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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
https://www.alberta.ca/revenue.aspx
I’m not in favour of a PST but would be willing to compromise on implementing one if it was done in conjunction with bringing the corporate tax rate back up to 12% and earmarking half of the revenue towards public programs.
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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.