If the government froze program spending at 2015/16 levels, Alberta would only accumulate $11.8 billion in debt by 2019/20.
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April 4, 2016
3:00AM
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April 1, 2016
10:41AM
The $5.4 billion projected deficit in 2015/16 is driven by higher spending—not a weak economy.
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April 1, 2016
3:00AM
Part of being free is being free not to participate in the democratic process if you don’t want to.
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March 31, 2016
10:26AM
American presidential candidates who want to emulate elements of the Canadian model invite significant negative unintended consequences.
March 31, 2016
3:00AM
Today, with the comfort and leisure of modern open markets, we can scarcely imagine the back-breaking work of yore.
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March 30, 2016
9:55AM
Reforming OAS so that high-income seniors receive fewer benefits could produce cost-savings to pay for increased benefits to vulnerable seniors.
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March 30, 2016
3:00AM
It’s fairly clear that most of the budget's ‘infrastructure’ spending is not aimed at improving Canada’s roads, bridges and highways.
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March 29, 2016
12:06PM
More than 25 First Nation communities in the province have signed LNG development agreements with project proponents.
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March 29, 2016
3:00AM
An expansion in the number of H-1B visas available in the U.S. could affect the supply of skilled immigrants available to other countries, including Canada.
March 25, 2016
3:00AM
The whole country (except Nunavut) will be encouraged to over-invest in public transit since, under the cost-sharing formula, new dollars will only cost 50 cents.
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