The economic damage climate change will do is dwarfed by the cost of addressing it. Voters are catching on.
Across the world, public finances are stretched dangerously thin. Per person growth continues dropping while costs are climbing for pensions, education, health care, and defence. These urgent priorities could easily require an ▸
Reflecting on the ideology forced upon Alberta’s oil and gas resources in the 1980’s and again from 2015 to present, Alberta has become expendable from a federal perspective. Alberta is expected to give up its equalization share and also be the #1 trade war pawn for the federal government.
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Alberta is pleased to see that today President Donald Trump has decided to refrain from imposing tariffs on Canadian goods at this time as they study the issue further.
We appreciate the implied acknowledgement that this is a complex and delicate issue with serious implications for American and Canadian workers, ▸
Slight chaos in the U.S. Midwest, followed by catastrophic and possibly irreversible consequences for Canada.
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