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How secretive is the NDP about the economic impact of the carbon tax?

You’d have better luck getting Donald Trump’s tax returns.

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The NDP has refused for months to release any study showing the economic impacts of the new tax — things like how many provincial jobs will be lost or gained, whether GDP will go up or down, the question of oil exports thriving or diving.

Premier Rachel Notley deflected or derided dozens of opposition questions in the legislature. She and her ministers implied that even asking such vile questions denies the reality of climate change.

That’s absurd. For many Albertans, including me, there is no contradiction between wanting a strong climate change policy and asking what it means for the economy.

But the government voted down Wildrose and PC amendments to the climate bill that would have required publication of a full economic assessment.

The New Democrats never mentioned the carbon tax during last year’s election campaign. Now they refuse to say what the tax will do to the economy.