Why is Alberta still charging a gas tax？
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Summary
In this episode, I give my thoughts on the gas tax, the fuel tax, and the "Yes" vote in the Alberta election. I also give my take on the "No" vote and why it's not as simple as that.
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here's one of the areas I want to hit on a bit. And that's the gas tax, the fuel tax in Alberta.
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The Premier Smith not cutting it. All right. This is where you want to get on the provincial
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government's case rather than, oh, she should be out, right? Becoming an independent supporter.
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There's one of the more clownish people who heads the independence movement in some ways and speaks
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for quite often. He's just got an incredible chip on his shoulder when it comes to Premier Smith,
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wasting a lot of energy going after her. And you really should just stick to putting out,
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try to get that yes vote. Either way, there's things that Smith needs to be criticized on,
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not trying to turn her into an open secessionist. But why on earth is she not cutting the gas tax?
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Come on. I don't care because they're saying we got our own law and we don't cut it until July
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1st. You guys write the law. You've got a majority. And you're also for every dollar,
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the price of a barrel oil rises. The Alberta government gets about $700 million in their
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budget. Okay. And I understand that's over the course of a year, but still we're talking oil
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has gone up by what, 60, $70 and it's been hanging there and it's going to for a while.
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We can afford to cut the gas tax. And if you can't afford to cut the gas tax,
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it really does mean you're spending way, way, way too much. So cut some spending,
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be conservative. That's the critique we need. And that's how we need to keep pushing our honor.