What Albertans pay in provincial taxes has no bearing on how much tax revenue it sends to Ottawa.
pissOff! You're the one feverishly trying to make this connection - not me!
Alberta's deficits are its problem. How much revenue Albertans can send to Ottawa is the RoC's problem because they have been sending a lot more than they get back in federal spending.
and even a small sales tax (small relative to the rest of Canada) introduced in Alberta could result in $5 billion a year revenues for the province... notwithstanding reintroducing a carbon tax that Kenney's UCP terminated (one that doesn't need to be completely "revenue neutral") would be additional revenue. And then, of course, there's the low provincial income tax rate and the ridiculously lowest level of corporate tax in Canada - adjusting those would obviously bring significant monies to the province. You know... additional revenues to deal with the deficit you say is Alberta's problem - go figure, hey! Instead we get this perpetual Kenney/Alberta victimization ploy that involves Alberta/Albertans blaming "the feds" while refusing to recognize their undying dependence on fossil-fuels requires a real diversification plan - ya think!
You seem to take some sort of perverted glee in Alberta falling on hard times, completely ignoring the fact that if those high paying Alberta jobs disappear, so does a considerable portion of federal income tax, GST and other federal tax revenues.
you've been nattering on about this forevah! Get over it! By the by, apparently a most significant number of Alberta jobs have disappeared - with many never to return. How ever will Canada manage, hey!