The government will be shelling out over $39M for 6 projects. They claim the projects will lead to 228 jobs. But there are 3 things to keep in mind.
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Last week, I reported on Alberta’s economic environment for 2019. I also framed the story as the economy under Jason Kenney’s first year. Someone asked me to do the same thing for Rachel Notley’s first year.
But the projects better not create permanent, full-time jobs.
As I reported earlier, the corporation will be governed by a board of directors, including a chair and vice-chair. That board was approved today.
UCP have been losing support since they were formed in 2017, while NDP have been gaining support.
Last week, the Alberta government announced a working group to “engage the federal government to get Alberta’s post-secondary institutions their fair share of research dollars.”
Government officials were in southwestern Alberta over the weekend to announce recovery centres, and detox and transition beds.
More than a quarter of those projects are out of province.
The province promised an additional $118 million in funding to help school boards deal with COVID-19 adjustments. Here’s why it’s still not enough.
Each week, the provincial government releases an economic update. I decided to finally look at the most recent one, and here’s what I found.