West of Centre

Alberta's economic jump start


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Alberta is moving more quickly than other provinces to reopen the economy as the trend line for COVID-19 slowly improves. The challenges are monumental - with an economy gutted from the pre-pandemic oil price crash and an effective unemployment rate of 25 percent. The UCP government is making almost daily announcements to encourage job creation and investment. Guest host Jim Brown assesses Alberta’s plans with commentator and business owner Emma Grace May, energy and opinion journalist Max Fawcett and political strategist Stephen Carter of Decide Campaigns and The Strategists podcast.
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