Should Government Go into Debt?

A dialogue between Trevor Tombe and Ted Morton

• Dialogue
• Government

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Alison Redford, Capital investment, Debate, Heritage Fund, Peter Lougheed, Pros and Cons, Trevor Tombe

March 1, 2018

Break the Bank

Should Alberta sell ATB?

• Feature
• Government

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Treasury Branches, Alberta Views, Credit Union, Crown Corporation, Great Depression, Local Business, Net Worth, Populism, Ranching, Rocky Mountain House, Supreme Court

Salestaxphobia

Can we get over our unique aversion?

• Feature
• Taxes

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Alcohol, Alex Himelfarb, Brian Mulroney, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Chamber of Commerce, Colin Craig, Don Getty, Flat Tax, Fraser Institute, Hospital Wait Times, Hospitals, Iraq, Joe Ceci, Laurence Decore, Majority Government, Parkland Institute, Peter Lougheed, Provincial Sales Tax, Seattle, Tourism

Less Painful Duties

Reflections on the Revolution in the Legal Profession

• Book Reviews

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Books, Alberta Views, Alex Rettie, Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Annie Muktuk

and Other Stories

• Book Reviews

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Books, Alberta Views, Annie Muktuk, Camosun College, Cancer, Candace Fertile, Norma Dunning, University of Alberta, University of Alberta Press

The Unravelling

Back in 2010 I reviewed Clem and Olivier Martini’s book Bitter Medicine, in which they describe their difficult experiences getting appropriate care for Olivier’s schizophrenia and help for the family in dealing with it. As the parent of a son diagnosed with schizophrenia, I felt that the book spoke directly to me. Now, using the […]

• Book Reviews

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Clem Martini, Dementia, Schizophrenia

Darwin’s Moving

Since 2006, Taylor Lambert has been working on-and-off for Darwin’s Moving and Deliveries, first as a student and later as a freelance journalist. From that experience comes Darwin’s Moving: part workday journal, part industry exposé and part profile of “the Other Calgary …the one [that] can’t afford sky-high rent or nice cars or trendy restaurants […]

• Book Reviews

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Pulitzer Prize, Renters

Could It Happen Here?

Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit

• Book Reviews

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Discrimination, Muslim, Populism, Public Opinion, Simon and Schuster, United Kingdom, University of Lethbridge

Boundless

Jillian Tamaki, who grew up in Calgary and graduated from the Alberta College of Art + Design, is perhaps best known for her illustration work in magazines and books, including much-lauded graphic novels such as This One Summer, written by her cousin Mariko Tamaki. That book won a Governor General’s award and an Eisner, the […]

• Book Reviews

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Authors, Alberta Books, Alberta Views, Essays, Governor General's Award, Graphic Novel

January 1, 2018