In mid September (2022), Premier Jason Kenney openly disagreed with UCP leadership hopeful Danielle Smith over Smith’s proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act (ASA). Kenney said the legislation would be destabilising, unconstitutional and a disaster for Alberta. Kenney’s former principal secretary levelled similar accusations, which Kenney happily quoted: it should be called “the Alberta suicide act.” Kenney…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had one job to do. On behalf of Canada, he had to go to London to pay respects to the late Queen Elizabeth and to offer condolences to King Charles and the royal family. For the occasion, the prime minister travelled with a sizeable delegation that included Governor General Mary Simon,…
The Alberta government stopped collecting the fuel tax at the beginning of April in an effort to provide “real relief” to Albertans impacted by rising fuel and inflationary costs. The tax cut saves motorists up to $0.13/L on gasoline and diesel but reduces the provincial revenues by approximately $1.3B (nearly 3% of provincial revenues). For…
The International Transactions in Securities monthly report covers transactions in stocks, bonds, and money market securities between non-residents and residents of Canada. The report covers both Canadian and foreign issues in equity and investment fund shares and debt securities. Equity and investment fund shares include common and preferred shares and shares of investment funds. Debt…
Consumers usually realize fairly quickly just how important the manufacturing sector is when they stare at empty shelves while shopping. In some cases being confronted with an empty shelf can lead to hysteria and panic leading to irrational behaviour. Generally, most consumers, pre-pandemic, never really had much cause to be concerned about how the Canadian…
Recent ThinkHQ opinion polling shows Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek to be very unpopular. It is unusual to see such unpopularity so early for a new Calgary mayor, observers say. Why is she so unpopular? Gondek’s unpopularity is not alone the result of troubled times and voter crankiness, as the mayor tried to explain–which is not…
the Trudeau government kicked a hornet’s nest when the prime minister began a trend of insults against those resisting his vaccine policies during the last election campaign. Trudeau mistook his return to a minority government as an unconditional endorsement to abuse vaccine skeptics.
Over half of all employed Canadians (52.7%) are working in occupations that value and require active learning skills. “Active learning” involves having the ability to understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. There is now a notable increase in the proportion of workers employed in a variety of…