Category Archives: BC Politics
Provincial deficits for 2009/2010
Here are some interesting stats re: provincial deficits. We see that Alberta has a huge per capita deficit, thanks largely to Alberta’s reliance on irregular resource and exploration taxes, and not on more stable income and sales taxes. This is a good example of how debt and deficits are as reliant on what you tax […]
The Alberta Advantage?
Over the last decade, there has been a lot of talk about the Alberta Advantage (aka the Alberta Miracle). Alberta boosters would puff with pride because Calgary had more head offices than Vancouver and other Western cities. It wasn’t just because of the oil patch, they assured us; it was because of prudent diversification and […]