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Standing in a comic books store in west Edmonton, Alberta’s environment minister continued Wednesday to sell her government’s climate leadership plan.

When the carbon tax kicked in Jan. 1, so too was the small-business tax rate cut to two per cent from three per cent.

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Combine that with the absence of provincial sales and payroll taxes, comparatively low personal income tax and no health premiums, Shannon Phillips said, and Albertans have a $7.5-billion overall tax advantage.

“I think any time you can save as a small business will help, really, from the penny up,” said Danica LeBlanc, co-owner of Variant Edition Comics and Culture on 151 Street.

“I like saving money and being sure we’re going to be here in a couple of years.”

Phillips said entrepreneurs such as LeBlanc might not run around in flashy costumes, but they are superheroes of the economy by providing jobs, investment and business diversity to Alberta’s towns and cities.