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Aug 24, 2011 Op-Ed printed in the Toronto StarAugust 12, 2011
By Edmund Pries
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Aug 23, 2011 Globe & Mail
PARIS— Reuters
Some of France’s richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L’Oreal SA and the head of oil major Total SA, urged the government to tax them more to help solve the country’s financial problems.
In a petition... |
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Aug 16, 2011 Op-Ed printed in the New York TimesAugust 15, 2011
By Warren E. Buffett
OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too,... |
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Jul 21, 2011 Labour group seeks probe into 'misuse' of funds
By Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald
Ed Stelmach's program to stimulate drilling during the recession cost taxpayers $2.9 billion and failed to create promised jobs, new wells or new investment in the oilpatch... |
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Jul 08, 2011 (click here for a PowerPoint presentation on this subject)
Some politicians want Albertans to believe that these are tough times. They want us to believe that the recession has left no choice but to trim budgets and cut funding, even for vital services... |
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Jun 23, 2011 Media ReleaseJune 23, 2011
Join Together Alberta holds Edmonton Town Hall to save education, health and social services
EDMONTON - Join Together Alberta (JTA) is holding a town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton to challenge cuts to education, health care... |
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Jun 10, 2011 Alberta needs to look at generating different revenues
By Ricardo Acuña, Parkland Institute, published in Vue Weekly
It may not be a popular thing to say in Alberta, and it certainly wouldn't be at the top of any political party's election platform, but... |
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Jun 09, 2011 By Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of LabourPrinted as a guest column in the Edmonton Journal
People such as Premier Ed Stelmach and Education Minister Dave Hancock want Albertans to believe that these are tough times.
They want us to... |
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Jun 08, 2011 The Parkland Institute has produced fact sheets on the real issues with revenue and funding in Alberta.
They have also produced a report, Fixing What’s Broken: Fair and sustainable solutions to Alberta’s revenue problems, available on the Parkland... |
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Jun 08, 2011 Back in the early 1970s, Alberta’s Social Credit government managed to get 15 per cent of the total market value of the province’s oil, gas and oil sands resources.
Under Progressive Conservative Premier Peter Lougheed, the province’s share of our energy... |
