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Faced with being overwhelmed, AB healthcare system asked to find cuts (rabble.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does Alberta have a provincial sales tax yet?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's hidden in the prices of goods so people don't notice it's there. It was 5% when I was there a number of years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_tax_in_Alberta

Sales tax in Alberta consists only of a federal consumption tax, the general goods and services tax (GST). Alberta is the only province in Canada with no provincial sales tax (PST).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Alberta: We've balanced our budget based on the price of oil!

Oil: drops to a point where it's worth less than the barrel it's in.

Alberta:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Where the fuck does this come from a hidden tax. We don't have a hidden tax at all, we have federal GST. If Alberta had a hidden 5% tax can anyone tell me why stuff costs the same in Saskatchewan and BC then they add a tax?