Jason Kenney says party will cut corporate taxes

CALGARY – Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says tax changes under the NDP government have been a disaster and he’s hinting that his party would immediately cut corporate taxes if elected.

Kenney said in a speech in Calgary that rebuilding Alberta’s economy starts with cutting taxes on employers.

He said Alberta’s 12 per cent tax rate no longer gives the province any advantage over competitors such as B.C. and Saskatchewan or most of the U.S. states.

He added that the NDP’s personal and corporate tax changes are rooted in a “soak the rich” mentality and that the result has been a lower tax take year-over-year along with the flight of investor capital.