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Originally Posted by marky_mark
To be honest, I bet that a non resident contributes more than a resident $ wise
A vast amount we pay in provincial tax does to healthcare and education. I bet the average person only pays $20 towards wildlife out of our taxes
So you add that to the $1/draw that we pay. And the $40 for a tag and $30 for a wildlife certificate. Joe public really doesn’t contribute much
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Take the total amount of provincial taxes that all Alberta resident hunters pay, including the fuel tax taxes , hotel taxes etc, add in the total amount of hunting/fishing licenses they buy, and compare it to how much non residents actually contribute to the Alberta government, not to the outfitter, but to the government. And of course residents spend far more money in Alberta, over an entire year than non residents do, which creates income for all kinds of Alberta businesses, that all pay taxes, and have employees that pay taxes. And when you add up all of those revenues that residents contribute directly and indiredirectly, it soon becomes obvious, that it is the residents that are paying for the salaries, vehicles, buildings and other expenses that the people that manage our wildlife resources incur. So given that the residents pay for all of this, they should come first, they should not have to wait years to draw a tag that a non resident can have every year if he chooses to.