Forget about blaming health care workers for sick time and overtime. The UCP government, which has concentrated all control of public health care in the premier’s and health minister’s offices, own this.
Sales tax in Alberta consists only of a federal consumption tax, the general goods and services tax (GST). Alberta is the only province in Canada with no provincial sales tax (PST).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_tax_in_Alberta
Alberta: We’ve balanced our budget based on the price of oil!
Oil: drops to a point where it’s worth less than the barrel it’s in.
Alberta: <surprised Pikachu>