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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. List of Figures and Tables
  3. List of Selected Abbreviations
  4. Foreword
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I No Sales Tax! Alberta’s Political and Fiscal Environment
    1. 1. Alberta Exceptionalism and Taxation as Affront
    2. 2. The Political Suicide Tax?
    3. 3. Alberta’s Fiscal Dilemma
    4. 4. The Revenue Push and Spending Pull: A Double-Edged Look at the Source of Alberta’s Fiscal Ills
  8. Part II The Least Painful Solution: Why a Sales Tax Makes Sense
    1. 5. Alberta Sales Tax: An Inevitability and an Opportunity to Reset
    2. 6. The Volatility of Alberta’s Tax Bases: Implications for Tax Policy Choices
    3. 7. Oil, Democracy, and Social Solidarity: The Case for an Alberta Sales Tax
  9. Part III Suggestions for the Future: How to Get a Sales Tax for Alberta
    1. 8. A Disciplined PST
    2. 9. Join the Sales Tax Parade! PST and the Road to Alberta’s Economic Recovery
    3. 10. Moving to a Sustainable Fiscal Future: Addressing Alberta’s Legacies of Denial
  10. Afterword
  11. List of Contributors

Logo: Campus Alberta

A book in the Campus Alberta Collection, a collaboration of Athabasca University Press, University of Alberta press, and University of Calgary Press.

Logo: Athabasca University Press

Athabasca University Press | aupress.ca

A Sales Tax for Alberta

Why and How

Edited by Robert L. Ascah

978-1-77199-297-8 (paperback)

Regime of Obstruction

How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy

Edited by William K. Carroll

978-1-77199-289-3 (paperback)

The Medium Is the Monster

Canadian Adaptations of Frankenstein and the Discourse of Technology

Mark A. McCutcheon

978-1-77199-224-4 (paperback)

Logo: University of Alberta Press

University of Alberta Press | uap.ualberta.ca

Situating Design in Alberta

Edited by Isabel Prochner & Tim Antoniuk

978-1-77212-578-8 (paperback)

Feminist Acts

Branching Out Magazine and the Making of Canadian Feminism

Tessa Jordan

978-1-77212-484-2 (paperback)

Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters

Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell, and Christi Belcourt, Editors

978-1-77212-367-8 (paperback)

Logo: University of Calgary Press

University of Calgary Press | press.ucalgary.ca

Sustainability Matters

Prospects for a Just Transition in Calgary, Canada’s Petro-City

Noel Keough with Geoff Ghitter

978-1-77385-248-5 (paperback)

Intertwined Histories

Plants in Their Social Contexts

Edited by Jim Ellis

978-1-77385-090-0 (paperback)

Water Rites

Reimagining Water in the West

Edited by Jim Ellis

978-1-55238-997-3 (paperback)

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