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Friday Focus: Another 500 Million in Investment Lost
May 10, 2024
Alberta lost $500 million in power investment this week when TransAlta cancelled one project and suspended three others. Thousands of jobs that a company eagerly wanted to provide...
Friday Focus: They Tried Taking Transit from the Poor
May 03, 2024
Last week Danielle Smith and the UCP proposed Bill 20 that would allow the provincial government to remove elected city and town councillors. This obvious intimidation tactic didn’t...
Friday Focus: No Tax Cut for You
April 28, 2024
In the 2023 election, Danielle Smith promised to create a new income tax bracket for Albertans earning under 60,000 dollars. This tax season, as Albertans are filing or...
Friday Focus: How Danielle Smith is Fueling Inflation
April 21, 2024
The latest consumer price index data is out. Alberta continues to experience some of the worst inflation in Canada. Rents are rising here the fastest. Electricity prices have...
Friday Focus: Alberta's Expensive and Fragile Electricity System
April 12, 2024
Last week Alberta had not one but two days of rolling blackouts due to grid alerts. Of course, Premier Danielle Smith blamed it on the renewable energy industry...
The New Alberta Wage Disadvantage
April 05, 2024
Alberta was long known as having the highest earning workers in Canada, and it wasn’t even close. Under the UCP, Albertans’ earning power has eroded.
As of this year, Albertans’...
Friday Focus: The Worst Inflation in Canada
March 22, 2024
The numbers are in. Albertans are now experiencing the worst inflation in our country. Costs rose 4.2% this year in Alberta compared to 2.8% for the rest of Canada.
One...
Friday Focus: We Have Lowest Education Funding in Canada
March 15, 2024
Alberta’s investment in each school student is the lowest in Canada and the recent budget did nothing to change this. This is not just...
Friday Focus: Where are we Going?
March 01, 2024
This week I hoped to write about good things, but events demand more.
We judge a government by its willingness and ability to deal with events, situations and...
Friday Focus: Family is the Reason
February 16, 2024
My family is what keeps me fighting for a better Alberta. My wife and I have been married for almost 34 years and we’ve raised three daughters, all now adults....