Ralph Klein, COMMIE!

May 8, 2015

So, like I do, I had to fact check this claim. Turns out it’s not only right, but it’s understating things: the corporate tax rate in 2000 was 15%.

http://www.finance.alberta.ca/publications/tax_rebates/rates/hist1.html

I think this makes things pretty clear though. While the post-Klein PCs may have not done a great job managing finances, Alberta’s deficit-or-surplus state probably has more to do with oil prices than with tax levels.

So, the NDP’s 2% corporate tax hike isn’t going to be devastating. If we’re devastated in 4 years, it’ll almost certainly because of energy prices, not government policy.

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