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
Tag: Kenney Government
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
The objectivity of the non-objective columnist
Reading Time: 3 minutes Calgary Herald columnist Licia Corbella wrote a column in favour of Jason Kenney while a member of the UPC. Is this misstep a fate worse than death?
Alberta workplace legislation actually harming workers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Labour regulations granting mandatory benefits simply make workers pay, through reduced wages, for those benefits
Applying the stages-of-dying model to climate change
Reading Time: 3 minutes The change we need in half a generation is before us. Each of us can play our small part to end the cycle
Alberta’s minimum wage cut for teens should just be the start
Reading Time: 3 minutes As workers get older and become eligible for more pay, they often lose their jobs. That means the overall wage floor is too high
Alberta’s new government should cut energy sector taxes, rules
Reading Time: 3 minutes UCP promised to regain a competitive advantage, making the province attractive again for investors, entrepreneurs and businesses
Alberta to pay a higher carbon tax than Quebec
Reading Time: 4 minutes Liberals “backstop” carbon-tax will lead to $30 a tonne next year for Alberta, 50% higher than the rate currently in place in Quebec