The head of Red Deer’s municipal government has cracked a business magazine’s list of the most influential people in Alberta.
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Red Deer still plays prominent role in policies
The Red Deer Chamber of Commerce continues to play a prominent role in the shaping of Alberta Chambers of Commerce policy.
The local business association sponsored 10 of the 31 policies adopted at the Alberta Chambers’ conference and policy session May 30 to June 1 in Drumheller.
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Grassroots group CivicCamp supports city’s development plans, says it’s non-partisan,
Aside from the home builders and the Manning Centre, another Calgary group with murky membership is working to leave its mark on council politics and the 2013 election, is particularly interested in development issues and has been accused of organizing a slate of candidates.
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Are Bitcoins real money?
EDMONTON, AB, Apr. 21, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Benjamin Franklin was a famous diplomat, scientist, writer, and Founding Father of the American Republic. He also knew a thing or two about money.
In 1729, at the age of 23, Franklin published a pamphlet in colonial Pennsylvania entitled, “A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency”. In it, he addressed three key monetary questions that are very seldom asked: what is money? Who should be entrusted to create money, and, what, if anything, should backstop money to support its value?
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Staples: Arena negotiations are tangled, but still on track
EDMONTON – There is a strange dance going on between the province and the City of Edmonton over funding of the proposed $480-million downtown arena.
There is no provincial money to help pay for the arena, provincial politicians keep saying.
Oh, yes there is, city politicians keep replying.
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The next Premier of Alberta: Rona Ambrose?
EDMONTON, AB, Mar. 1, 2013/ Troy Media/ – It is very clear to those close to the world of Alberta politics that Premier Alison Redford is not likely to be Premier this time next year. She is now being referred as “dead Premier walking.”
She has no friends in caucus, she is not running the government (Doug Horner is) and she is not in control of the policy agenda (which is why there is no throne speech).
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The vitality of the oil and gas sector underpins Canada’s economy
VICTORIA, BC, Feb. 22, 2013/ Troy Media/ – While Mark Carney is very capable and impressive, Britain has no lack of financial experts meeting that description. What differentiates him, and what drove the British government’s determination to recruit him, is that he presided over the central bank of the economy that weathered the financial crisis better than other developed countries.
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Why property rights are important
LETHBRIDGE, AB, Feb. 3, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Why are property rights important?
Property rights allow us to live free of the control of others, economically and politically, and act as a defence against the encroaching power of governments.
In fact, a weakening of property rights is a sure sign that a society is becoming less free.
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What Canada needs to do to become a clean energy superpower
EDMONTON, AB, Jan. 31, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Canada as clean energy superpower – it’s an alluring sound bite and one that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has used in speeches. But like a gifted but lazy student, Canada has failed to fulfill its promise.
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New Brunswick pushes cross-country pipeline as ‘game changer’
New Brunswick Premier David Alward is headed to Alberta to inject some political momentum into a proposed $5-billion, cross-Canada oil pipeline that he describes as a nation-building project.
The Progressive Conservative Premier will make his first visit to Alberta early next month, where he will meet with his counterpart, Alison Redford, travel to Fort McMurray to tour the oil sands, and visit industry executives in Calgary.
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