Alberta has a strong case for reform of equalization policy and more generally of its treatment in Confederation. Inequitable equalization payments are typical of Alberta’s status as an exploited cash cow and of the indifference and even disdain it is subjected to by a powerful Laurentian elite, progressive mainstream media and the reigning Liberal party. Central and Eastern Canadians should pay close attention — if they care about national unity and economic growth.
A controversial two-year long inquiry into allegations that foreign actors attempted to unfairly sully the international reputation of Alberta oil and gas is scheduled to be completed by July 30.
On that day, commissioner and forensic accountant Steve Allan’s report will be due to Energy Minister Sonya Savage. She is compelled to publicly release his findings within 90 days of receiving them.
In 2019, Allan was initially tapped to report back by July 2, 2020. He had a budget of $2.5 million to investigate any funding furnished by sinister actors to environmental groups, and whether any organization receiving that money to smack-talk oil also receives government grants or holds charitable status in Canada.
The Alberta NDP wants COVID-19 immunization clinics in schools when classes resume this fall to ensure more students get their second dose of vaccine as soon as possible.
Edmonton NDP MLA Janis Irwin mocked Jesus and the Bible, used bully tactics, interfered with a citizen’s right to free speech, and encouraged vigilantism against a street preacher.
And she sported a huge grin during a stunning display of reprehensibly rabid intolerance on Friday.
The biggest factor, said ATB Deputy Chief Economist Robert Roach, is employment.
“A big driver, especially in Alberta is economic conditions: are people going to find a job?” said Roach. “They come here looking for jobs, and if they can’t find one, or the opposite happens, and unemployment starts to rise, they tend to leave. So that’s exactly what’s happened.”
And who caused that?
Hinshaw described the Lambda variant as a ‘variant of interest’, with experts monitoring it to see if it gets upgraded to a ‘variant of concern’.
A Polish-Canadian pastor who was arrested and jailed for holding church services in defiance of Alberta’s Public Health Act alleged that provincial health officials and law enforcement apply a different standard to Muslims who violate lockdown orders.
Pastor Artur Pawlowski, who made international headlines when he was arrested in the middle of a busy highway on his way home from church, told The Christian Post (CP) that authorities pick on Christians because they know they will not fight back.
Alberta’s slow economic rebound continues to drive Albertans to other provinces.
More than 3,000 residents were lost to other places in Canada during the first quarter of this year, marking the fourth consecutive quarter in which the number of people who left the province outpaced newcomers arriving from elsewhere in the country, according to the latest Statistics Canada data.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, one of Canada’s largest Muslim communities, took to social media posting images showing the Baitul Hadi Mosque with a spray-painted image of the Nazi symbol.
According to a news release on Saturday morning, the action was taken against the southeast Calgary church after its lead pastor Tim Stephens “continued to disregard public health measures required by law under order of the chief medical officer of health.”
Ahead of the NDP’s weekend convention, Alberta’s Opposition leader has committed to transforming the province’s energy sector and moving the province’s electricity grid to net-zero by 2035 should an orange crush wash over Alberta in the next election.
Beginning on June 4, virtual events will range from a print-making workshop to a virtual prom for queer and gender-diverse youth.
The Alberta government has introduced a revamped version of legislation that had given the province the power to restrict and control shipments of its energy exports as a means to “fight back” against other Canadian jurisdictions that oppose pipeline projects or otherwise block the province’s oil and natural gas.
The old legislation, which contained a sunset clause, expired last month with nothing immediately lined up to replace it – even though proclaiming the law was a key campaign promise of the governing United Conservative Party. The new version of the province’s “turn-off-the-taps” law will exclude refined products such as gasoline and diesel in a bid to shield it from future Constitutional challenges.
“I am deeply concerned about the potential theft of Canadian intellectual property and further concerned that research partnerships with the People’s Republic of China may be used by Chinese military and intelligence agencies,” said Nicolaides in an emailed statement.
