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Old 06-05-2019, 03:20 PM   #499
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Originally Posted by 4X4 View Post
Well the extra layer of ridiculousness about Alberta's carbon tax was the timing of it's implementation. During a serious downturn. So Small company Joe can't really up his prices to XYZ himebuilder, but meanwhile, the larger companies can lay off a couple of people and absorb the cost. Unintended consequence is that the bigger companies get bigger, and the small guys go bankrupt. Slow clap, Notley.
It should have been implemented during the last boom but the PC government (really the Province as a while) had zero appetite for it then. I fear that we are at the stage now where we really can't afford to wait another 5 years for another boom.
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