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Blog Entries | November 28, 2010
Memo to Energy Minister Liepert: Royalties are not taxes
posted by Regan Boychuk
Already “under attack for allegedly being rude and dismissive when he was health minister,” current Energy Minister Ron Liepert conceded he hadn’t read the Parkland Institute’s new report on vast oilpatch profits but that didn’t stop him from dismissing it...
Tagged with: economics, energy policy, oil and gas, Ron Liepert, royalties
Blog Entries | November 26, 2010
Time for dialogue about more than cookies
posted by Diana Gibson
So, the axe has finally fallen and Stephen Duckett has been fired. As the dust settles, Raj Sherman sits as an independent and premier Stelmach says he is tired of the theatre. But a look behind the headlines shows us that it has all been theatre.
Tagged with: Duckett, health care, healthcare, post secondary, Sherman
Blog Entries | November 26, 2010
Responding to government and industry on profits
posted by Regan Boychuk
Parkland released its latest report yesterday morning, detailing the huge scale of oilpatch profits – Misplaced Generosity: Extraordinary profits in Alberta’s oil and gas industry. Many of the responses from government and industry were predictable – that’s why they were addressed in the report. Let’s run through the standard excuses offered for the string of royalty cuts Albertans have watched their government hand out over the last two years.
Tagged with: energy policy, oil and gas, oil profits, royalties, tar sands
Blog Entries | November 22, 2010
Sherman gets Alberta smackdown
posted by David Thompson
Doctor and now-former Conservative MLA Raj Sherman is just the latest person to receive the Alberta Smackdown for speaking out on an important issue.
Tagged with: Duckett, health care, healthcare, Raj Sherman
Blog Entries | November 12, 2010
Wildrose Alliance models health care on USA
posted by Diana Gibson
Throwing their hat into the ring, Alberta's newly minted Wildrose Alliance Party finally launched its health care platform. Wild Rose's leader Danielle Smith is rolling out an agenda to dramatically expand private delivery. Carefully crafted rhetoric like "increasing choice" and "European model" are used to shroud the fact that Smith is talking about privatization, and taking Alberta toward a U.S.- style, corporate health system.
Tagged with: Danielle Smith, health care, health legislation, healthcare, Wild Rose Alliance
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