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Alberta Prosperity Commentary Archive

Kenney government postpones reforms despite COVID-related surgery backlog
By Mackenzie Moir, Alex Whalen, Bacchus Barua | June 18, 2020
Alberta should seek more autonomy in health care
By Jake Fuss, Bacchus Barua | June 17, 2020
Trudeau government should cut strings on Ottawa’s ‘re-opening’ support
By Ben Eisen | June 17, 2020
Another pipeline setback, another blow to Alberta government finances
By Steve Lafleur | June 11, 2020
Kenney government should proceed with corporate tax reductions
By Ben Eisen | June 3, 2020
Alberta must target government wages, benefits in post-COVID world
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen | May 20, 2020
Provincial finances go topsy-turvy from Ontario to B.C.
By Ben Eisen | May 14, 2020
Mounting government debt threatens Alberta’s fiscal status among provinces
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | May 5, 2020
Canada still relies on its wounded golden goose
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | April 30, 2020
Alberta’s bleak economic outlook will hasten the decline of provincial finances
By Steve Lafleur | April 22, 2020
Trudeau government must produce plan to help one of Canada’s most important sectors
By Niels Veldhuis, Elmira Aliakbari | April 8, 2020
Tax breaks—not government ownership—to mitigate Ottawa’s harm
By Robert P. Murphy | March 19, 2020
Alberta careening towards fiscal disaster
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | March 11, 2020
Kenney government fails to restore Alberta’s income tax advantage
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | March 5, 2020
Kenney buys another ticket for the resource roller-coaster
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | March 3, 2020
Alberta on track to balance budget—but significant fiscal challenges remain
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | February 29, 2020
Kenney government faces more hard choices with second budget
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | February 26, 2020
Health-care reform—less Ottawa, more Alberta (and other provinces)
By Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | February 19, 2020
Any ‘Fair Deal’ for Alberta requires fundamental rethink of fiscal federalism in Canada
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | February 13, 2020
Government debt-interest payments already hurting Albertans
By Ben Eisen | February 6, 2020
At this rate, Alberta’s debt could look like Ontario’s in a decade
By Steve Lafleur, Jake Fuss | February 4, 2020
Alberta can force the provinces to renegotiate equalization—here’s how
By Rainer Knopff | February 3, 2020
Controlling government-sector salaries key to Kenney’s deficit-reduction plans
By Ben Eisen | January 30, 2020
Complacency about Alberta’s debt is a dangerous mistake
By Ben Eisen | January 23, 2020
Painful decade for Alberta finances finally over
By Steve Lafleur | January 8, 2020