I only chose the CBC article because many socialists(but I don't know if you are a socialist) would accept the info more readily, however, there are many articles on the finance pages that say the same thing.   And what the CBC didn't mention, Alberta doesn't spend more because they have more teachers, smaller classrooms, more nurses, more hospital rooms (per capita) it is because they PAY the teachers, the nurses, the janitors, the civil servant bureaucrats MORE than the other provinces.  And Notley is still giving them raises when few others in the province are getting raises.  A sales tax doesn't address the spending issue.