Actually current Albertans have not been paying their way for years if not decades. Though the provincial treasury had appeared flush; municipalities were underwater.
As to carbon taxes; BC has had no problem, and neither has California with their cap and trade system
As to the minimum wage increase. Why would a business pay a humungous wage when they can plead financial woes, and pay minimums. So, if they can't pay the new minimum, they should seek business elsewhere -- who wants cheapo employers?