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  1. Muddled medical thinking and a meddlesome Alberta doctor

    Appeared in the National Post and Calgary Herald One irony of Canadian life is that the most economically free province in the country, Alberta, often has government policy that is the most hostile to private health care. Another irony, this time right ...

  2. Government budgets: About four years behind the private sector

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald The government sector in Alberta is unhappy and they want Premier Alison Redford and her colleagues to know it. Universities are advertising against provincial reductions in their funding; government unions are activating ...

  3. Alberta blows through two-thirds of its financial assets

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald If there was ever a place that was the “anti-Greece” when it comes to public finances, it must be Alberta. Compare Alberta to many places around the world, be it European fiscal disasters, or even nearer to home, and in most ...

  4. Alberta's double-dip decline in financial assets

    In just six years, the value of Alberta's net financial assets--the broadest, most comprehensive measurement of Alberta's financial wealth--has dropped by 65 percent, from $34.5 billion in the 2006/07 fiscal year to $12.1 billion in 2012/13, a ...

  5. Yes, your property taxes really are soaring

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald It's not your imagination. Your property taxes really are shooting higher. For those who haven't paid attention to their property tax bill until recently, let me offer some calculations: Had the city and province ...

  6. Success of Alberta's liquor store privatization a lesson for other provinces

    Appeared in the Vancouver Province and Calgary Herald Twenty years ago the Alberta government swiftly and boldly threw open Alberta's markets in beer, wine and spirits. The result has been a success story of intense competition, added convenience and ...

  7. B.C. to Alberta: Stuff your oil

    Appeared in the Huffington Post On the last day of May, the government of British Columbia gave the back of its hand to Alberta and indirectly to the rest of Canada, which benefits—and could benefit more—from continued development of Alberta’s oilsands. ...

  8. Save Alberta from the high-taxers

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Financial Post In a recent debate on the pages of the National Post many Albertans might have missed, two economists, Rhys Kesselman from Simon Fraser University, and Jack Mintz from the University of Calgary, sparred ...

  9. Why 40-40 is Foolish-Foolish

    Appeared in the Provost News Carbon taxes are once again dominating the discussion over energy policy in Alberta, where Environment Minister Diana McQueen has proposed a sharp hike to Alberta’s carbon levy. Presently, large emitters in Alberta are ...

  10. Alberta throws Jim Dinning's reforms overboard

    Appeared in the National Post and Calgary Herald For those who don’t normally read budget documents, here’s what the Alberta government just did in its 2013 budget: they abandoned the sensible budget and financial framework that former Progressive ...