UCP's "Job Creation Tax Cut" helped eliminate jobs at major oil companies

Report shows Big Oil spent tax savings on furthering automation and increasing executive pay

Tar sands mining operations are increasingly becoming automated. (David Dodge)

One of the UCP’s first priorities in government was to reduce Alberta’s corporate tax rate to 8% from 12% over four years with Bill 3, or the Job Creation Tax Cut Act.

Former premier Jason Kenney — how sweet it is to write those words — ultimately used the pandemic as an opport…