As oil royalties have fallen, Albertans have endured multiple tax hikes and a S&P downgrade.
alberta taxes
April 5, 2016
10:56AM
The province's new top personal income tax rate is now higher than B.C.'s rate.
March 21, 2016
2:18PM
When the new federal top tax rate takes effect, Alberta will have one of the highest top rates in North America.
February 22, 2016
10:41AM
To eliminate the deficit, Alberta's government should restrain spending.
December 15, 2015
8:53AM
The Alberta government recently implemented a series of policy changes that will leave Albertans materially less free. Given the clear link between economic freedom and prosperity, expect these changes to have negative long-term effects on living standards and economic opportunities across the province.
December 15, 2015
3:00AM
Alberta continues to face significant economic challenges. Rather than make matters worse, governments should implement pro-growth economic policies.
November 27, 2015
3:00AM
If the carbon tax was in fact revenue neutral, Premier Notley's plan would include a clear list of what taxes are going to be cut.
July 6, 2015
11:00AM
There are many parallels between Alberta’s first NDP premier, Rachel Notley, and Ontario’s only NDP premier, Bob Rae.
March 11, 2015
8:19AM
In Alberta, to cushion the blow from falling revenues, some claim higher taxes will balance the books. How soon we forget. Alberta tried that in the late 1980s. It didn’t work.
May 4, 2013
2:00AM
In a recent debate on the pages of the National Post many Albertans might have missed, two economists, Rhys Kesselman from Simon Fraser University, and Jack Mintz from the University of Calgary, sparred over the most desirable tax mix for Alberta. Kesselman wanted Albertas single income tax rate replaced with cascading tax brackets, and structured to ensure higher overall taxes. Mintz advocated a sales tax but with the caveat that it be revenue neutral, i.e., some other tax should be lowered in exchange.