Last year was the first in at least 25 years that the province derived no revenue from petroleum royalties.
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May 27, 2020
9:36AM
We recently asked our research staff and senior fellows for their thoughts on how Canada’s experience with COVID-19 and the related recession might permanently—at least the next five years—affect Canadians and our economy. In total, we received 19 submissions. Find below the final submissions as selected by our team (after adjusting for duplicates in certain areas such as trade and savings).
March 31, 2020
4:01PM
Alberta’s energy sector supports more than 500,000 jobs across Canada.
March 31, 2020
6:00AM
There were 4,588 overdose deaths in Canada in 2018.
March 30, 2020
1:47PM
Once you adjust for inflation and population growth, Alberta’s economy barely grew at all between 2008 and 2018.
March 27, 2020
10:05AM
Letting the price of scarce goods rise forces us to use the limited supply of the good for the most important purposes.
March 26, 2020
12:59PM
When we learned that the first cases in Canada were from overseas flights, no measures were taken to screen passengers from infected areas.
March 26, 2020
8:21AM
Solar and bioenergy generators absorb 15 per cent of the surcharge yet generate only three per cent of Ontario’s electricity.
March 25, 2020
11:48AM
Financial markets are responding to an induced recession.
March 24, 2020
2:00AM
Canada’s economy was sputtering prior to the COVID-19 crisis.
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