alberta
What is the CPP anyway? And why is Alberta leaving it different from Quebec?
CBC News answers questions about how the Canada Pension Plan works and what Alberta could do The government of Alberta’s plan to potentially create its own retirement plan and pull out of the Canada Pension Plan has prompted questions, concerns and confusion from any part of Canada that includes members of the existing CPP. At CBC News, readers, listeners and viewers have sent in questions or commented about what’s proposed and what’s to come. Here’s some of what you wanted to know. What exactly is the CPP, anyway? The Canada Pension PlanRead more
Pension becomes another Alberta-Ottawa fight. But this time, Trudeau’s on offence
PM vows to defend Canada Pension Plan, but hasn’t yet brought numbers to debate OK, so it didn’t quite happen this way, but may as well have. As limited as the province’s engagement process has been thus far on Alberta going it alone on pension — a sunny-side-up questionnaire and phone-in forums — the largest stakeholder in this matter was bound to weigh in. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued his apparent opening salvo in what’s becoming a federal-provincial pension dispute, and it was an open letter to Premier Danielle Smith.Read more
Danielle Smith’s big-money sales pitch on Alberta pension plan hasn’t worked yet
A past analysis for UCP minister expressed caution that seems absent from current message Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can usually only count on polite applause when he’s talking to an Alberta business crowd. But when executives hosted him this week at an Ottawa reception, he found one line worked surprisingly well — praise for the national pension program that Premier Danielle Smith wishes to exit. In a list of federal programs assisting Alberta (health care, transit, housing), Trudeau added: “It’s why we strengthened the Canada Pension Plan and why weRead more
Renewables industry feels burned by Alberta’s sudden pause on project approvals
Province asking Alberta Utilities Commission to implement nearly 7-month break Members of the renewable energy industry say the Alberta government has knocked the wind out of them by pausing all approvals of new power plants for nearly seven months. “I think it was a mistake,” says Vittoria Bellissimo, president and CEO of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA). “I’m worried about investor confidence in our electricity market. I’m worried about affordability for customers. I’m worried that we took something that was going very well in Alberta, and we had an advantage,Read more
Alberta municipalities affected by wildfires to have most costs reimbursed by province
Alberta allots $175M to cover the cost of evacuation centres, transport, some property damage The Alberta government has set aside $175 million for wildfire disaster recovery after spring and early summer blazes tore through some communities and forced 38,000 people from their homes. Municipalities and Métis settlements will be eligible to apply for provincial funding to help offset some of the unanticipated costs of responding to wildfires and repairing some damage. “Alberta municipalities and Métis settlements have had to manage extraordinary costs and pressures to help keep residents’ homes and businessesRead more
Alberta closes 12 provincial parks due to increased risk of wildfires over long weekend
Fire bans are in place for more than 280 provincial parks and recreation areas The Alberta government has closed 12 provincial parks and recreation areas ahead of the Victoria Day long weekend to lower the risk of more wildfires starting and spreading. “The fire danger is expected to be extreme across the northern parts of the province again [Thursday], which could result in some active wildfire behaviour,” Christie Tucker, information unit manager with Alberta Wildfire, said Thursday. “We will manage the wildfire situation in the face of extreme conditions and weRead more
With Alberta’s official election season imminent, the UCP and NDP are (unofficially) out in full force
UCP Leader Danielle Smith held event Saturday morning, NDP Leader Rachel Notley held event Saturday night Song unveilings and “Super Saturday” — Alberta’s provincial election season kicked into high gear with campaign-style rallies this weekend, even though the writ won’t officially be issued until Monday. Though the United Conservative Party and the Alberta New Democrats have, in effect, been campaigning for weeks, Monday will bring a new urgency to the contest as both parties will have less than 30 days remaining to convince Albertans they are best positioned to form the nextRead more
What fossil eggs found in Alberta reveal about how dinosaurs became birds
Chemical analysis of troodon eggshells show bird-like and reptile-like traits, reveal behaviour Seventy-five million years ago in southern Alberta, a river flooded, burying the eggs of bird-like dinosaurs nesting on the nearby plain. Now, tiny pieces of those fossil egg shells offer new evidence about how dinosaurs lived, bred and evolved into birds. A new study shows emu-sized, meat-eating troodons were as warm-blooded as birds, with body temperatures of more than 40 C. But unlike modern birds such as chickens that can produce one egg a day, troodons used a very slow egg-formingRead more