Reading Time: 3 minutes Albertans shouldn’t have to be worrying about the government reaching deeper into our pockets
Tag: Alberta politics
Time to eliminate the Alberta bureaucrat premium
Reading Time: 3 minutes Labour costs make up more than half of the government’s operating budget
Equalization rebate should go to Albertans, not the Alberta government
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the feds send the larger equalization rebate to Alberta, then it should be made out to the taxpayers who have been paying the bills
Alberta government flip-flops on corporate welfare
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time for the UCP to drop its newfound interest in picking winners and losers
Alberta is right to expand its employee sunshine list
Reading Time: 3 minutes The single biggest day-to-day expense for the Alberta government is labour costs
Alberta’s desperation opens the door to environmental ruin
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government of Premier Jason Kenney has decided to end a 44-year moratorium on open-pit coal mining in southern Alberta
No-fault insurance runs counter to free-market ideals
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says companies tell him they’re selling insurance at a loss. So why are they even selling insurance?
Alberta sweeps away energy industry roadblocks
Reading Time: 3 minutes A new bill eliminates non-functional regulations, reduces approval timelines, and emphasizes efficiency and certainty in the approval process
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