The Underside

We've got a triple threat for you all this week; how the situation in Iran hits us here at home, the Rebel as a target of libel yet again, and how our predictions around the teacher's pension being used to purchase Oil & Gas assets totally came true.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fees-for-bashir-mohamed

https://ricochet.media/en/2422/rebel-media-reporter-worked-for-white-supremacist-web-store https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ezra-levant-loses-hate-speech-case-must-pay-80000-to-man-he-defamed-as-illiberal-islamic-fascist

https://pressprogress.ca/ezra_levant_denounced_for_trying_to_make_money_off_quebec_city_terrorist_attack/

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ezra-levant-loses-hate-speech-case-must-pay-80000-to-man-he-defamed-as-illiberal-islamic-fascist 

https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/kkr-aimco-to-take-65-stake-in-5-billion-canada-gas-pipelinehttps://www.myprincegeorgenow.com/105320/the-suspected-cause-of-enbridge-pipeline-explosion-in-bc/

https://business.financialpost.com/news/one-of-north-americas-top-plays-why-the-montney-is-canadas-answer-to-u-s-shale https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/moody-s-alberta-credit-rating-1.5383294

Happy Holiday seasons everyone! Or, at least to those of you that made it to the end of the year without a pink slip courtesy of the Kenney UCP government. In this (not so) Christmas themed episode, we delve into Wexit and the "Fair Deal" Panel, as well as a long-overdue autopsy of the come-and-gone Canadian federal election. Spoiler alert; the Tories and the Liberals are both massive frauds.

In the light of unbelievable corruption, massive public layoffs, and other big-boy policies, we decided to do a bit of a retrospective of how the United Conservative Party concocted their 2019 Budget. From their platform to the Blue Ribbon Panel, we outline nearly every way the  Government of Alberta is about to f**k us over the next fiscal year.  

On a lighter note, we also discuss our respective trips to Europe; in case you're into that kinda stuff.  

Sources: 

Cutting Through the Blue Ribbon -  https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/parklandinstitute/pages/1712/attachments/original/1567981307/cutting_through.pdf?1567981307  

MacKinnon report: All 26 Alberta government panel recommendations -  https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/mackinnon-report-all-26-alberta-government-panel-recommendations 

Alberta Budget 2019: Tuition fee freeze lifted as post-secondary grants  cut -  https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-budget-2019-tuition-fee-freeze-lifted-as-post-secondary-grants-cut  

Colby Cosh: The creeping horror Alberta never knew it was voting for -  https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-the-creeping-horror-alberta-never-knew-it-was-voting-for    

Economist argues Alberta government's new budget adds up to tax increase  -  https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/economist-argues-alberta-governments-new-budget-adds-up-to-tax-increase   

UCP’s Corporate Tax Cuts Could Let Five Companies Alone Reduce Public Revenues $4.3 Billion -  https://pressprogress.ca/ucps-corporate-tax-cut-likely-to-let-five-companies-alone-reduce-public-revenues-4-3-billion/  

Majority of oil sands ownership and profits are foreign, says analysis -   https://business.financialpost.com/news/majority-of-oil-sands-ownership-and-profits-are-foreign-says-analysis  

Opinion | Jabs between Kenney and Notley reach new level of  ridiculousness  -  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/opinion-jabs-between-kenney-and-notley-reach-new-level-of-

From the extremity of laissez-faire taxation policy to the fringe of right-wing hate groups, Alberta truly has it all. In this episode, Marc and Sean discuss Boston as a tourist destination, the rise of the far-right in Canada, and discuss how a nation of immigrant descendants all of a sudden has an issue with immigrants.  

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadas-new-far-right-a-trove-of-private-chat-room-messages-reveals/  

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/a-dark-chapter-should-edmonton-s-kkk-history-be-acknowledged-1.3872961  

Joe Rogan Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm9lfWTGmDY

Ready for some high-octane discussion on tax policy? Of course you are!  This week, Marc and Sean analyze how a province with so much oil wealth  ended up with so little to show for it.

https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/misplaced_generosity 

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/end-of-the-alberta-tax-advantage

(alt title: How Alberta Got Fleeced)

With the Alberta 2019 election now behind us, it's time for the post-mortem that nobody asked for! Marc and Sean discuss the major themes, events, and bozo eruptions that made the AB 2019 election one for the history books [citation needed].