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Old 04-14-2016, 05:15 PM   #639
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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll View Post
But you only get money back if you make under $50k, which is a complete joke. $50k is not a middle income earner.
If you're an Albertan making $50k per year, you're actually earning more than the median income in this province. As of 2013 (the last year in which Statscan has published data), 58.9% of adult Albertans made under $50k/yr. The median income in the province was $40.4k.

Source: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...il105j-eng.htm

(PS: don't interpret this comment as a defense of the NDP's budget, which -- at least from what I've seen so far -- appears to be an utter disaster.)
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