects 15% more income tax and 15% more corporate tax than other provinces, on average.
How does this relate to provincial sales taxes on a per capita basis over time? Surely Alberta, with its resource riches, could, or could have, lived off of interest from saving resource revenues instead of introducing more taxes.
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In 2012, Ontario's total revenue, subtract federal transfers and non-renewable resource revenues, was 90.5 billion dollars (SOURCE:
Government of Ontario). Ontario's population in 2012 was 13.5 million. Therefore, Ontario's per capita non-renewable resource revenue in 2012 was ~
$6,703.
In 2012, Albeta's total revenue, subtract federal transfers and non-renewable resources revenues, was 24.2 billion dollars (SOURCE:
Government of Alberta). Alberta's population was 3.8 million. Therefore, Alberta's per capita non-renewable resource revenue in 2012 was
$6,368.
Considering the higher cost of delivering services in Alberta, it seems clear that Alberta does indeed have a revenue problem. On the other hand, the WRP clearly has an "intellectual honesty" (to borrow a popular expression on this forum) problem.