With Alberta’s surging economy, Danielle Smith’s blame-Ottawa strategy is in question
The Boiling Frog Dilemma: Saving Canada from Economic DeclineAlberta Premier Danielle Smith was elected to lead the UCP last fall by blaming Ottawa for everything. Ottawa has strangled our energy sector! Ottawa has destroyed our economy! Ottawa has robbed Alberta’s wealth and has given it all to Quebec!
The Conference Board of Canada is forecasting Alberta to lead all Canadian provinces in GDP growth in 2023 and 2024. According to its most recent projection, released last fall, Alberta will expand by 3.5 per cent this year and 2.4 per cent in 2024. One of the most reliable indicators of economic good times – interprovincial migration – has kicked into high gear. In the third quarter of last year, nearly 33,000 people from other provinces moved to Alberta, while fewer than 14,000 left, leaving a net increase of more than 19,000. In perspective, Alberta’s net interprovincial population gain has been higher on only one occasion . Most of the current net increase is because of people leaving Ontario and British Columbia .
For sure, there’s almost no one in Alberta who would suggest the federal government hasn’t repeatedly fumbled the ball. Even Alberta’s opposition NDP is saying that Ottawa’s “Just Transition” plan to evolve jobs in the energy patch needs to be scrapped and rethought with input from Alberta. And the mention of Bill C-69, which overhauled Canada’s environmental assessment laws, will send many Albertans into a fit.
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