The Parkland Institute

For Immediate Release | March 15, 2012

Misplaced Generosity:

Alberta government set to forego $55 billion in royalties over next three years

A new report from the U of A’s Parkland Institute says that despite a provincial deficit, the Alberta government will forego some $55 billion in potential revenue over the next three years as a result of overly generous royalty cuts and the government’s failure to meet even the modest targets set by previous administrations.

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Misplaced Generosity: Update 2012: Extraordinary profits in Alberta's oil and gas industry

For Immediate Release | March 07, 2012

Alberta’s Wage Gap Still Highest in Canada:

New fact sheet shows status of Alberta women lagging behind the rest of the country

A new fact sheet released this morning, on the eve of International Women’s Day, by the U of A’s Parkland Institute in conjunction with the Alberta College of Social Workers shows that Alberta continues to lag behind the rest of the country in terms of women’s equality, wages, and family-related benefits and services.

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Women’s equality a long way off in Alberta: Gender gap remains among the widest in the nation

Op-eds | March 05, 2012

Alberta could lead next national energy program

Many will remember the made-in-Alberta bumper sticker of the 1980s that told Canadians outside of Alberta that they could “freeze in the dark.” The message caught the mood of many Albertans enraged by the National Energy Policy.

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Links to Media:

• Winnipeg Free Press, February 25, 2012 (J11)