Free Samples of INSIGHT into Government Newsletter

There are several FREE samples (all in PDF format) of the newsletter you may download from our website:

Insight into Government (Vol. 26, Issue 20, 27 Jan 12)
"Whipping Up Agitation with Half-Baked Numbers"
A study of public-sector wages casts a simple set of numbers in a one-sided political light … it raises questions but doesn’t address many of them … the media happily run with the theme although elementary research would have told readers more. (PDF, 109 KB)

Insight into Government (Vol. 24, Issue 39, 11 Jun 10)
"The year that oilsands production took over"
Environment Minister Rob Renner will spend June 13-17 in the eastern U.S. talking to state politicians about Alberta’s “clean energy” policies … it’s one of many recent trips prompted by the fact the province’s future depends now on the oilsands. (PDF, 148 KB)

Insight into Government (Vol. 23, Issue 40, 19 Jun 09)
Our science-fiction issue - how would Alberta change if an opposition party formed government?: "Would Life Really Differ with Liberals or NDP?"
All the opposition parties are so far behind the Progressive Conservatives that big gaps in their economic and fiscal policies aren’t crucial for now — but sooner or later, they have to offer voters a set of clear alternatives as well as criticisms. (PDF, 116 KB)

Insight into Government (Vol. 22, Issue 01, 24 Aug 07)
"Economic Diversification, Tax Credits and Politics"
Our report on technology and value-added commercialization opens the way to a return to pre-1993 economic policies. (PDF, 120 KB)

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