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Back to the Future

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

A summary of Tom Flanagan’s remarks at the First Annual Alberta Economic Summit convened by Alison Redford, the premier of Alberta, and held at Mount Royal University on February 9, 2013. Flanagan compared Alberta’s fiscal situation today with the situation Ralph Klein and Jim Dinning dealt with 20 years ago. Continue reading →

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2013 Alberta Economic Summit

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

The Alberta Economic Summit was an interesting intellectual and political exercise, but it will not solve its economic problems. Alberta’s budgeting problems are likely to continue without a fundamental assessment of economic realities. Continue reading →

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Real Spending Cuts May Be Needed To Balance The Federal Budget

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Ben Eisen

The problem with this approach is that it is inadequate to meet the serious fiscal challenges we face as a country and, as this week’s new economic forecast illustrates may result in economically damaging increases to the deficit if revenue growth turns out to be slower than expected. Continue reading →

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