June 9, 2010 |
There are strong indications that the Alberta government's initiative to create a new Alberta Health Act will be used to expand and entrench for-profit delivery of health care.
Parkland Institute
The Parkland Institute is an Alberta research network situated within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. It operates within the established and distinctive tradition of Canadian political economy and is non-partisan.
March 30, 2010 |
Alberta ranks last in Canada on a number of measures of women's economic equality, and is also the only province where there is no institutional voice for women in government.
February 4, 2010 |
Seventeen years of deregulation and privatization have resulted in the highest out-of-pocket costs in Canada for health care, child care, utilities, and education in Alberta.
June 26, 2009 |
The Alberta government's plans for health-care cuts cannot be justified by a lack of finances, according to a review of budgets and spending released Thursday by the Parkland Institute.
April 2, 2009 |
A new report from U of A’s Parkland Institute shows that Alberta is not immune from the current global recession, and may in fact be impacted more harshly than other jurisdictions.
February 4, 2008 |
Canada is currently the most vulnerable country in the industrial world to short-term oil supply crises, and we need to establish strategic petroleum reserves to remedy the problem.
May 10, 2007 |
The Alberta economy is headed for a serious economic bust, and current government policy is only serving to aggravate the problem, says a new report.
April 9, 2007 |
Talk given to to anti-war demonstration in Edmonton about connections between Alberta oil, Iraq and US empire. Speech transcript and video.
November 8, 2006 |
Tory provincial leadership hopefuls raise the possibility of putting a price on Alberta's freshwater supplies as a strategy for promoting conservation of the resource, but treating water as a commodi
July 13, 2006 |
Premier Ralph Klein's recent speculation about spending Alberta's unbudgeted surplus on a new round of prosperity cheques highlights a serious problem with Alberta's budgeting process âe" one th