{"id":58122,"date":"2015-08-05T19:02:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T11:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58122"},"modified":"2025-01-08T07:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:52:58","slug":"alberta-finance-minister-dismisses-harpers-comment-on-taxes-as-electioneering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/05\/alberta-finance-minister-dismisses-harpers-comment-on-taxes-as-electioneering\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta finance minister dismisses Harper’s comment on taxes as electioneering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CALGARY — Alberta’s finance minister says he is concentrating on governing the province and not what’s being said on the federal campaign trail.<\/p>\n

Joe Ceci made the remarks in response to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s criticism of the provincial NDP government Monday.<\/p>\n

Harper said the new NDP government can’t present a budget, but has raised taxes.<\/p>\n

He says that’s a disaster.<\/p>\n

The Alberta government is seeking public comments on the budget until Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

Ceci is to present the budget sometime after the legislature reconvenes Oct. 26.<\/p>\n

“I’ll leave comments like Mr. Harper’s to the campaign trail,” Ceci said Tuesday in Calgary.<\/p>\n

“I’ve done my election. We’re here now, and we’re governing. And Albertans seem to like what we’re doing.<\/p>\n

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Ceci made the comments after meeting with the business community on the budget.<\/p>\n

He said the meeting at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce was productive and cordial and he plans to meet with other groups, including the not-for-profit sector.<\/p>\n

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Brian Jean, the leader of the Wildrose Opposition and a former Conservative MP, responded to Harper’s comment with his own attack on the Alberta NDP.<\/p>\n

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“The NDP’s performance since taking office is deeply concerning,” Jean said in a release.<\/p>\n

“In just a few short months and before we’ve even seen a budget, (Premier Rachel) Notley’s NDP have delivered body blows to an already reeling economy.”<\/p>\n

Ceci countered that the NDP is “facing a challenge to manage the drop in oil prices because of bad decisions made by previous Conservative governments.”<\/p>\n

He said the Tories failed to diversify the economy, make profitable companies and wealthy Albertans pay their fair share or save for a rainy day through the Heritage Savings Trust Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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