Reading Time: 3 minutes No hope of balancing the budget and repaying the debt unless public service starts to share the pain felt by average Albertans
Author: Franco Terrazzano
Franco Terrazzano is Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. He joined the CTF after working as an economic policy analyst with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and as a fellow with the Canadian Constitution Foundation. Franco has produced multiple reports and op-eds on the costs associated with tax increases, inefficient government and the unintended consequences of public policies.
Franco completed his Master of Public Policy and Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degrees at the University of Calgary.
Alberta needs to take tax hikes off the table
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Time to eliminate the Alberta bureaucrat premium
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Equalization rebate should go to Albertans, not the Alberta government
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Alberta is right to expand its employee sunshine list
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Municipal governments are making the economy worse, not better
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Alberta can reduce income taxes by cutting government labour costs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tying income tax relief with savings from bringing government compensation in line with costs in other provinces will help put Alberta back on its feet
Alberta municipal gov’t labour costs out of touch with reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Labour costs between 2014 and 2018 increased by nearly $873 million, or 17 per cent, outpacing population growth and inflation
Albertans need municipal governments to stop overspending
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