Even if there was a tax increase, which we all anticipate, the customers are still there, they like their [snuff] products." Alberta's budget is bizarrely a win-win for both Kenney and Notley Calgary mayor says Alberta budget fails to deliver on affordable housing, transit and jobs She also feels the tobacco customer has been unfairly targeted by the government, and said the uncommon rollback is "very interesting." Province says it's about competition Kassandra Kitz, press secretary for Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews, said the province is aligning its taxation strategy with Saskatchewan, "our biggest competitor." "By bringing our taxes on smokeless tobacco more in line with Saskatchewan, we will see more product purchased here, and a reduction in black market activity." With files from Andrew Brown, Joel Dryden

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