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Originally Posted by chemgear
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/poll-shows...-pst-1.2194924
The results of a new poll, asking Albertans whether or not they want to see a sales tax implemented in the province, show that residents have no taste for the proposal.
The poll, conducted on January 18 from a test group of 3,184 Albertans, found that 73 percent were not in favour of a provincial sales tax.
The firm found that the idea of a PST came dead last against other revenue streams. The preferred method in the poll was an increase of user fees and sin taxes on alcohol and cigarettes.
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Of course it did. The word PST is like nails on a chalkboard for Albertans. And it's not surprising - for all of the people that migrated here from other provinces, part of the allure was that there was no PST.
So you have homegrown Albertans who don't know what a PST feels like (an doesn't want it), and migrated Albertans who moved to escape a PST.
Sounds like a "sky is blue" effort.