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Robert (Bob) L. Ascah, Research Fellow, The Parkland Institute, University of Alberta

A provincial sales tax is the solution to Alberta's fiscal roller-coaster

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Minister of Finance Jason Nixon, then Minister of Environment and Parks, chat before the throne speech is delivered in Edmonton in May 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

With a new Alberta premier taking office in October and a general election required by the end of May 2023, fiscal policy may become a wedge issue between Alberta’s United Conservative Party and the NDP.

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