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It appears the worst may be over for the Alberta economy. However, this is a cautious prediction, based mainly on the fact oil prices seem to have stabilized lately. Notice
Will a city charter mean new, higher taxes for Calgary residents? After a series of “information sessions” in Calgary, we still don’t have an answer. City charters are special agreements
Readers of this column know that I am a big booster of local business and get quite frustrated when Calgary firms feel they have to search elsewhere for talent that
In late October, the Wildrose Party released the Equalization Fairness Panel report, which listed six recommendations for the reform of equalization. I was honoured to be a member of this
ClearMotive Marketing Group is working with Costa Coffee, the largest coffee chain in the U.K., to help it become established in Canada. The company has been rolling out its Costa
I find it difficult to understand the left-wing’s love affair with taxes. It is clearly tied up with their belief that there is no problem that cannot be fixed by
If the Alberta government is asking businesses and families to dish out billions of dollars every year for its needless carbon tax, the least government could do is try to
Back in the spring of 2015, Alberta’s New Democratic Party candidates were campaigning on what their platform called “leadership for what matters.” “We will balance the budget in 2018,” the
As an economist, I have always found politics to be very strange. This is because many economic ideas are politically unpalatable. In these situations, politicians resort to distortions and half-truths,
If it’s true that travel broadens the mind, then Chris McPhail and his staff at Strut Creative certainly got to know a lot about Alberta and B.C as they toured
