The UCP government recently announced roughly $4 million for 3 colleges, but that’s after years of cutting 4 times that much from their operational funding.
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UCP defund U of C by $105M, give back $8.4M
The Alberta government recently announced over $8M for a University of Calgary vet programme, but that comes after they cut over $100M in operational funding for the U of C.
Even though total production has been higher under the UCP, the pace at which it has grown has slowed.
That’s the worst performance of all the provinces during the same period.
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba accounted for 2 out of every 3 Indigenous people admitted into custody last year.
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Is AB’s O&G industry really recovering fast?
Jason Kenney recently claimed that Alberta’s oil and gas industry is recovering fast. Is it true?
Alberta’s health minister and seniors minister recently tweeted about about Alberta exports. Except what they said was misleading.
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Alberta’s real wages drop over last 10 years
Alberta was the only Canadian province to see its median weekly wages decrease over the last 10 years, when adjusted for inflation.
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Alberta’s GDP still below 2018 levels
Despite an increase of 5.05% in their GDP last year, Alberta still lags behind other provinces in economic growth. It didn’t help that we had the worst economic growth the year before.
Alberta still has the highest unemployment rate outside of Atlantic Canada.