By The Canadian Press

Alberta Finance Minsiter Joe Ceci Doesn’t Want to Be First to Introduce Sales Tax

Apr 19, 2016 | 6:51 AM

EDMONTON:  Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci says he’ll keep his promise not to introduce a sales tax and will find other ways to help deal with a 10.4-billion dollar deficit.

Ceci made the comments to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, where the business audience expressed interest in the revenue-raising measure.

Chamber chief executive Adam Legge said the province is closing a door that doesn’t need to be closed while economist Trevor Tombe said that if the government wants to raise revenue, a sales tax makes the most sense.

But Ceci says the government’s plan is to keep looking for ways to cut spending while growing the economy.