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Executive Fellow Richard Masson discusses what Canada and Alberta can do to quickly and proactively to preserve the health of the sector, so it can return to delivering economic activity, jobs and government revenue once the Russia/Saudi Arabia price war and Covid-19 abate.
Canada’s petroleum sector faces the dual challenges of the COVID-19 epidemic and an oil price war between two of the world’s largest producers. Helping this sector to stay solvent will mean it is ready to contribute to Canada’s and Alberta’s economic recovery when conditions improve, and avoids adding to Alberta’s already concerning backlog of orphaned wells.
Alberta’s Economic Recovery Council is chaired by the School of Public Policy, President’s Fellow, Jack Mintz and includes two of the schools Distinguished Policy Fellows, Hon. Stephen Harper – Canada’s 22nd prime minister and Nancy Southern – chair and CEO, ATCO Ltd.
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So far, the response to the current pandemic and the economic consequences from the Provinces have been silent on creative responses to cash-flow issues faced by payers of property tax and by implication, municipalities…
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has implications that are particularly serious for vulnerable populations and the social agencies that serve them…
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide and in Canada continues to climb, the global economy is experiencing large disruptions not seen since 2008…
