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Blog Entries | May 23, 2011
Liepert is the one who’s out of touch
posted by Diana Gibson
Alberta's Energy Minister Ron Liepert told the US media that Barack Obama is out of touch with Americans for putting environmental concerns before jobs with regards to the Keystone pipeline. Liepert is showing his true colours. He is the one out of touch.
Tagged with: energy policy, environment, pipelines, Ron Liepert
Blog Entries | April 20, 2011
Hard work, little leisure - something to be proud of?
posted by Diana Gibson
...Alberta has a much longer work week and has less paid holidays and vacation entitlements than most other developed economies (two weeks minimum vacation compared to six weeks for the EU). Albertans work 1,880 hours per year, the highest in Canada. Albertans worked 7.5 weeks more than average in the top 15 countries in the OECD...
Tagged with: quality of life, work hours
Blog Entries | March 14, 2011
Alberta Energy Aiming for the Gutter
posted by Regan Boychuk
What the Progressive Conservative government is saying is that they are dedicated to getting the worst possible return for Albertans on their non-renewable resources.
Tagged with: energy policy, oil royalties
Blog Entries | March 02, 2011
Low taxes until oil runs out a bad idea
posted by Diana Gibson
No sales tax until the oil runs out is a very short-sighted approach. Does Minister Snelgrove really believe that Albertans will have money to pay higher taxes when the oil is gone?
Tagged with: economics, royalties, taxes
Blog Entries | February 24, 2011
Health care has not been protected
posted by Diana Gibson
In today's budget it is expected again that the Tories will claim to be protecting health care spending but exercising fiscal austerity in other pieces of the budget. What the Tory government missed this year and last is that health care spending is not defined by what is spent on acute care.
Tagged with: Alberta budget 2011, economics, health care
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