Post #3570328
2026-07-03 22:08 UTC
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/116857295698489976
“the realization is yet to set in with the public that 90 per cent of the cost of this multibillion-dollar project — we don’t know how many multiples of billions yet — is going to be paid by Alberta and Canadian taxpayers, just as we were promised would never happen.”
#Canada #cdnpoli #Alberta #TaxDollarWaste
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@pinhman@humanwords.party 2026-07-04 02:30
@dmacphee@mas.to Those same industry players when given a subsidy in the form of decreased tax & royalties, created no new jobs, but put it into share buy backs and executive enrichment. “Canada’s biggest oil sands companies have benefitted to the tune of $4.3 billion since Alberta handed large corporations a ‘job creation’ tax cut three years ago, but those jobs never materialized, a new study has found.” https://www.theenergymix.com/no-new-jobs-came-from-albertas-4b-job-creation-tax-cut-for-big-oil/