The highly competitive Alberta NDP leadership race is heating up! Six people – four women, two men – are vying to succeed Rachel Notley. Four are current caucus members, two of whom are former cabinet ministers. One is a former mayor; the other is a veteran labour...
Nate Horner’s first fiscal blueprint sticks to Premier’s message: balanced budgets take precedence over tax cuts Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner delivered his first-ever budget today. It is also the first fiscal blueprint released since Danielle Smith was...
The carbon tax has become Canada’s biggest political wedge issue. Adding to the scorn heaped on the Trudeau government’s plan to price pollution by Conservative politicians, last week Alberta’s NDP Premier Rachel Notley joined the chorus, throwing the federal carbon...
March 23, 2018 – After three years of stimulative spending and strong economic growth, the Alberta government’s 2018-19 provincial budget aims to achieve a balanced budget by 2023. With an election now less than 14 months away, Premier Rachel Notley’s New...
March 8, 2018 – With just over a year until Albertans go to the polls, Premier Rachel Notley’s Throne Speech today starts to set out the terms of debate for the May 2019 election campaign. Today’s speech answered the question as to just how far the Notley...
