Articles by Catherine Griwkowsky
Alberta government weighs response as coronavirus pandemic, oil shocks hit globally and at home
It was a busy, perhaps unprecedented, day for the province on all fronts Wednesday.
Read MorePremier Jason Kenney signals direct investment in energy projects
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced Monday that the province is considering investing in energy projects in order to boost confidence in its ailing oil and gas sector.
Read MoreCritics say EY health report disproportionately targets women; government denies sexism
The recommendations in Ernst and Young’s review of Alberta Health Services disproportionately target both female patients and health-care providers, critics say.
Read MoreAlberta Health Services review says province could save up to $1.9 billion through reforms, but conditions apply
A review of Alberta Health Services (AHS) released Monday says the province could dramatically decrease its health-care spending if it reconfigures hospitals, reforms clinical services and overhauls how it compensates health-care providers
Read MoreGovernment of Alberta hails CAPP forecast of growth in oil and gas for 2020
Investment in Canada’s oil and gas sector will increase by $2 billion in 2020 after four of the last five years saw declines amid the ongoing oil glut, according to an industry group.
Read MoreNDP calls on UCP to scrap contentious energy war room
NDP Energy critic Irfan Sabir called on the government to disband its $30-million energy war room, following a series of gaffes he says undermines its credibility.
Read MoreNDP says it would cancel corporate tax breaks, raise income taxes on high earners in shadow budget
Alberta’s Opposition NDP outlined its own approach to the province’s finances Monday, proposing tax increases on corporations and high-income earners in its first shadow budget.
Read MoreUCP informs unions it is slashing thousands more public sector jobs
Public sector unions in Alberta learned of massive layoffs on Friday, with up to 5,900 full-time jobs on the chopping block over the next three years, including 2,500 Government of Alberta positions.
Read MoreGovernment fires Election Commissioner Lorne Gibson in the midst of investigation into UCP leadership race
A government bill tabled Monday aims to dissolve the Office of the Alberta Election Commissioner and fire its head, Lorne Gibson, partway through an ongoing investigation into the United Conservative Party’s 2017 leadership campaign.
Read MoreGovernment distances itself from $900K contract between public inquiry commissioner and his son’s law firm
NDP Democracy and Ethics critic Heather Sweet said Alberta’s ethics commissioner should investigate whether the man leading a provincial inquiry broke ethics rules when he awarded a $905,000 contract to a Calgary law firm where his son is a partner.
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