Sky does not fall as Alberta NDP presents its first budget
When Finance Minister Joe Ceci stood in the Legislature on Oct. 27 to deliver the Alberta NDP’s first budget, it marked the first time since 1972 that the budget was…
Alberta Budget 2015
List: What’s happened since Alberta’s historic election
It has been an incredible 15 days since Alberta’s historic 2015 election. Here is a quick look back at what has happened in the past two weeks and what will…
Prentice amending the budget on the fly as polls suggest PC Party in trouble
This was supposed to be an election campaign about the provincial budget, or at least that is what Progressive Conservative leader Jim Prentice told Albertans when he called the election…
Stuff happens, week 12: Prentice sets the stage; Smith shut down; no future in Future Shop
The story this week in Alberta is The Greatest Budget Ever Sold. After weeks of Grim Jim Prentice telling us that the sky was falling, and it was falling on…
Prentice re-election budget tough on sinners, easy on corporations
OTTAWA, ONTARIO “If Alberta can deliver a budget, why can this minister of finance not,” Liberal MP Scott Brison asked of Finance Minister Joe Oliver, who was absent from the…