[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Delgar

Interesting position, not something I'd expect based on how I read your posting history.

PST is a consumption tax, as is the GST. Alberta has skated around it because of other revenues. Now the oil revenue is coming back, and Alberta is going to see surpluses.

Should there be a PST? The lack of one does separate government revenue from how the other provinces operate (BC in my experience has too much on the ticker when people buy groceries, for example)

So are you saying, higher corporate tax and use that to forego PST? Have you done the math? I haven't.

That's weird, considering groceries are among the many exemptions:

• Food for human consumption (e.g. basic groceries and prepared food such as restaurant meals)
• Books, newspapers and magazines
• Children-sized clothing
• Bicycles
• Prescription medications and household medical aids such as cough syrup and pain medications

• Sales and rentals of real property (e.g. house, commercial property)
• Public and private campsites
• Admissions and memberships
• Professional services (other than legal services)
• Transportation fares (e.g. bus, train, ferry, airline)