Alberta – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:17:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Alberta – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Health, education come out ahead in restrained Alberta budget https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/health-education-come-out-ahead-in-restrained-alberta-budget/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:17:08 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481362 Total spending is forecast to rise by 3.9% increase from last year

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]]> Provincial economies to diverge in 2024: Desjardins https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/provincial-economies-to-diverge-in-2024-desjardins/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:54:46 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=479128 Commodity producers to hold up better than interest-sensitive regions

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]]> Alberta legislature resumes with promise of referendum on new taxes https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/alberta-legislature-resumes-with-promise-of-referendum-on-new-taxes/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:39:29 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=474309 The bill would prevent tax increases and changes to tax brackets or credits without a referendum

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]]> Alberta downplaying pension plan proposal risk, experts say https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/alberta-downplaying-pension-plan-proposal-risk-experts-say/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 20:30:58 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=472100 Broad estimates and generous assumptions may mean the APP is less viable than it seems

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]]> Alberta delivers big tax break to small donors https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/alberta-delivers-big-tax-break-to-small-donors/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:01:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=471291 New 60% rate for donations below $200 takes effect this year

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]]> Alberta and Saskatchewan seek to take over tax collection from the CRA https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/alberta-and-saskatchewan-seek-to-take-over-tax-collection-from-the-cra/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:01:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=461529 Western provinces look to assert autonomy with revenue agencies

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]]> Alberta predicting $2.4-billion surplus for petro-powered economy https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/alberta-predicting-2-4-billion-surplus-for-petro-powered-economy/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:06:44 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=461268 The province's budget contains a plan for legislated balanced budgets

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]]> Alberta projects $12.3B surplus in latest fiscal update https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/alberta-projects-12-3b-surplus-in-latest-fiscal-update/ Fri, 25 Nov 2022 20:07:54 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=456441 The government set aside $2.8 billion over three years to cover inflation-fighting programs and payouts

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]]> Alberta’s “sovereignty act” election https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/albertas-sovereignty-act-election/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:01:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=451072 Next year's vote may hinge on controversial legislation that has been called "nuts" - and worse

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]]> Alberta to resume indexing its tax brackets https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/alberta-to-resume-indexing-its-tax-brackets/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:29:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=450958 De-indexing effectively forced Albertans to pay almost $647 million more in taxes from 2020 to 2022

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