Reading Time: 4 minutes Too much at stake for Alberta workers to enter the “uncharted waters” of a $15 minimum wage without assessing the potential dangers
Author: Steve Lafleur
Steve's past work has focused primarily on housing, transportation, local government and inter-governmental fiscal relations. His current focus is on economic competitiveness of jurisdictions in the Prairie provinces.
Federal tax hike another blow to Alberta economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s top rate climbs from 39 per cent to 48 per cent because of recent provincial/federal increases
Raising taxes not a guarantee of higher revenues
Reading Time: 3 minutes Governments often fail to account for the behavioural effects spurred by its personal income tax rate hikes
Don’t blame oil prices for Alberta deficit
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s fiscal woes are the result of uncontrolled spending over the past decade