Stephen Harper and the Incredible Shrinking Surplus
Well it was only a matter of time before somebody totalled up the damage from the plunging price of oil.Added it to Stephen Harper's reckless decision to spend billions trying…
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Stephen Harper and the Oily Road to Disaster
He was warned, but Stephen Harper wouldn't listen. Warned that he should not put so many economic eggs in one oily basket.He was warned that the future would be green,…
Alberta’s big problem is the same as Russia’s – so what’s Stephen Harper doing about it?
Keep those wells a-pumpin! Keep those oil prices low! Squeeze those Russkies! Uh … just a minute. … isn’t that bad for Alberta’s many varieties of Conservative? Below: Russian President…
Postponing the Day of Reckoning, Alberta-style
Alberta Premier Alison Redford beseeches the Almighty for higher petroleum prices as Wildrose Finance Critic Rob Anderson looks on. Actual Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Social…
Bite the Bullet, Redford
You know that State of the Province address that Ms. Allison Redford made tonight? About the “bitumen bubble”? A party and a government can only be coy for so…
That would be so cool… #nlpoli
All that stuff about peak oil, oil shortages and ever increasing oil prices? You know, the sort of stuff that some people claim justifies Muskrat Falls. Yeah, well maybe they…
More to it than oil prices #nlpoli
Politicians spent a few hours this week harrumphing about the impact falling oil prices might have on the provincial budget this year. The problem for the provincial government is not…
Premature Budget Panic #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale didn’t bring up crude oil prices at a scrum after her speech to the offshore industry association. Reporters did. No harm. No foul. That’s the way these…
Gas Prices Soaring? Care to Speculate Why?
An eye-opening analysis from McClatchey Newspapers. As in Canada, American pump prices are soaring. Republican candidates are jumping aboard to blame Obama. But the newspaper points out to two facts…