Flat Tax
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Alberta Election Fact Check: NDP claims UCP would add ‘$700M tax break for the rich’We've heard the Alberta NDP say on several occasions that the UCP, if elected, would bring in a "$700-million tax break for the top one per cent." Where do those numbers come from? Is the claim accurate?InvestigationsJan 31, 2019
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UCP constituency office vandalized, MLA blames Alberta NDP messagingAn Alberta United Conservative member is cleaning up after rocks were thrown through the windows of his constituency office in an act he says was partly to blame on inflamed NDP rhetoric.CrimeJan 16, 2019
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Notley slams UCP tax plan, says Kenney considers Robin Hood a ‘scary movie’Premier Rachel Notley says the Opposition's proposal to return Alberta to a flat tax on income would deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to higher-income earners at the expense of everyone else.EconomyJan 18, 2018
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Alberta conservatives eye flat tax, private health delivery in draft policiesAlberta's governing NDP says draft policy ideas put forward by the Opposition United Conservative Party are risky and would benefit the wealthy, but the UCP calls that baseless fearmongering.EconomyJan 11, 2018
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Are the days of Alberta’s flat tax numbered?It's part of what's known as the "Alberta Advantage": paying a flat 10 per cent tax no matter your income. But as the price of oil remains low, some wonder if the days of the flat tax are numbered.PoliticsNov 19, 2014
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