Premier Prentice

• Jim Prentice to write book on energy issues at Washington think-tank

  The Washington-based Canada Institute at the Wilson Center says former Alberta premier Jim Prentice has joined the organization as a visiting fellow.

  Economy

  Feb 9, 2016
  
• Premier Prentice takes personal responsibility for Bill 10; puts it on hold

  Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has put on hold a controversial bill that would have allowed gay students to form support groups, but only if schools approved them.

  Politics

  Dec 4, 2014
  
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• Are the days of Alberta’s flat tax numbered?

  It's part of what's known as the "Alberta Advantage": paying a flat 10 per cent tax no matter your income. But as the price of oil remains low, some wonder if the days of the flat tax are numbered.

  Politics

  Nov 19, 2014
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• Alberta legislature resumes amid low oil, critics eye return of bitumen bogeyman

  Alberta's provincial politicians begin their fall session this week with a reset legislative agenda and a new premier madly crunching numbers under the Damoclean sword of plunging oil prices.

  Politics

  Nov 16, 2014
• Prentice wants his cabinet to bring a change of decorum in upcoming legislative session

  Call him old fashioned but Alberta Premier Jim Prentice wants to bring back a sense of decorum when the fall session of the Alberta legislature kicks off on Monday.

  Politics

  Nov 16, 2014
• Alberta premier focuses on need to rebuild trust after rough couple of years for PCs

  Alberta's new premier has warned convention delegates that the Progressive Conservatives are not out of the woods yet and that voters are simply willing to give them a "second chance."

  Politics

  Nov 15, 2014