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1. Canadians will pay for Trudeau government’s record spending

   Ottawa ran budget deficits worth a total of $94.1 billion from 2015/16 to 2019/20. ...

2. Texas remains much more attractive than Alberta in the eyes of energy investors

   Federal Bill C-69 has made the regulatory system for new energy development more complex, uncertain and subjective. ...

3. New $170 carbon tax will hit Albertans hard

   Due to the higher tax, the province will lose an estimated 30,544 jobs by 2030. ...

4. No PST—Alberta government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem

   The provincial government ran deficits in 12 of the past 13 years. ...

5. Kenney has no choice—he must tackle government compensation

   Of the Alberta government's $54.3 billion in total spending, 50 per cent was on wages and benefits for government workers. ...

6. Guaranteed annual income program could cost $465 billion per year

   Bill C-273 calls on the federal finance minister to assess a potential guaranteed annual income in Canada. ...

7. 1990s put Alberta’s fiscal problems into alarming perspective

   As a share of the provincial economy, Alberta's recent deficits are larger than those incurred in the early ’90s. ...

8. Kenney government tables another bad news budget—but don’t just blame COVID

   Alberta's new budget projects a $18.2 billion deficit in 2021/22. ...

9. Kenney government must learn from fiscal mistakes—and successes—of the past

   Alberta's deficit this year will be the largest in history, relative to the size of the provincial economy, at 6.9 per cent of GDP. ...

10. Alberta’s reign as Canada’s fiscal leader is over—and Albertans will pay the price

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, February 17, 2021 As the Kenney government prepares to table its latest budget next week, Albertans should understand a cold reality. The province’s reign as a fiscal leader among the provinces is over. In 2020/21, the ...