Category: Business/Finance

  • Kill Bill 6, Listen to Farmers: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB (December 9, 2015): Today, Wildrose called for the NDP to kill Bill 6, and develop a Farm Safety Panel that would ensure an industry-driven approach, led by farmers, on how to best improve farm safety across Alberta.  “Albertans who run our family farms have spoken loud and clear: pull Bill 6 and…

  • Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark Addresses the Legislature on Bill 6

    Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark Addresses the Legislature on Bill 6

  • Notley Needs to Rethink Toll Roads for Alberta

    Notley Needs to Rethink Toll Roads for Alberta

    Toll roads are a perfect fit with the NDP government’s environmental agenda By Steve Lafleur and Kenneth Green, The Fraser Institute CALGARY, Alta./ Troy Media/ – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley needs to swiftly revisit her government’s decision not to implement road tolls to help pay for the province’s highway infrastructure. Road tolls are not only a socially…

  • Wildrose Calls for Emergency Debate on the Social Cost of Alberta’s Job Losses, State of Economy

    Wildrose Calls for Emergency Debate on the Social Cost of Alberta’s Job Losses, State of Economy

      EDMONTON, AB (December 8, 2015): With the NDP implementing sudden and risky economic experiments, Albertans facing massive job losses, and the price of oil plunging below $37 per barrel, the Wildrose Official Opposition has requested an emergency debate in the legislature on the social costs of the economic downturn and Alberta’s bleak fiscal picture.…

  • Service Alberta Lays 180 Charges Against Calgary-Based Contractor

    Service Alberta Lays 180 Charges Against Calgary-Based Contractor

      Local home renovation company charged under Alberta’s Fair Trading Act. As a result of a year-long investigation, the Consumer Investigation Unit of Service Alberta has laid 180 regulatory charges against Calgary-based home renovation companies The Remodelers Ltd. and The Remodelers Special Projects Ltd. Both companies are owned by Bruce Maxwell Hopkins, who is also…

  • Town of Okotoks: Shop Local this Holiday Season!

    Town of Okotoks: Shop Local this Holiday Season!

    It’s important to shop locally during the Christmas season and all year round! Money spent at local businesses is reinvested here, creating diversity and helps maintain our unique appeal. Some other reasons to shop local: Job Creation. Shops in our town create local employment and self-employment. These people in turn spend money in our town. Local…

  • 2015 Canadian Angus Gold Show Winners

    2015 Canadian Angus Gold Show Winners

    ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB – The Canadian Angus Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 National Gold Show Program. The 2015 Black Angus Show Bull of the Year receiving champion aggregate status is PM THUNDERSTRUCK 22’13 owned by Ryan Currie of Bristol, QC, Tanya Belsham of Houston, BC and Peter & Andy…

  • Wildrose Puts Forward Amendments to Strengthen Accountability and Protect Taxpayers

      EDMONTON, AB: Wildrose is introducing strong fiscal accountability measures to protect taxpayers under Bill 4, An Act to Implement Various Tax Measures and to Enact the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, at committee of the whole, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today.  The amendments, if passed, would:  Lower the debt limit to 7 per…

  • Alberta REALTORS® Committed to Work on Complex Issue of Property Measurements

    Alberta REALTORS® Committed to Work on Complex Issue of Property Measurements

      Calgary AB – The Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) is aware of an article in the November 30th issue of the Edmonton Journal speaking to fines levied by the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA) for misrepresenting the size of condominiums in real estate listings, and is taking steps, along with its ten member…

  • While Unemployment Rises, NDP Tell Jobless Albertans to Head to BC

    While Unemployment Rises, NDP Tell Jobless Albertans to Head to BC

        EDMONTON, AB (December 4, 2015): After Alberta lost 15,000 jobs in November, the NDP should back down from their risky economic policies instead of telling Albertans out-of-work to take a hike out-of-province, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. In a speech to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Land Administration, NDP Energy Minister Marg…

  • Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Solar and Wind Energy: A critical meta-survey

    Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Solar and Wind Energy: A critical meta-survey

    Leighton Walter Kille and Denise-Marie Ordway In August 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its new Clean Power Plan, which includes the first national standards for reducing carbon pollution from power plants. The plan requires states to reduce carbon-dioxide emission rates, while allowing flexibility in how the goals are achieved. For example, states could employ a mix of improving the efficiency of existing…

  • Alberta and Air Liquide to promote new technology opportunities

    Alberta and Air Liquide to promote new technology opportunities

    Premier Rachel Notley signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Air Liquide that aims to bring new ideas and technologies to keeping Alberta’s environment clean, developing our energy responsibly and helping keep Albertans healthy. The Government of Alberta will work closely with the Air Liquide Group to identify and pursue mutual opportunities in areas such…

  • NDP Carbon Plan Splitting Albertans, Industry and Comes with a Steep Price Tag

    NDP Carbon Plan Splitting Albertans, Industry and Comes with a Steep Price Tag

      EDMONTON, AB: Any claims the NDP government have made that there is broad consensus and approval of their massive new carbon tax and new regulations continue to be disproven by companies and individuals across the energy sector, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. A new report from the Financial Post details how several industry leaders…

  • NDP Finance Minister Breaks the Law by Failing to Release Fiscal Update: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government has broken the government’s own law and is in contravention of the Fiscal Management Act (FMA), all while keeping Albertans in the dark about Alberta’s fiscal situation, the Wildrose Official Opposition said yesterday. The FMA outlines a schedule for reports on progress that are to be made public three times a year,…

  • Ban on Oil Tanker Traffic not Based on Evidence

    Ban on Oil Tanker Traffic not Based on Evidence

    Issuing a moratorium on oil tanker traffic off B.C.’s north coast ignores the evidence on the safety of transporting oil by sea By Kenneth P. Green and Taylor Jackson, The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C./ Troy Media/ – During the recent election campaign, the new federal government committed to pursuing evidence-based public policy. In the mandate letters delivered…