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1. Alberta’s carbon tax will lead to loss of jobs, income, exports, revenues, etc.

   The Alberta media is abuzz with the findings of an internal NDP analysis of its first-concept carbon tax. Chris Varcoe, at the Calgary Herald dropped some of the bombshell findings on June 17. To be fair, the carbon tax was not ...

2. Health-care spending could consume 47 per cent of Alberta’s budget by 2030

   Since 1998, health-care spending in Alberta has increased by 317.1 per cent—faster than in any other Canadian province—outpacing population growth, inflation, growth in government spending on other programs, and provincial economic ...

3. Book targets policies and policymakers amid Alberta’s malaise

   In recent years, Albertan politicos have graced constituents with claims that the province was debt free. They actually meant the provincial government had sufficient financial assets on hand to offset the debts, but with the fiscal ...

4. Alberta carbon tax will fund bureaucratic expansion, redistribute wealth of Albertans

   Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks Shannon Phillips recently introduced Bill 20, the Climate Leadership Implementation Act. If there was any doubt that Alberta’s climate plan is little more than expansionary tax-and-spend ...

5. Albertans will pay for Notley government spending choices

   Earlier this month, Alberta unveiled its provincial budget. It was an opportunity for the Notley government to recognize the deterioration in provincial finances and adjust spending plans accordingly. Instead, it decided to double down ...

6. Defunding independent schools in Alberta will increase taxpayer costs, diminish school choice for parents

   As reported in the Edmonton Sun, Public Interest Alberta, an advocacy group, has called for an end to the funding of independent schools (private) in Alberta and the absorption of charter schools into the public school system, ...

7. Notley, Trudeau and pipelines: A Nixon to China moment for Canada?

   The Americans have a saying: “Only Nixon could go to China.” What they mean by that was that, ironically, only a conservative president with strong record of anti-communism could allay conservative opposition to opening discussions ...

8. Premier Notley should stop pandering for ‘social license’ and practise energy pragmatism

   Since taking office, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has been very aggressive on the climate file. Attempting to remedy what she portrayed as a history of environmental negligence by her predecessors, the premier swiftly increased and ...

9. Chronic spending-driven deficits eroding Alberta’s financial position

   Not so long ago, the Government of Alberta’s financial position was strong. In 2007/08 the province had net financial assets (the difference between financial assets and liabilities) amounting to $35 billion. In other words, the ...

10. Alberta’s budget does not strike at root of province’s fiscal problems

    There’s no question that Premier Rachel Notley and her government were dealt a tough hand upon taking office when it comes to the state of provincial finances. Rapid spending increases by successive Progressive Conservative governments ...