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Posted inAlberta Politics

It wasn’t supposed to be like this! Alberta sheds jobs while the rest of the country creates them

by David ClimenhagaFebruary 12, 2020

In January, as the Globe and Mail put it in a colourful old-timey headline last week, Canada’s job market blew past the forecasts for the month. Unemployment also fell. In Alberta, not so much. Indeed, Alberta was the only province in Canada to see jobs disappearing — and in significant numbers, with 19,000 lost in […]

Posted inAlberta Politics

Canadian Taxpayers Federation commentary on nurse salaries isn’t research so much as an echo chamber

by David ClimenhagaOctober 31, 2019
Posted inAlberta Politics

Where’s the crisis austerity is supposed to fix? Not necessarily in the numbers the government’s consultant crunched

by David ClimenhagaSeptember 18, 2019September 18, 2019
Posted inAlberta Politics

Where’s the beef? Smells like what Restaurants Canada is serving you is nothing but baloney!

by David ClimenhagaFebruary 22, 2019February 22, 2019
Posted inAlberta Politics

Happy Valentine’s Day! Don’t worry, even with a fair minimum wage, you can take your sweetie to a restaurant tonight!

by David ClimenhagaFebruary 14, 2019February 14, 2019
Posted inAlberta Politics

Doomsayers, Chicken Littles and Conservatives get it wrong on the impact of minimum wage increases

by David ClimenhagaAugust 15, 2018August 16, 2018
Posted inAlberta Politics

Is rural crime actually getting worse in Alberta? What we know and what we don’t

by David ClimenhagaMarch 7, 2018
Posted inAlberta Politics

‘Blockbuster’ job creation in Alberta leaves UCP in search of new talking points about ‘job killing’ carbon levy

by David ClimenhagaJanuary 9, 2018
Posted inAlberta Politics

Silence on the right and in the media about NDP role as Alberta adds an impressive 20,000 full-time jobs in March

by David ClimenhagaApril 17, 2017April 17, 2017
Posted inAlberta Politics

Guest Post: Five things you need to know about Alberta’s latest Electoral Boundaries Commission

by David ClimenhagaJanuary 12, 2017
Posted inAlberta Politics

For the sake of a healthy democracy, Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission needs to extend submissions deadline

by David ClimenhagaJanuary 11, 2017January 14, 2017
Posted inAlberta Politics, Canadian Politics

Fearless champion of the corporate overdog snarls at CCPA’s eye-popping New Year CEO salary tally

by David ClimenhagaJanuary 11, 2016January 11, 2016

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