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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Since i brought up Royalties, no one has responded in kind.
What if, just by collecting the full amount of Royalties owed, Alberta had a budget surplus?
Why all this hand wringing about cuts to services and so on when there are viable revenue streams that are throwing money away.
If you want to be fiscally conservative, shouldn't the first, most prudent measure be to make sure you are collecting all the taxes and royalties owed to you?
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Didn't Ed Stelmach try that? And wasn't it an unmitigated disaster?
Alberta isn't the only place that has oil and gas in the ground. Its not like we have a monopoly on it.
Or maybe I'm misunderstanding you and Alberta has Royalties due to them under the present royalty structure and they aren't collecting them or the oil company's aren't paying them?