Opinion: The separation report's faulty assumption: financial discipline in Alberta
The Alberta government’s newly released separation report, commissioned from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, runs to hundreds of pages of tax bases, trade flows, credit ratings and transition costs. Serious work, but its numbers rest on an assumption the report never states or defends — that a separate Alberta would sustain the […]
The Alberta government's separation report, commissioned from the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, has been released. The report examines various aspects of a potential separation, including tax bases, trade flows, credit ratings, and transition costs.
According to the Calgary Herald, the report's numbers rely on an un stated and undefended assumption that a separate Alberta would maintain financial discipline.
Alberta is set to hold a vote on October 19 to decide whether to hold a future, binding referendum on the province separating from Canada. The issue of western alienation has been a longstanding concern in the region.
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