In my opinion, it would be better in the big picture to shave 0.25% or whatever off both the large and small business rates (whatever is revenue neutral).
We want big companies that employ lots of people and pay lots of corporate tax to be profitable in Alberta. I don't see why is makes any sense to discriminate against those entities to favour Ozy's and my own company.
I'm also in the services side (mostly digital now) and have most of my expenses as rent and salary. I expect only a tiny increase in cost due to the carbon tax (maybe a % on paper and a tiny flowthrough from the landlord/city). Being in the O&G sector, it's better for me if my clients are more profitable so I'd rather the decrease happened there.
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