Reading Time: 3 minutes ATB, Conference Board of Canada sound alarms about struggling businesses, investment decline
Category: Alberta
‘Firewall’ tactics won’t do much to boost Alberta
Reading Time: 4 minutes As cathartic as it may be, it’s unclear that anything Kenney has prescribed will do much to improve the business climate in this province
Keeping young, ambitious and talented people in Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s already a strong engineering, finance and transportation capability in the province. We need to build on that in the new economy
Calgary’s The Bow a painful reminder of all that has gone wrong
Reading Time: 4 minutes This frustrating federation has twisted itself into such a state of dysfunction that Encana, Canada’s greatest energy company, has concluded it’s time to leave
With a little help, clean tech will revive Alberta’s economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Let’s hope our government has the vision to ensure we make the most of this golden opportunity
Who will lead Alberta to a new energy future?
Reading Time: 4 minutes How well prepared is Alberta for the disruptive change coming to the province’s energy sector?
Protecting AER protects Alberta energy industry integrity
Reading Time: 3 minutes It might be tempting to vilify AER as playing a part in the woes that have befallen the industry. But quite the opposite is true
Don’t sing the blue-ribbon blues about Alberta’s future finances
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are ways to reorganize some of our basic services, and we can rev up a new research-and-development engine of growth
Alberta Energy Regulator overhaul a dangerous game
Reading Time: 4 minutes Weaken the regulatory framework at your peril. Sloppy regulation begets sloppy industrial operation. And that drives investment away
Alberta’s repeal of carbon tax makes economic, environmental sense
Reading Time: 4 minutes Over the course of a single year, the carbon tax cost each Albertan $286, couples $388 and couples with two children $508