Throne speech pledges scal overhaul
08/02/2012 3:33:26 PM +00:00
Alberta’s Conservative government on Tuesday pledged sweeping changes to the way the province manages its money, trumpeting plans for a radical change in the budgeting process and a major review of provincial income and spending.
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Hostile foreign takeovers unwelcome in Canada
06/02/2012 3:34:24 PM +00:00
Prime Minister Stephen Harper drew an apparent line in the sand on foreign takeovers on Friday, saying he wanted to see Blackberry-maker Research In Motion grow “as a Canadian company” and questioning whether hostile takeovers of key domestic firms are...?log=out
Oilsands testing beefed up
06/02/2012 3:32:00 PM +00:00
The federal and Alberta governments have announced a joint $50 million-a-year monitoring strategy for Alberta’s oilsands that will greatly increase the amount of testing conducted on land, air and water in the region, ministers from both governments...
Budgets from scratch in new law
02/02/2012 3:38:32 PM +00:00
A new Alberta law will force every government department to dismantle its budget and rebuild it from scratch, justifying each expense along the way.
The law, called the Results-based Budgeting Act, could mean substantial restructuring of government...
Edmonton’s hearings on Northern Gateway wrap up
01/02/2012 4:02:21 PM +00:00
Aweek of hearings into the potential effects of Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline ended Tuesday with questions about how much indigenous people can trust the process designed to assess the controversial project.
“I have to have some...