Blog entries tagged with 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 | December 14, 2010
The chicken or the egg, Minister Renner?
posted by Diana Gibson
According to Alberta's Environment Minister Rob Renner, "The fact remains, we have to face the reality that there will not be a dramatic reduction in dependence on hydrocarbons until alternative kinds of fuel and energy are developed." Actually, he has it backwards.
Tagged with: energy policy | environment | renewable energy | royalties | tar sands
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
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
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