Canadian Problems

Kerrie Orr

ENL 1798: Contemporary Canadian Issues

Sample Journal 1

February 28, 2021

Source:

Varcoe, C. (2021, February 18). Varcoe: Cash-starved Alberta needs sales tax and

carbon tax, says business council. Calgary Herald.

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-pst-carbon-tax-spoonful-

of-medicine-for-alberta-budget-woes-says-business-council

Issue:

Should Alberta use new taxes to generate revenue to solve its financial problems?

Conclusion:

Alberta should use a sales tax and carbon tax to generate additional revenue to

address its deficit issues.

Reasons:

Several reasons are provided to support the conclusion:

 Alberta will not be able to reduce or eliminate its deficit issues if it only

reduces spending to be in line with other provinces.

 There needs to be a new and transformational revenue model in the

province which would include a harmonized sales tax and repatriated

carbon tax.

 New taxes such as an HST and carbon tax would be difficult in the short

term but are necessary so that Alberta can improve its fiscal position and

see growth in its economy in the long term.

 Alberta is the only province without a provincial sales tax.

(there are several other reasons given in the article…. Finish reading through the

article to see how many other reasons you can identify, and then practice how you

would paraphrase those reasons into your own wording without changing the

meaning.)

Commented [KO1]: Review all of Module 4 content on the computer and read Ch. 1 before beginning. Then review all assignment instructions carefully. I also recommend reviewing the rubric. As you will see, it is very important that your work be properly written and formatted or marks will be deducted.

Commented [KO2]: Please use the updated OWL APA for Electronic Sources link that I have posted in the assignment instructions. You will need to go about halfway down the screen to identify exactly what type of source you have and then use correct APA citation format. Newspaper editorials from the National Post or Globe and Mail can be reviewed and may be suitable for this assignment.

Commented [KO3]: The issue should be stated concisely in your own words in one sentence.

Commented [KO4]: The conclusion the article has arrived at with regard to the issue should be stated in one sentence in your own words.

Commented [KO5]: Provide the reasons the author gives to support that conclusion in a bulleted list. Note that even though a bulleted list is being used, each bullet should be a grammatically correct and complete sentence which you have paraphrased and summarized.