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Week ending 28 Aug 2009 Vol 24, No 2
Feature Article: This year's projected budget deficit balloons to $6.9 billion; the government blames a revenue collapse and basically plans to hold on until revenues come back. (First-quarter budget update: News release, Fiscal update, PDF, 195 KB, Heritage Fund update, PDF, 353 KB, Update to economic outlook, PDF, 266 KB)
Also in this week's edition:
- Alberta Health Services is doing its job of absorbing political criticism that would otherwise land on politicians, but the politicians may not be able to keep their distance from the latest plans for budget cuts. (Updated plan for spending cuts, Mistake on helipads, Chairman's apology on helipads, CEO's blog)
- Court of Appeal sends stiff warnings to a department used to running its own show in private. (Cote decision)
- Two studies released this summer make a contentious case to clear the oilsands of at least some complaints based on climate change; a statement in one study suggests a little noticed crossover between the province's climate-change policies and its electricity policies. (Alberta Energy Research Institute - reports on greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands, New release on the reports, Criticism of reports from U.S.-based Natural Resources Defense Council)
- First-quarter budget update statistics.
- Recent cabinet appointments. (Premier's Council for Economic Strategy, Premier's council on economic strategy named)
- The most contentious section of Bill 44 may not go into effect for another year, despite the culture minister's statement that it will.
- Being a party's lone MLA is no longer an irresistible attraction.
- Other news: PC fundraising, anemic Liberal communications, and Rich Vivone's new book.
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