How to wreck Alberta’s path to a balanced budget
The province is in a stare-down with its government union bosses before the big battle of 2021: government employee contract negotiations
Tag: Alberta economy
Crude oil markets remain unsettled
Declining Chinese demand, a rising rig count in the United States and a devastating resurgence of COVID-19 in Asia all play a role
Bleak clouds over the crude oil horizon are dissipating
But much still depends on United States-Iran nuclear talks and how OPEC+ members will react to any deal
Changes to royalties could super-charge upgrading in Alberta
Why would a producer pay more to upgrade bitumen in the province when it costs considerably less to have an out-of-province refinery do it?
Prairie provinces debt levels a ticking time bomb
If politicians don’t take this subject seriously, it will be a time bomb paid for by today’s young and future generations
Alberta still pulling its economic weight despite hard times
Although its economy is taking a beating, the chances of it receiving equalization payments enjoyed by other disadvantaged provinces is nil