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Understanding Alberta’s Outsized Contribution to Confederation
Albertans continue to contribute disproportionately to Canadian federalism—net contribution totaled $244.6 billion between 2007- 2022
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An Alberta Dividend: The Key to Growing the Heritage Fund
Dividends to Albertans key to success of the Heritage Fund over longer-term
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Alberta’s ‘Spending Restraint’ in Perspective
Alberta’s new fiscal rules positive step, but sustainable finances impeded by increases in per person spending since 2022
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Undoing Alberta’s Personal Income Tax Hikes
Flat 8 per cent personal income tax would save Albertans $1,573 a year, on average
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The Cost of Business Subsidies in Canada: Updated Edition
Canada spent more than $50 billion on corporate welfare across provinces in 2022
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Quebec Premiers and Provincial Government Spending
Quebec government spending reached highest level on record in 2021 at $15,562 per person
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Alberta’s Underlying Budget Deficit
Alberta surplus turns to $4.8 billion deficit if resource revenue was at 20-year average
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It’s Time to Get Off the Resource Revenue Rollercoaster: Re-establishing the Alberta Sustainability Fund
With spending restraint, Alberta can re-introduce a rainy-day fund worth $9.8 billion by 2025/26
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Comparing Business Investment per Worker in Canada and the United States, 2002–2021
Per-worker business investment down 20% since 2014 and falling further behind U.S.
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Fiscal Waste During the Pandemic in Canada and the United States
Ottawa’s wasteful COVID spending will cost taxpayers more than $110 billion by 2032/33