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A competitive corporate tax environment helps build healthy economies
Jack M. Mintz is the President’s Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary. He is also a special advisor to the Business Council of Alberta. With the Alberta government reducing its corporate income tax rate from 12 to 8% by January 1, 2022,...
Letter to the Federal Opposition Parties to Ratify CUSMA
A few weeks ago, BCA issued a statement to encourage all Canadian Parliamentarians to work together to ratify the Canada—United States—Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) as quickly as possible. Today, we sent the following letter to each of the federal opposition parties. On...
Policy in Action: Update on the Task Force on Future Skills & Training
We know that top economies produce people who are skilled, resilient and adaptable in the face of economic uncertainty and rapid technological change. In fact, shared prosperity can be best realized when people are making the best use of their existing skills and can...
Economic diversification: what it is and just how diversified is Alberta’s economy?
For more than half a century the energy sector has been the engine of the Alberta economy. It has attracted both investment and people here. It is directly responsible for our relatively high incomes and low tax burden. Along with those benefits, has also come...
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