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Panel to explore potential economic impacts of Alberta separation
The study will assess transition costs, savings and risks as Premier Danielle Smith says separation could cost about $400 billion.
- On Friday, the Government of Alberta tasked the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy to conduct an independent analysis of separation's economic impacts for Albertans ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum.
- Premier Danielle Smith estimated earlier this month that quitting Confederation could cost Alberta $400 billion with an annual price tag of up to $50 billion, prompting the need for independent analysis.
- Finance Minister Jason Nixon appointed an advisory panel featuring economist Jack Mintz to review the report, with the government budgeting up to $1.5 million to ensure the analysis is done "properly, independently and credibly."
- Expected by the end of summer, the report will precede the referendum, though Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi criticized it as an "unnecessary undertaking" requiring no "recycled panel."
- Nenshi urged CSIS to assess the referendum's safety, citing a massive data breach earlier this year that exposed nearly three-million Albertans' names and addresses to a separatist group.
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Ponoka NewsAlberta government commissions independent report on separation
The Government of Alberta will aim to produce a report on the potential economic impacts of Alberta leaving Canada this summer. In a news release Friday, the government said the report will be released this summer, ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum, where Albertans will be asked: “Should Alberta remain a province in Canada, or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding pro…
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Alberta picks university to cost out separation, panel to assess ahead of referendum
EDMONTON - Alberta's government said Friday it has picked the University of Calgary to study potential costs of the province leaving Canada.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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