Alberta set to fully reinstate gas tax after oil prices drop
Gas prices are set to rise in Alberta next month, with the provincial government fully reinstating its fuel tax following a drop in oil prices.
Nate Horner
Health, education the winners in modest Alberta budget
Health care and education came out ahead on Thursday in a generally restrained Alberta provincial budget forecasting a paper-thin surplus that could easily go up in smoke.
Alberta government rejects amendments to Canada Pension Plan exit plans
Premier Danielle Smith’s government has rejected a proposal that would have compelled it to respect the results of a referendum on whether Alberta should quit the Canada Pension Plan.
Both sides call for transparency ahead of Alberta, Ottawa meeting on CPP-exit proposal
The two sides exchanged duelling public letters Wednesday as federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland prepares to host the virtual meeting of finance ministers from across Canada to discuss Alberta’s CPP-exit campaign and its ramifications for the rest of the country.
Alberta pension exit consults are biased, manipulative: Canada Pension Plan
The board of the Canada Pension Plan says Alberta’s consultation with its citizens on quitting the CPP is not a straightforward fact-finding exercise but rather a biased manipulation of public opinion.
Report to be released on whether Alberta should ditch CPP for homegrown pension plan
The Alberta government is set to release its long-promised report on whether the province should quit the Canada Pension Plan and pursue its own provincial program.
Alberta United Conservatives win majority government
Alberta’s United Conservative Party emerged bloodied but still standing in Monday’s bitterly contested provincial election.