http://jnarvey.com/2007/02/27/alberta-pouring-tax-dollars-down-an-oil-well/ Vancouver writer Jonathon Narvey blogs about current affairs, politics, media trends and life on Canada's west coast Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:04:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://jnarvey.com/2007/02/27/alberta-pouring-tax-dollars-down-an-oil-well/#comment-71 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:09:00 +0000 http://jnarvey.com/?p=87#comment-71 I think the money, over three years, is for medical clinics, affordable housing, sewage and water treatment, etc. It is just that it is more infrastructure fudning than is usually allocated per capita to try to catch up with the fast growth. The marketplace, investers and private companies invest in the oilsands operations companies. Alberta passed a law that they are not in the business of being in business but they are responsible for providing civic services. Police, ambulance, etc. are all feeling the pinch as well. So I think ithis is a very good idea. Remember, many of the workers there do not pay taxes there. They stay in camps and live and pay taxes in many other parts of the country. <br/>So many of the users of services do not pay taxes to pay for them. I think the money, over three years, is for medical clinics, affordable housing, sewage and water treatment, etc. It is just that it is more infrastructure fudning than is usually allocated per capita to try to catch up with the fast growth. The marketplace, investers and private companies invest in the oilsands operations companies. Alberta passed a law that they are not in the business of being in business but they are responsible for providing civic services. Police, ambulance, etc. are all feeling the pinch as well. So I think ithis is a very good idea. Remember, many of the workers there do not pay taxes there. They stay in camps and live and pay taxes in many other parts of the country.
So many of the users of services do not pay taxes to pay for them.

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