Alberta’s health-care spending is unsustainable
Without decisive reform, health-care costs will continue squeezing out other public service priorities
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Author: Lennie Kaplan
Is Alberta about to hit its oil sands emissions cap?
Federal projections show emissions rising as production plans accelerate, leaving the Alberta government facing a decision it can no longer avoid
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Alberta government finances face another fiscal reckoning
Alberta is banking on oil to erase rising deficits, but the province’s budget can’t hold without major fiscal changes
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Alberta separation could cost $130 billion over the next decade
Despite the risks, the government refuses to assess the economic fallout of leaving Canada
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Oil sands expansion threatens Alberta’s climate credibility
Alberta can’t drill its way out of its structural deficit
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Alberta can’t keep chasing oil prices to balance its books
Alberta’s finances are sliding back into familiar boom-and-bust territory
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Alberta wants pipelines. Ottawa wants proof it’s serious about climate action
Deal will fail unless the province enacts a climate accountability law with binding targets and oversight
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Is Alberta getting ripped off by Ottawa? The numbers say yes
Alberta has the leverage and the responsibility to push for serious reform of Canada’s equalization system
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Federal climate plan could trigger Alberta recession
One province pays the price so Ottawa can say it’s fighting climate change
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Alberta’s Sturgeon Refinery gamble a financial disaster
The Sturgeon Refinery is a monument to Alberta’s financial mismanagement
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