Public infrastructure is not squandering money - it is an investment. Squandering is the conservative legacy - not enough in the bank for hard times after record oil price levels, infrastructure deficit, fleet of airplanes, exorbitant salaries, corporate welfare, and more. Mason's major point is spot on - a sales tax would help stabilize AB's budget.   

I say give the Commerce students in AB a forensic audit internship - go through the books from the conservative legacy so the public finally learns where the money went.