An economic analysis released by the NDP suggests Alberta’s decision to forgo a $100.3-million investment in the federal wage top-up program in 2020 cost the province a GDP increase worth hundreds of millions and nearly 2,000 jobs.
The Alberta Teachers’ Association is planning to go to court to fight Finance Minister Travis Toews’s recent ministerial order, which the ATA says reduces teachers control over their pension investments.
Teachers association to take legal action against Alberta government over pension dispute
The Alberta Teachers Association says it will be taking the government to court over a ministerial order signed last month that they say gives teachers less control over their pensions.
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Publishing date: Jan 27, 2021 • January 27, 2021 • 3 minute read • Travis Toews, President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance, speaks during a press conference at the Alberta Legislature announcing a panel looking into the reform of Alberta s automobile insurance system in Edmonton, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. The panel are comprised of Chris Daniel (back right), consumer representative with the Automobile Insurance Rate Board, Shelley Miller (not shown), auto insurance reform lawyer and Dr. Larry Ohlhauser (back left), chief medical advisor to the superintendent of insurance. Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
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Alberta is sitting on the most unspent federal emergency COVID-19 funds, according to a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.