text: Obviously this has to be spelled out since you completely missed his point and went off on a conspiracy tangent.
  The private sector taxes pay for the services/public sector.They are a operating  expense to any government ,even after they pay there own income taxes.
  The resource sector is a big part of the private sector.So there taxes help pay for everything you mentioned.
  You left this part out.
  "Taxes are used by governments to pay for our much valued, quality public services: health care, education, roads, etc"
  public services =public sector
  "The author blithely dismisses the 70% of the Canadian economy in the services sector, and all of the public sector."
  So 30% of the economy is private and actually caring the financial freight of the entire country.
  At 70% government is not big enough?
  "2006 - 2015 the Oil Industry ran a relentless campaign to undermine democratic institutions."
  complete  nonsense.