alberta

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The Notley government is spinning like mad to distance itself from some painful numbers.


8:56AM
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The new tax scheme will cost a family of four about $338 extra in 2017.


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From 2010 to 2014, Canada’s resource-intensive provinces' per person GDP growth more than doubled growth in non-resource intensive provinces.

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Ontario can offer some painful examples of what can happen when you abandon coal for renewables.


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Today, the Alberta government is hiking the minimum wage from $10.20 to $11.20, as part of its plan to raise the rate to $15 per hour by 2018.


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Alberta’s environmental performance, much like any other Canadian province, has been one of continuing environmental improvement.


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Even if oil prices came roaring back, many environmentalists would not allow any additional growth in oilsand development.


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When any new government takes power, temptations abound to do something different, merely to distinguish itself from the regime it replaced.


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The new NDP government in Alberta has indicated that it will aggressively increase the province’s minimum wage from $10.20 to $15 per hour over the next three years.


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Rent control has been a disaster wherever it’s been tried. But this never stops politicians from suggesting it.