Category: Business/Finance

  • Alberta REALTORS® Pleased to See Provincial Budget Maintains Housing Affordability

    Alberta REALTORS® Pleased to See Provincial Budget Maintains Housing Affordability

    Calgary AB (April 2016) – The Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) and its 10,000 REALTOR® members across the province are pleased to see housing affordability maintained in the provincial budget announced today. AREA applauds today’s budget presentation by Treasury Board President and Finance Minister Joe Ceci which keeps home ownership affordable for Albertans by avoiding the…

  • Provincial Budget Signals the Need for a New Municipal Funding Model

    Provincial Budget Signals the Need for a New Municipal Funding Model

    Edmonton: Yesterday’s budget announcements have been met with mixed reviews from Alberta’s urban municipalities who remain concerned that minimal progress is being made with the $26 billion infrastructure deficit. AUMA is pleased that the Province is honouring their $75 million committed increase to Water for Life, as well as Water and Wastewater funding. This funding…

  • Making Things Worse: NDP Budget Punishes Families with New Carbon Tax, Record Deficit and Dangerous New Debt

    EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government’s budget is making things worse by slamming families with $58 billion of debt that will mean $2,000 per family for interest payments, and a punishing new carbon tax that unfairly targets working families for another $1,000 per year, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. “The NDP plan will hit families…

  • Alberta Jobs Plan supports families, creates jobs, controls costs

    Alberta Jobs Plan supports families, creates jobs, controls costs

    Budget 2016 moves Alberta forward Budget 2016 – The Alberta Jobs Plan moves Alberta forward by supporting families and businesses through a tough economy, promoting job creation and economic diversification, and carefully controlling government spending. The Alberta Jobs Plan is built on four key pillars: supporting families and communities; investing in infrastructure; diversifying our energy…

  • Airworks Compressors Corp Shakes Up Capitol Hill

    Airworks Compressors Corp Shakes Up Capitol Hill

      Airworks Compressors Corp, a leader in well site emissions technology, was recently invited to Washington D.C. to brief several senate and congressional offices on Airworks’ cutting edge technology with regards to upcoming emission legislation.  Airworks’ latest innovative technology provides solutions for well site emission reduction.  Airworks’ patent pending instrument air package, the Aurora Eco-System™,…

  • Stier Presses NDP to Repudiate Anti-Agriculture, Anti-Trade Leap Manifesto

    Stier Presses NDP to Repudiate Anti-Agriculture, Anti-Trade Leap Manifesto

    LIVINGSTONE-MACLEOD, AB (April 14, 2016): This week in the legislature, Wildrose MLA for Livingstone-Macleod Pat Stier pressed the NDP government for answers about its position on the anti-Alberta Leap Manifesto. On April 10, the federal NDP voted in favour of discussing the Leap Manifesto, a radical left-wing document that claims, among other troubling points, that…

  • Alberta Forest Products Association 2015 Results

    Alberta Forest Products Association 2015 Results

    Forest Sector Remains a Bright Spot in Alberta’s Economy… Stronger pulp and panel prices lead to 5% growth in 2015 Edmonton – Economic output by Alberta’s forest sector grew in 2015, marking the fourth consecutive year of increases. The forestry sector saw the value of its products rise by 5% – or $150 million –…

  • Major Pipeline Projects Popular with AB Small Business

    Major Pipeline Projects Popular with AB Small Business

    Support ranges from 79 per cent for Keystone XL to 95 per cent for Energy East Calgary, April 11, 2016 – The vast majority of entrepreneurs in Alberta want market access for the province’s natural resources to be a top priority, according to recent survey findings from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).  The…

  • Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent

    Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent

      OTTAWA, April 13, 2016 /CNW/ – The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. Growth in the global economy is expected to strengthen gradually from about 3…

  • Welcome to the New Normal – Deficits Without End

    Reining in debt and deficits now being discarded by some governments as they abandon plans of returning to a balanced budget on a fixed timeline By Ben Eisen and Charles Lammam, The Fraser Institue VANCOUVER, B.C. / Troy Media/ – Alberta’s Finance Minister Joe Ceci, set to deliver his budget April 14, recently said he does not…

  • Wildrose Official Opposition Leader Brian Jean’s response to the Premier’s televised address

    Good evening. My name is Brian Jean. Leader of the Wildrose Official Opposition. I’d like to thank the people of Alberta for the opportunity to speak with you tonight. I know you are worried and I hope to outline for you this evening a vision that provides hope and restores the Alberta Advantage. I’m here today, because…

  • Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) Announces It’s 2016-17 Board of Directors 

    Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) Announces It’s 2016-17 Board of Directors 

    (Calgary, AB): Economic Developers Alberta (EDA), Alberta’s only professional organization for economic developers is pleased to announce its newly elected 2016-17 Board of Directors as follows:  Sara Chamberlain – President (Airdrie) Matt Cornall – Past President (Red Deer) Bev Thornton – Vice President (Pincher Creek) Court Ellingson – Secretary Treasurer (Calgary) Glen Vanstone – Director (Edmonton) Adena Cheverie…

  • Wildrose Releases 10 Point Common Sense Budget Recommendations

    Wildrose Releases 10 Point Common Sense Budget Recommendations

    EDMONTON, AB (April 12, 2016): Ensuring the sustainability of front line services, eliminating waste and saving the province just over $2 billion dollars are the three key principles that guide the 10 point common sense plan in the Wildrose Budget Sustainability Recommendations released today by the Wildrose Official Opposition. Wildrose Shadow Finance Minister Derek Fildebrandt was…

  • Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the May 5, 2015 Provincial General Election

    Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the May 5, 2015 Provincial General Election

    Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Glen Resler, released his report on the May 5, 2015 Provincial General Election, as required by section 4(5) of the Election Act. The report contains information on all aspects of the electoral process associated with the delivery and conduct of the 2015 Provincial General Election. Some highlights of the report include: legislative…

  • Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) Recognizes Excellence in Economic Development in Alberta

    Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) Recognizes Excellence in Economic Development in Alberta

    (Kananaskis, AB): (Thursday night), Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) presented its annual Awards of Excellence during its 2016 Annual Conference at the Delta Kananaskis Lodge.These awards honour Alberta individuals for their contribution to the profession; as well as Alberta communities for excellence in: Business and Investment Attraction (BIA); Business Retention and Expansion (BRE); and Community Economic…