Reading Time: 3 minutes The province is stuck in a one-generational political rut that’s built on memories of easy money
Tag: Kenney Government
Alberta throws a stick of dynamite into education system
Reading Time: 4 minutes Being tested and labelled at an early age can have a devastating effect on a child’s self-esteem and intellectual potential
Keeping an eye on the uncharted course ahead
Reading Time: 4 minutes Too many right-wing politicians base their policy thinking on antiquarian dogma, and not contemporary science or even democratic values
Alberta independence push requires care
Reading Time: 3 minutes Quebec’s experience should offer a roadmap – and a cautionary tale – for Albertans intent on quickly divorcing from Canada
Alberta’s UCP needs the feds to get Trans Mountain done
Reading Time: 4 minutes It was actually the federal Liberals and Alberta’s previous NDP government that did the heavy lifting needed to get the project started
Alberta’s budget cuts not aggressive enough: report
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s spending reduction plans much smaller than previous governments that wanted to eliminate the deficit, says Fraser Report
Alberta has much to teach Ontario on budgeting
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta government has not only set out a better direction on program spending, it also has a better plan on taxes
Wexit threatening Alberta’s economic recovery
Reading Time: 4 minutes The worst thing Alberta can do is let the Wexit debate linger. A never-ending debate will only trigger a permanent loss of economic power and status
Premier heads to Texas to drum up energy investment
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is in Texas this week hoping to spur energy investment in the province
‘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