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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Yet, you still have failed to show what proportion of revenue most provinces derive from sales taxes or how that compares to the amount Alberta makes on our outstanding tax base. You most certainly have proven that Alberta spends far above what we tax, but that means nothing, we already know Alberta far outspends all other provinces, even without a sales tax.
Please, whenever you find the time, why not enlighten us all with some real data comparing provincial revenue breakdowns, focusing on the per capita effects of a sales tax. Since you seem to know the answer already you must have seen the data somewhere.. right? I might add there are ten provinces and Ontario is just one of those ten.
Once we have some real numbers we can discuss the differences instead of having only your opinion on a political party that you disagree with to discuss.
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B.C. total non-resource, non-federal contribution, revenue in 2012: ~$31.5 billion (just for you: provincial sales tax accounts for $6 billion, or essentially as much as income taxes) (
SOURCE).
B.C. population in 2012: 4.6 million people.
Per capita non-resource, non-federal contribution, revenue: $6,850. This is over $500 per capita more than Alberta.
Quebec total non-resource, non-federal contribution, revenue in 2012: $50 billion (provincial sales tax accounted for $14 billion of this, compared to $18 billion from income tax) (
SOURCE).
Quebec population in 2012: 7.9 million people.
Per capita non-resource, non-federal contribution, revenue: $6,329. This is essentially the same as Alberta.
I have now accounted for 30 million Canadians, or over three quarters of Canada's population. In each case, income and corporate tax revenues only accounted for a portion of total government revenue (surprise, surprise.) In each case, sales taxes accounted for a significant portion of government revenue (surprise, surprise.) In each case, the province (in the case of Ontario and Quebec, both "have-not" provinces) examined received as much or more non-resource revenue than Alberta. Therefore, Danielle Smith's conclusion was flawed and clearly misleading. Indeed, Alberta may very well have a revenue problem.
Are you satisfied now? Good grief.