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December 16, 2002 | Report
Youth Crime and Justice in Alberta:
Rhetoric and reality
This paper reviews some of the recent political rhetoric and public opinion on the controversial subject of youth crime andhow to deal with it, including the Young Offender’s Act of 1984 and the new Youth Criminal Justice Act.
November 18, 2002 | Report
Making It Work:
Kyoto, Trade and Politics
How will trade agreements and federalism constrain Canadian policy makers if they implement the Kyoto Protocol?
May 20, 2002 | Report
Reclaiming Medicare:
A Response to the Mazankowski Misdiagnosis
In the fall of 2001, the Alberta government was about to release its long-awaited Mazankowski Report on health care in Alberta.
March 18, 2002 | Report
Advantaged No More:
How low taxes flattened Alberta's future
The paper argues recent government fiscal policies have created an artificial revenue crisis, the result of which has been a second stage crisis involving renewed cuts to valued public services, intensified labour strife, higher costs to average Albertans, and general economic instability. The paper argues that government explanations for the crisis (e.g., that expenditures are out of control) are not substantiated by any existing data and serve only to mislead the public.
April 16, 2001 | Report
The British Columbia Advantage:
Lessons from Alberta on the De-regulation of the Electricity Industry
In 1995 the Alberta government followed the example of Margaret Thatcher in Britain, and began to deregulate Alberta's electricity industry. Defying critics, the government promised Albertans lowered electricity prices and more stable supplies once electricity was subjected to the competitive pressures of the marketplace.
March 19, 2001 | Report
Public Bodies, Private Parts:
Surgical Contracts and Conflict of Interest at the Calgary Regional Health Authority
In September 2000 The Health Care Protection Act (formerly Bill 11) was proclaimed and established as law in Alberta. Since the Act permits private, for-profit surgical facilities to keep patients for more than a 12-hour stay, it is only a matter of time before for-profit hospitals are approved and operating in Alberta. The first ones are likely to appear in Calgary.
February 19, 2001 | Report
Energy:
Free Trade and the Price We Paid
We are paying a high price for free trade. The 49th Parallel is vanishing, creating a new integrated continental oil and gas market in which Canadian energy industries are used to feed an ever-growing American demand.
February 12, 2001 | Report
Advantage for Whom?:
Declining family incomes in a growing Alberta economy
Analysis of Albertan family incomes during the 1990's.
December 18, 2000 | Report
Change and Opportunity:
EPCOR in a De-regulated Electricity Industry
In July 1999, after months of debate, Edmonton City Council voted against selling EPCOR’s electrical assets. In the lead-up to that decision the Parkland Institute produced two reports that addressed both the value of EPCOR and the nature of its business environment (Taft, 1999; Taft and Gordon Laxer, 1999).
November 22, 1999 | Report
Giving Away the Alberta Advantage:
Are Albertans receiving maximum revenues from their oil and gas?
Alberta's oil and gas resources are free gifts of nature and contribute significantly to Alberta's advantage. But are Albertans receiving maximum value from the sale of our oil and gas resources?Page 6 of 7 pages « First < 4 5 6 7 >
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