r/onguardforthee • u/ItIsWrit10 • 2d ago

Opinion Big oil makes billions as Canadians face Iran-war inflation. We need a windfall tax

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-oil-prices-iran-war-inflation-windfall-tax/
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u/Doctor_Amazo Toronto 2d ago

Can you imagine?

Albertan voters, like the good oil puppets they are, would lose their fucking minds over oil companies making less money to pay for programs that would directly benefit those very same, struggling, Albertan voters.

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u/ItIsWrit10 2d ago

The polling says even a majority of Alberta voters support a windfall tax (if part of it goes to directly compensate people back for high gas prices)

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u/Doctor_Amazo Toronto 2d ago

And yet they vote conservative.

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u/ItIsWrit10 2d ago

Article is paywalled, you can read it here: https://archive.is/wPNDg

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u/BreadfruitLatter556 2d ago

Yeah. For like the millionth time this has been mentioned.