“They Federal NDP say, ‘we’re going to fix this somehow through raising taxes.’ In their platform yesterday, they put in a bunch of tax increases for the energy and mining sector.”
Harper further mentioned that it’s in the “NDP playbook” to try to balance the budget through tax increases.
“And what happens? We end up with job losses. That’s what we had with the NDP in power in Ontario.. B.C. …and we’re seeing exactly the same story here in Alberta.”
Calgary Mayor, Naheed Nenshi, was quick to point out in his live commentating during the debate his disagreement with Harper’s comments:
Nenshi has also not been shy about pointing out apparent support for Rachel Notley: