Property tax doesn't even cover a third of the education budget (not even bringing the advanced education portion into it).
(Provincial) Income taxes account for less than a third of provincial revenue as well.
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So it’s not an issue?
I have a feeling if you are thinking of them as economic forces similar to tourists that they won't even be here in the 1st place, the gain may offset losses.
ie if someone collecting $100k, AB is missing out on $8K of taxes. But this could bring min of $30-$40K/yr of economic activities that otherwise won't be here. I am sure that's cheaper than Fed's and ON gov have given to FCA to keep Windsor open building minivans.
Goooooo TEXAS!
If it were such an issue to worry about the easy solution is to lower the lower income tax brackets to match Ontario and BC and put in a sales tax to capture spending people do when they’re here and offset the COL difference in salary so it’s worth just shifting their address here for the income tax savings.
Sales tax would help capture benefits from transient workers for sure.
You mustn't have any friends that live here then because I go to restaurants, stores and the gym every day and have for the last roughly 7(?) months. There was an initial full shutdown last spring for a short while. There are restrictions that really make little sense overall right now but nothing is closed and nothing has been for a very long time.
Not sure what to tell you.
It’s open for the most part. Shit, they can have a 30 person wedding! Way more open than us.
https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.
Open er' on back up. Time for everyone to stop hiding in their basements. Take your vitamin D, don't be obese, and you'll be fine
I’m not sure if you know, but they have (had) TWICE the new cases per capita, and an older population in general.
Their health system took it, and the administration handled it better. It’s simple.
It’s not as though “they stayed open because they have few cases because population density blah blah”
There is underlying political bullshit going on with health vs Kenney in Alberta, what else could it be??
Edit: did you know on feb 2nd Saskatchewan had 238 hospitalizations with 1/4 of the population. And they remained open.
Let that sink in. We’re at 260 right now. Lol.
Well said fellas.