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Allegations of political interference involving Alberta Health Services have been swirling around the provincial government for weeks. The former CEO of Alberta Health Services. Athana Mentzelopoulos, is suing the province for wrongful dismissal, saying she was fired in January for looking into the overpays on contracts with private surgical providers. As the province continues to be hit by allegations of corruption and political interference, a new report from the Parkland Institute reveals how privatization has dramatically increased costs, undermined public hospitals, and prolonged wait times for critical surgeries. We speak with Andrew Longhurst, health policy researcher and the author of the report, Operation Profit.

Send us a textChristopher Balkaran dives into Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program with Professor Jason Foster from Athabasca University. We explore the realities of migrant labor, the economic dependency on foreign workers, and the impact on Canadian workers. Is the program a necessary economic tool, or has it become a permanent fixture in our labor market? Join us for a deep dive into the policies, challenges, and future of Canada's labor force.

Jason Foster is the director of the Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta and a professor of human resources and labour relations at Athabasca University For more of the Shaye Ganam Show, subscribe to the podcast. https://globalnews.ca/calgary/program/shaye-ganam/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode originally aired on February 3, 2020: This week, we're bringing you part one of a two-part series on the Canadian Energy Centre Ltd., alternatively known as the Energy War Room introduced by Alberta's UCP government. In this episode, Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Hannah Cunningham discuss what the centre is, why it was created, the funding and organization behind it, and its staff. We also feature audio from a talk on the Canadian Energy Centre done as part of the Parkland Institute's 2019 Fall Conference by David Climenhaga and Dave Cournoyer.Stay tuned for next week, where the second episode will focus on the work that the Canadian Energy Centre does, and the implications it has for environmental journalism.Program Log. ★ Support this podcast ★

This episode originall aired on March 27, 2023: This week on Terra Informa we bring you the first installment of our reporting and recording from the Parkland Institute's Fall 2022 Conference: Doing Democracy Better: Challenging the Politics of Fear and Resentment which took place on November 18-20, 2022 at the University of Alberta. This week's episode includes a talk given by Parkland Institute Research Manager Ian Hussey entitled "Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands"Parkland Institute YouTube channelProgram log ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk will focus on who voted and why. It will dispel several interpretations of the outcome. It concludes that the election is best seen as a reflection of a crisis facing the American political and party systems. Speaker: Trevor Harrison Trevor W. Harrison is a retired professor of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. He was formerly Director of Parkland Institute (2011-2021) and a member of both the Canadian political science and sociology associations. He is best known for his studies in political sociology, political economy, and public policy. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of twelve books, including the recently published Tales This Side of the Elysian Fields. He is a frequent and well-known contributor to public media, including radio and television.

You've heard of speculative investors pushing up the price of housing, but did you know it's happening on farms too? With fewer collective protections for farmers, and pressures to sell land and consolidate farms, is the family farm becoming a thing of the past? And is a new form of feudal tenant farming the future? On today's episode we talk to the Parkland Institute's Katherine Aske, author of Finance in the Fields: Investors, Lenders, Farmers, and the Future of Farmland in Alberta. We discuss who owns the farmland on the prairies, why ownership models are changing, and what that means for the future of farming – and our food. Farmers are facing immense pressure in a world with fewer collective protections and more unpredictable weather. For small family farms, this can mean going into debt or renting at the whims of the market. And, as Katherine explains, that has big implications for the future of our food. Pullback is a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network Enjoy our work? Support us on Patreon!

Under the Rachel Notley NDP government in Alberta in 2015, and in response to public outcry over excessive compensation and benefits for public sector senior executives, the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act (PSCTA) was introduced. With the Act came “sunshine lists” which outlined the compensation of all public sector workers whose earnings exceeded a certain threshold. In a blogpost by the Parkland Institute, Jason Foster explains the act and lists were originally created in hopes that disclosing names, salaries, and benefits would “curb tendencies toward financial excess by senior executives.”  He continues: “Whether it has worked as intended is an open question. What is clear is that it is something of a blunt tool.” And this blunt tool may not be the best solution.  This week on rabble radio, rabble labour reporter Kiah Lucero joins Foster to discuss the design flaws and shortcomings of the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act and sunshine lists in Alberta.  About our guests  Jason Foster is the director of Parkland Institute and an associate professor of human resources and labour relations at Athabasca University. He is the author of Gigs, Hustles, & Temps (2023) and Defying Expectations: The Case of UFCW Local 401 (2018), as well as co-author of Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces (2016). His research interests include workplace injury, union renewal, labour and employment policy, and migrant workers in Canada. Foster is committed to sharing research to as broad an audience as possible, so that it might contribute to policy change and making people's lives better. If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. 

In January 2024, Rachel Notley announced that she's stepping down as leader of the Alberta NDP. Notley, the daughter of former NDP leader Grant Notley, was elected to the Alberta Legislature in 2008, representing Edmonton – Strathcona. She won the provincial party leadership in October 2014 and subsequently served as premier of Alberta from 2015 - 2019 after the NDP won the 2015 provincial election. No matter who follows Notley, her resignation will leave a gaping hole in Alberta politics. The speaker will reflect on Notley's legacy in Alberta and speculate on where a new leader may take Alberta's NDP. Speaker: Trevor W. Harrison Trevor Harrison is a Professor Emeritus of sociology at the University of Lethbridge. He is also a former Director of the Parkland :Institute (2011 - 2021), an Alberta wide research organization, of which he is a founding member. He is best known for his studies in political sociology, political economy and public policy. Harrison is the author, co-author or co-editor of ten books, not including a self-published book of poetry, as well as numerous journal articles, chapters, and reports. He is a frequent contributor to public media, including radio and television.

(September 2023) The Alberta Government recently announced its intention to move forward with splitting from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and creating a separate Alberta Pension Plan (APP). Senator Simons speaks with University of Calgary professors Dr. Lindsay Tedds and Dr. Trevor Tombe about the possibility of Alberta moving out of the Canada Pension Plan and about the Alberta Pension Plan report that was released earlier this month. Following this new discussion of the APP report is a rebroadcast of our February 2023 episode, in which Senator Simons speaks to a panel of experts about the Canadian Pension Plan and the pros and cons of a possible Alberta Pension Plan. Panelists: Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Calgary; Deborah Yedlin, President & CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce; Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of the Parkland Institute; Dr. Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary; and  Dr. Leo de Bever, Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. 

Markham interviews researcher Megan Egler of the Parkland Institute, author of the report, "Past Due: Tallying the Costs of Oil and Gas Cleanup in Canada," for Environmental Defence Canada.

This week on Terra Informa we bring you the second installment of our reporting and recording from the Parkland Institute's Fall 2022 Conference: Doing Democracy Better: Challenging the Politics of Fear and Resentment which took place on November 18-20, 2022 at the University of Alberta. This week's episode includes a talk given by Iron & Earth Communities Director and Just Transition Lead Ana Guerra Marin entitled "Navigating Polarization and Fear While Building Just Transitions from the Ground Up" as well as a Q&A excerpt with Ana and Ian (from last week's episode).  Parkland Institute YouTube channelProgram log★ Support this podcast ★Music: Warm Vacuum Tube  by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/59533 Ft: starfrosch ★ Support this podcast ★

This week on Terra Informa we bring you the first installment of our reporting and recording from the Parkland Institute's Fall 2022 Conference: Doing Democracy Better: Challenging the Politics of Fear and Resentment which took place on November 18-20, 2022 at the University of Alberta. This week's episode includes a talk given by Parkland Institute Research Manager Ian Hussey entitled "Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands"Parkland Institute YouTube channelProgram log ★ Support this podcast ★Music: Kingly by Ketsa is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. ★ Support this podcast ★

Collection of 22 essays edited by Trevor Harrison, professor at the University of Lethbridge, and Ricardo Acuna, executive director of Parkland Institute. Available from Black Rose Press www.blackrosebooks.com

From an Edmonton MP's visit to Ukraine, to a broadcaster's battle against an online harasser, to the UCP's plan for healthcare, this is a Real Talk episode you'll want to catch from start-to-finish.  3:15 | Heather McPherson's just back from Ukraine, where the Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Strathcona met with diplomats and civilians amid Russian attacks. She tells us about what she saw there, how it shaped her opinion on supports from Canada. The NDP MP also chimes in on Chinese interference in Canadian democracy, including where she says the Prime Minister's falling short.  19:39 | It's a big day for broadcaster Jody Vance. She joins Real Talk an hour before facing her harasser in court. Jody tells us how it all started, why she pressed charges, what she makes of his guilty plea...and she says his name out loud for the first time, right here on Real Talk.  36:00 | Underfund, criticize, privatize. That's Dr. Rebecca Graff-McRae's assessment of the UCP plan for healthcare in Alberta. The Parkland Institute research manager takes us into her feature in the March issue of Alberta Views, and explains why the province's healthcare crisis isn't even close to being fixed.  SUBSCRIBE TO ALBERTA VIEWS: the promo code AVRJ knocks 50% off a one-year, ten-issue subscription at https://albertaviews.ca/subscribe/ 1:16:03 | Adam's sick of hearing about "rage farming," and Gabe says there's no such thing as the "far left" in Canada. Both of them blow off a whole bunch of steam in this week's edition of Trash Talk presented by Local Environmental Services!  KEEP IT LOCAL: https://localenvironmental.ca/ WEBSITE: https://ryanjespersen.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/RealTalkRJ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/RealTalkRJ/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@realtalkrj PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ryanjespersen THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.

Michael K. Corman, a medical sociologist and researcher with Parkland Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senator Simons speaks to a panel of experts about the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) and the pros and cons of a possible Alberta Pension Plan. Panelists: Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Calgary; Deborah Yedlin, President & CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce; Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of the Parkland Institute; Dr. Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary; and  Dr. Leo de Bever, Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. 

Is a "Just Transition" about helping workers find new jobs through the energy transition, or a plot to "kill jobs." We look into what a just transition should look like with Ian Hussey, author of "No Worker Left Behind" a new report by the Parkland Institute in Alberta. Green Energy Futures CKUA.com Podcast

Alberta's energy industry is in a transitional phase - what does that mean for workers in the energy sector? Ian Hussey, Parkland Institute research manager, joined us to discuss.

With allied tanks on their way to Ukraine, will it be enough to put Ukraine on the offensive? 348 days into the war with Russia – we get an update on the conflict with Marcus Kolga – Founder of “DisinfoWatch.org” and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Alberta's energy industry is in a transitional phase - what does this mean for workers in the energy sector? We discuss a new report from the Parkland Institute and hear details on their 'no worker left behind' strategy. When it comes to exercise - do you like to 'take it outside'? How about in the Winter? What you need to know about working out in the 'great outdoors' during the coldest months of the year – with Dr. Ted Jablonski. She channels loved ones and gives you insight into your life. She's Clairvoyant Kim, and she joins us on this, Motivational Monday to explain what she does – and offer up some tips to help you reach your goals – and live your best life!

Danielle Smith is the new leader of the United Conservative Party and premier of Alberta. She is a well-known politician and media personality, but who actually is she? How did she become the UCP's leader? What does she believe? And where are her political beliefs likely to take the province? These are but a few of the questions the talk will attempt to answer.   Speaker:   Trevor Harrison Moderator:   Colleen Quintal   Trevor W. Harrison is a professor of sociology at the University of Lethbridge. He is the 2022 recipient of the U of L Speaker Research Award and former director of the Parkland Institute (2011–2021), of which he was also a founding member. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of nine books, numerous journal articles, chapters, and reports, and a frequent contributor to public media, including radio and television.

On another live episode of The Breakdown, we round up the week in Alberta Politics by taking a look at the recent Parkland Institute report on the failures of the UCP Tax Cut that appears to have actually lost jobs, we do a mini deep dive on the recent firing and hiring of the board of directors for Athabaskan University, we take a look at the recent changes to opioid treatment, we try and keep up with the recent challenge of the oath to the king by three Indigenous women and we catch up on all of the spin and goalpost moving by premier elect Danielle Smith before we open it up to another town hall discussion! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab, and if you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating and don't forget to like and follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram all at @thebreakdownab.

We begin with a conversation surrounding the implementation of a “Provincial Sales Tax” in Alberta. Could a PST be the solution to Alberta's ‘fiscal roller-coaster'? We discuss with Bob Ascah from the Parkland Institute, University of Alberta.   Next, we look at the importance of using photos and videos to promote your business online and attract more customers. We get some tips from Ellen Parker, CEO and Owner of ‘Parker PR'.   Finally, Thanksgiving is a time of coming together with family and friends, and for many, a time to over-indulge in our favourite seasonal foods. So, how do we keep our fitness and nutrition ‘on track' during the fall months? We get some advice from Fitness and Nutrition Coach, Justin Slimm. 

Ian Hussey, research manager with the Parkland Institute and author of the study “Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands.”

Ricardo Acuña, executive director, Parkland Institute

On today's show, we chat with Travis Toews about his bid to be the next leader of the UCP. Plus, does Alberta need a sales tax? We chat with Bob Ascah, a research fellow with the Parkland Institute and editor of the book A Sales Tax for Alberta ⁠— Why and How. And do we need to be more imaginative when it comes to nuclear catastrophe and the situation in Ukraine? We ask Mark Kingwell, a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto whose latest books are On Risk, The Ethics of Architecture and The Adventurer's Glossary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob Ascah, research fellow, The Parkland Institute and editor of the book A Sales Tax for Alberta - Why and How See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) is one of the most important Crown corporations operating in the province. It was, until recent controversies, perhaps the least known and understood of Alberta's provincial agencies. In "Can AIMCo be Fixed?" a research paper published by The Parkland Institute, Bob Ascah examines the investment track record of AIMCo, the critical role played by the provincially-appointed board of directors and AIMCo's independence from the government. Dr. Ascah's talk will present a number of sensible recommendations to improve AIMCo's governance, independence and operations.    Speaker: Robert L. (Bob) Ascah, Ph.D.  Research Fellow, The Parkland Institute                 Bob Ascah was born in Lachine, Quebec. He holds degrees in Commerce and Public Administration from Carleton University and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Alberta. He joined the Alberta public service in 1984 (Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs) and moved to Alberta Treasury in 1986. At Treasury he was responsible for financial sector policy, foreign borrowing and liaison with credit rating agencies. In 1999, Ascah's Ph.D. dissertation Politics and Public Debt- The Dominion, the Banks and Alberta's Social Credit was published. In 1996, he joined Alberta Treasury Branches becoming responsible for government relations, strategic planning, and economic research. In August 2009 he was appointed Director of the Institute for Public Economics at The University of Alberta. He is the editor and contributor to the forthcoming A Sales Tax for Alberta: Why and How. His articles have published in Alberta Views, The Conversation and the Calgary Herald.

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Robert Ascah, Research Fellow, The Parkland Institute, University of Alberta

GUESTS:Julian Brave NoiseCat is a National Observer columnist and writer, as well as Vice President of Policy & Strategy for Data for Progress. Jesse Firempong is a columnist for National Observer and has worked with Greenpeace and Oxfam as well as on human rights projects in Canada, Ghana and Botswana. Naomi Klein is a filmmaker, activist and writer. Her most recent book is On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. She's currently an Associate Professor of Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia. Seth Klein is a contributor to National Observer. He's the author of  A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. He is also an adjunct professor with Simon Fraser University's Urban Studies program, the Director of Strategy with the Climate Emergency Unit, and was the founding director of the British Columbia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.CREDITS:Final audio mix by Aftertouch Audio. Fact check by Luke Ottenhof. Artwork by Ata Ojani. Communications from Suzanne Dhaliwal.Original video sound in this episode from Brad Mueller, Guillotino Shuxley, Michael Toledano, and the Parkland Institute. Music provided by Blue Dot Sessions. Additional sfx from freed of freesound.org CLIMATE NERD RESOURCES:Links to studies we mention in the show:To see the full video from Michael Toledano, click hereTo see that video Polly can't stop watching of the cows being rescued, click hereTo see Seth and Linda talk about his latest book Related articles from CNO: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/11/16/opinion/climate-talks-tokenize-indigenous-peopleshttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/06/28/opinion/one-indigenous-girls-brave-response-residential-schoolshttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/11/opinion/canada-profited-fossil-fuels-moral-obligation-climate-refugeeshttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/11/16/opinion/women-climate-movement-inclusion-green-recoveryhttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/11/22/opinion/battle-our-liveshttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/09/17/opinion/why-tackling-inequality-and-climate-crisis-must-go-handhttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/17/opinion/time-stop-playing-nice-fossil-fuel-companies-blocking-climate-action

Episode 119 is an excerpt from my keynote presentation called Working Together to Save our Peoples and the Planet. It was part of the Parkland Institute's 25th Annual Conference called: Building the Future We Need, which was held on Nov.19-21, 2021. The event was co-facilitated by Jason Foster and Angela Grier of the Parkland Institute and my presentation was sponsored by Athabasca University and Situated Knowledges: Indigenous Peoples and Place. The event has been edited for time, so If you want to catch the whole event, including all the opening remarks and the extended question and answer session, you can watch it on the Parkland Institute YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNNTmyQiG3w or on my YouTube channel: TBD - - - - Please note: Nothing in this podcast/video advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. - - Please also note: The information contained in this podcast/video should not be misconstrued as legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. This podcast/video represents fair political comment. - - FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK @pp2cool FOLLOW ME ON IG @pam_palmater FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @Pam_Palmater - - If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at: https://www.pampalmater.com - - If you would like to support my work and help keep it independent, here is the link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/join/2144345 - - - Here is the link for Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pampalmater - - - My new book: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing: https://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life - Warrior Life book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3lAleUk - - NEW WARRIOR LIFE PODCAST MERCH: https://www.teespring.com/stores/warrior-life-2

Markham interviews Dr. Gordon Laxer, Political Economist, professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, founding Director and former head of Parkland Institute from 1996-2011, and co-author of a new study, “Posing as Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil captures Canadian energy and climate policy.”

Municipal services are critical for our quality of life. However, the decisions facing local governments are heavily shaped by provincial policy. The province doesn't just distribute grants to municipalities to help fund vital infrastructure, but they also set the rules and terms by which municipalities themselves can generate revenue. Over the past few years, many traditional sources of municipal revenue have been “squeezed” by the province - with big impacts on local services, jobs, and infrastructure. When we think about provincial policy, municipal policy rarely comes top-of-mind. The speaker will argue why it should be, and discuss what part you can play in advocating for your municipality. This presentation will draw on material published in the Parkland Institute's recent report, An Unfair Deal? The Impact of Provincial Cuts on Alberta Municipalities. Speaker: Jacqueline Peterson Jacqueline Peterson received her PhD from the University of Toronto (Political Science) in 2020. An expert in municipal finance, her research focuses on multilevel governance, local finance, and urban governance in Canada and the US. Jacqueline frequently teaches urban politics and policy at the University of Calgary as a Sessional Instructor. Her forthcoming book, Multilevel Fiscal Institutions and the Politics of Funding Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, will be published in 2022 by McGill-Queens University Press. Prior to entering academia, Jacqueline worked for elected representatives in both Calgary's City Council and the Alberta Legislature.

Fan of the show? https://www.patreon.com/newleftradio (Support us on Patreon)! How does a radical kid from Toronto end up running a public policy institute in Alberta? It's just the path of life for Gordon Laxer. Gordon's work took him to the belly of the beast, fighting for climate action in the heartland of oil & gas, and advocating for a renewed insurgency effort within the NDP — an effort that earned him a blacklisting from the party for his leadership in the Waffle. We discuss his life, his other, his work, and everything in between. Links https://www.gordonlaxer.com/ (Gordon's website) https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/ (The Parkland Institute) About Gordon Laxer Gordon Laxer is the founding Director and former head of Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Parkland is a non-corporate research institute that does public policy research to serve the public interest. When the Progressive Conservatives ruled Alberta under Ralph Klein, the Globe and Mailcalled Parkland Alberta's ‘unofficial opposition'. Parkland's mission has been to change the political culture of Alberta. Laxer is a Political Economist and professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, and the author of After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians (Sept 2015) Douglas & McIntyre. Ge has authored or edited five other books, including Open for Business: The Roots of Foreign Ownership in Canada (Oxford Uni Press), which received the John Porter Award for best book written about Canada, and have published over 50 journal articles and refereed book chapters and reports. He was the Principal Investigator of a $1.9 million research project: Neoliberal Globalism and its Challengers: Reclaiming the Commons in the Semi-periphery (2000-2006). He is a socially-engaged, public intellectual. His op eds have been published in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Edmonton Journal, the Calgary Herald, the Montreal Gazette, the Vancouver Sun, the Province(Vancouver), the Winnipeg Free Press, the Victoria Times Colonist, the Hill Times, the Saint John Chronicle Herald, the St. John's Telegram, Canadian Dimension, and other publications. He has been interviewed a number of times on venues such as the CBC's The Current, As it Happens, and the House, and served on the board of the Council of Canadians from 2004 to 2009. About the Parkland Institute Parkland Institute is an Alberta-wide, non-partisan research centre situated within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. Parkland Institute studies economic, social, cultural, and political issues facing Albertans and Canadians, using the perspective of political economy. The Institute shares the results of its research widely and promotes discussion of the issues its research raises. Stay connected with the latest from New Left Radio by https://newleft.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8227a4372fe8dc22bdbf0e3db&id=e99d6c70b4 (joining our mailing list) today! _________ Support this podcast

Ian Hussey of the Parkland Institute joins The Forgotten Corner this week to break down some of the talking-point myths about the economy that have been ingrained into the public for decades.Are we actually helping the collective by focusing on the profits of big business at the expense of workers' livelihood? Does “increasing productivity” mean more jobs? Are the unemployed motivated by social support to stay unemployed? Do we really spend more money than we should? Or more than we can afford?Even if you know the answer to these questions is “no,” you know governments and big media disagree. Join Ian and our hosts to break down some of these problematic narratives, and what we can do to change our economic focus, and therefore, reality.Follow the Parkland Institute on Twitter at @ParklandInstSee what they're working on here.Check out the Harbinger Media Network. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The speaker asserts that: “If ever there were a time for universities to assume a leadership role in providing the knowledge needed for socio-ecological change, this is surely that moment.” But what drives research and innovation in Alberta's largest universities, and in what directions? What kinds of knowledge are our universities producing to help Albertans make a transition to a post-carbon economy that can provide income security and a good life for all? These are the questions that motivated the research that led to the June 2020 report, Knowledge for an Ecologically Sustainable Future? Innovation Policy and Alberta Universities, published by the Parkland Institute and the Corporate Mapping Project. Over five years, painstaking data collection from multiple sources allowed Adkin and her research assistants to reconstruct a picture of the funding flows to the Universities of Alberta and Calgary over a period of twenty years. Focusing on funding to the domains of energy and environmental research, located in multiple faculties, centers, and institutes, they categorized research projects in relation to their contributions to ecologically sustainable development. The talk will present some of the findings from this extensive research, leaving time for discussion about what this all means for Albertans' future. Speaker: Dr. Laurie Adkin Laurie Adkin is a political economist and professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. Her main areas of research and teaching are political ecology, the populist radical right in Europe, and Alberta politics. Since 2002, she has studied the formation of climate change policy in Alberta and Canada. She is the author of Politics of Sustainable Development: Citizens, Unions, and the Corporations (1998), and editor and co-author of Environmental Conflict and Democracy in Canada (2009), and First World Petro-Politics: The Political Ecology and Governance of Alberta (2016). Her recent work has focused on the political ecology of knowledge production in Alberta's universities and on innovation policy and discourse as responses to the global climate. Date and time: Thursday January 21, 2021 – 10 AM (MST) YouTube Live link: https://youtu.be/FEcD0mwmSbM In order to ask questions of our speaker in the chat feature of YouTube, you must have a YouTube account and be signed in. Please do so well ahead of the scheduled start time, so you'll be ready. Go the YouTube Live link provided in this session flyer and on the top right of your browser click the “sign in” button. If you have Google or Gmail accounts, they can be used to sign in. If you don't, click “Create Account” and follow along. Once you are signed in, you can return to the live stream and use the chat feature to ask your questions of the speaker. Remember you can only participate in the chat feature while we are livestreaming. Link to SACPA's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFUQ5mUHv1gfmMFVr8d9dNA

For decades we've been talking about systemic racism in policing and begging for reform. It is clear reform won't do. We have to defund the police. We talk about government failures in anti-racism work, the defunding of anti-racism infrastructure in Ontario, and the denial of the RCMP and Premier Doug Ford that systemic racism exists - and what we have to do to make sure it's fixed once and for all. We explore the cuts to "enhanced benefits" for frontline workers and the devastating choice workers are being forced to make between their health and their financial survival. Then we're joined by Dr. Trevor Harrison, a political sociologist at the University of Lethbridge and the Director of the Parkland Institute to talk about a better way forward in society, how we can get there, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is proving what we suspected all along - capitalism is on life support. Support this podcast

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues its relentless path across the world, politicians, policy-makers, and pundits have begun thinking of the world that comes after. What are likely to be the short, medium, and long-term impacts on society resulting from Covid-19? How will it change the economy, politics, society at large? Which of these will be temporary and which more permanent? This talk will explore some of these possible changes and the policy changes that should be considered as a result. Speaker: Dr. Trevor Harrison Dr. Trevor Harrison is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge and Director of Parkland Institute. He was born and raised in Edmonton. He holds a B.A. from the University of Winnipeg, an M.A. from the University of Calgary, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Alberta. His broad areas of specialty include political sociology, political economy, and public policy. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Harrison is the author, co-author, or co-editor of nine books. His op-ed columns frequently appear in both local and national newspapers. Date and time: Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 10 am YouTube Live link: https://youtu.be/opZaLsvhgFg In order to ask questions of our speaker in the chat feature of YouTube, you must have a YouTube account and be signed in. Please do so well ahead of the scheduled start time, so you'll be ready. Go the YouTube Live link provided in this session flyer and on the top right of your browser click the “sign in” button. If you have Google or Gmail accounts, they can be used to sign in. If you don't, click “Create Account” and follow along. Once you are signed in, you can return to the live stream and use the chat feature to ask your questions of the speaker. Remember you can only participate in the chat feature while we are livestreaming.

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues its relentless path across the world, politicians, policy-makers, and pundits have begun thinking of the world that comes after. What are likely to be the short, medium, and long-term impacts on society resulting from Covid-19? How will it change the economy, politics, society at large? Which of these will be temporary and which more permanent? This talk will explore some of these possible changes and the policy changes that should be considered as a result. Speaker: Dr. Trevor Harrison Dr. Trevor Harrison is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge and Director of Parkland Institute. He was born and raised in Edmonton. He holds a B.A. from the University of Winnipeg, an M.A. from the University of Calgary, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Alberta. His broad areas of specialty include political sociology, political economy, and public policy. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Harrison is the author, co-author, or co-editor of nine books. His op-ed columns frequently appear in both local and national newspapers. Date and time: Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 10 am YouTube Live link: https://youtu.be/opZaLsvhgFg In order to ask questions of our speaker in the chat feature of YouTube, you must have a YouTube account and be signed in. Please do so well ahead of the scheduled start time, so you'll be ready. Go the YouTube Live link provided in this session flyer and on the top right of your browser click the “sign in” button. If you have Google or Gmail accounts, they can be used to sign in. If you don't, click “Create Account” and follow along. Once you are signed in, you can return to the live stream and use the chat feature to ask your questions of the speaker. Remember you can only participate in the chat feature while we are livestreaming.

Alberta's conventional oil and gas liabilities have been growing for decades with reported estimates ranging from $58 to $130 billion involving 450,000 oil and gas wells, 400,000 Km of pipelines, 1.4 trillion litres of fluid waste, Only $1.5 billion is held in securities to protect Albertan taxpayers from the risk of being left on the hook for costs. Oil sands liabilities are estimated at another (largely unsecured) $130 billion. If the issue of backlogged and unsecured oil and gas liabilities is allowed to stay quiet, the problem will simply continue to grow, with no true transparency around its scale and scope. Long-term solutions to this problem will need to be both collaborative and practical. However, in order to find such solutions, all stakeholders must have access to accurate information about the true costs to clean up all active and inactive oil and gas infrastructure in Alberta. It was recently revealed Alberta's oil and gas companies now owe $178 million in unpaid rent and property taxes to farmers and municipalities, not all of which can be explained by a few dozen bankrupt companies. Oil and gas companies that continue operating are also choosing not to pay their rent and taxes. The speaker will argue that Alberta can't or won't charge companies market competitive royalties for its oil and gas and can't or won't make anyone clean up their mess without them going bankrupt, and the fact the oil patch cannot (or simply refuses to) pay its rent and taxes, all point towards an unfortunate reality: the sun is setting on Alberta's storied conventional oil and gas industry. Speaker: Regan Boychuk Regan Boychuk is a leading experts on the problem of reclaiming aging oil and gas infrastructure in Alberta. His analysis is informed by years of original research into royalties and liabilities, as well as decades of on-the-ground experience in the oil and gas industry. Born and raised in Grande Prairie, Regan Boychuk is an independent researcher now based in Calgary. He was Research Manager with the University of Alberta's Parkland Institute and served on the oil sands expert group advising the provincial government's 2015-16 Royalty Review Panel. Moderator: Dylan Purcell Date: Thursday, March 5, 2020 Time: Doors open 11:30 am, presentation 12 noon, buffet lunch 12:30 pm, Q&A 1 – 1:30 pm Location: Royal Canadian Legion (please enter at north door) 324 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Lethbridge Cost: $14 buffet lunch with dessert/coffee/tea/juice or $2 coffee/tea/juice. RSVP not required

Alberta's conventional oil and gas liabilities have been growing for decades with reported estimates ranging from $58 to $130 billion involving 450,000 oil and gas wells, 400,000 Km of pipelines, 1.4 trillion litres of fluid waste, Only $1.5 billion is held in securities to protect Albertan taxpayers from the risk of being left on the hook for costs. Oil sands liabilities are estimated at another (largely unsecured) $130 billion. If the issue of backlogged and unsecured oil and gas liabilities is allowed to stay quiet, the problem will simply continue to grow, with no true transparency around its scale and scope. Long-term solutions to this problem will need to be both collaborative and practical. However, in order to find such solutions, all stakeholders must have access to accurate information about the true costs to clean up all active and inactive oil and gas infrastructure in Alberta. It was recently revealed Alberta's oil and gas companies now owe $178 million in unpaid rent and property taxes to farmers and municipalities, not all of which can be explained by a few dozen bankrupt companies. Oil and gas companies that continue operating are also choosing not to pay their rent and taxes. The speaker will argue that Alberta can't or won't charge companies market competitive royalties for its oil and gas and can't or won't make anyone clean up their mess without them going bankrupt, and the fact the oil patch cannot (or simply refuses to) pay its rent and taxes, all point towards an unfortunate reality: the sun is setting on Alberta's storied conventional oil and gas industry. Speaker: Regan Boychuk Regan Boychuk is a leading experts on the problem of reclaiming aging oil and gas infrastructure in Alberta. His analysis is informed by years of original research into royalties and liabilities, as well as decades of on-the-ground experience in the oil and gas industry. Born and raised in Grande Prairie, Regan Boychuk is an independent researcher now based in Calgary. He was Research Manager with the University of Alberta's Parkland Institute and served on the oil sands expert group advising the provincial government's 2015-16 Royalty Review Panel. Moderator: Dylan Purcell Date: Thursday, March 5, 2020 Time: Doors open 11:30 am, presentation 12 noon, buffet lunch 12:30 pm, Q&A 1 – 1:30 pm Location: Royal Canadian Legion (please enter at north door) 324 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Lethbridge Cost: $14 buffet lunch with dessert/coffee/tea/juice or $2 coffee/tea/juice. RSVP not required

Alberta's conventional oil and gas liabilities have been growing for decades with reported estimates ranging from $58 to $130 billion involving 450,000 oil and gas wells, 400,000 Km of pipelines, 1.4 trillion litres of fluid waste, Only $1.5 billion is held in securities to protect Albertan taxpayers from the risk of being left on the hook for costs. Oil sands liabilities are estimated at another (largely unsecured) $130 billion. If the issue of backlogged and unsecured oil and gas liabilities is allowed to stay quiet, the problem will simply continue to grow, with no true transparency around its scale and scope. Long-term solutions to this problem will need to be both collaborative and practical. However, in order to find such solutions, all stakeholders must have access to accurate information about the true costs to clean up all active and inactive oil and gas infrastructure in Alberta. It was recently revealed Alberta's oil and gas companies now owe $178 million in unpaid rent and property taxes to farmers and municipalities, not all of which can be explained by a few dozen bankrupt companies. Oil and gas companies that continue operating are also choosing not to pay their rent and taxes. The speaker will argue that Alberta can't or won't charge companies market competitive royalties for its oil and gas and can't or won't make anyone clean up their mess without them going bankrupt, and the fact the oil patch cannot (or simply refuses to) pay its rent and taxes, all point towards an unfortunate reality: the sun is setting on Alberta's storied conventional oil and gas industry. Speaker: Regan Boychuk Regan Boychuk is a leading experts on the problem of reclaiming aging oil and gas infrastructure in Alberta. His analysis is informed by years of original research into royalties and liabilities, as well as decades of on-the-ground experience in the oil and gas industry. Born and raised in Grande Prairie, Regan Boychuk is an independent researcher now based in Calgary. He was Research Manager with the University of Alberta's Parkland Institute and served on the oil sands expert group advising the provincial government's 2015-16 Royalty Review Panel. Moderator: Dylan Purcell Date: Thursday, March 5, 2020 Time: Doors open 11:30 am, presentation 12 noon, buffet lunch 12:30 pm, Q&A 1 – 1:30 pm Location: Royal Canadian Legion (please enter at north door) 324 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Lethbridge Cost: $14 buffet lunch with dessert/coffee/tea/juice or $2 coffee/tea/juice. RSVP not required

Alberta's conventional oil and gas liabilities have been growing for decades with reported estimates ranging from $58 to $130 billion involving 450,000 oil and gas wells, 400,000 Km of pipelines, 1.4 trillion litres of fluid waste, Only $1.5 billion is held in securities to protect Albertan taxpayers from the risk of being left on the hook for costs. Oil sands liabilities are estimated at another (largely unsecured) $130 billion. If the issue of backlogged and unsecured oil and gas liabilities is allowed to stay quiet, the problem will simply continue to grow, with no true transparency around its scale and scope. Long-term solutions to this problem will need to be both collaborative and practical. However, in order to find such solutions, all stakeholders must have access to accurate information about the true costs to clean up all active and inactive oil and gas infrastructure in Alberta. It was recently revealed Alberta's oil and gas companies now owe $178 million in unpaid rent and property taxes to farmers and municipalities, not all of which can be explained by a few dozen bankrupt companies. Oil and gas companies that continue operating are also choosing not to pay their rent and taxes. The speaker will argue that Alberta can't or won't charge companies market competitive royalties for its oil and gas and can't or won't make anyone clean up their mess without them going bankrupt, and the fact the oil patch cannot (or simply refuses to) pay its rent and taxes, all point towards an unfortunate reality: the sun is setting on Alberta's storied conventional oil and gas industry. Speaker: Regan Boychuk Regan Boychuk is a leading experts on the problem of reclaiming aging oil and gas infrastructure in Alberta. His analysis is informed by years of original research into royalties and liabilities, as well as decades of on-the-ground experience in the oil and gas industry. Born and raised in Grande Prairie, Regan Boychuk is an independent researcher now based in Calgary. He was Research Manager with the University of Alberta's Parkland Institute and served on the oil sands expert group advising the provincial government's 2015-16 Royalty Review Panel. Moderator: Dylan Purcell Date: Thursday, March 5, 2020 Time: Doors open 11:30 am, presentation 12 noon, buffet lunch 12:30 pm, Q&A 1 – 1:30 pm Location: Royal Canadian Legion (please enter at north door) 324 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Lethbridge Cost: $14 buffet lunch with dessert/coffee/tea/juice or $2 coffee/tea/juice. RSVP not required

Support this podcast After cutting healthcare expenditures by 17% over four years, Jason Kenney's UCP government spent $2 million for a review of Alberta Health Services. The review found very little in terms of major cost savings. The review's recommendations, however, propose an attack on the unionized workers that perform vital duties within Alberta's health care system, eroding pay, working conditions, and union presence at AHS sites. It also provides a justification for increased privatization of the workforce, AHS facilities, and surgeries. Alison McIntosh, research manager at the Parkland Institute, joins Team Advantage to discuss the implications of the review. Follow Alison on Twitter @McIn_Ali, and follow the Parkland Institute @ParklandInst. Read Alison's analysis of the Ernst & Young AHS Review here: https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/review_of_ahs_a_pro_privatization_attack_on_workers

Alberta's UCP government recently announced a plan to reduce surgical wait times: farming out 80,000 surgeries to private, for-profit providers. Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of the Parkland Institute, joins Team Advantage to discuss the legacy of private for-profit health service delivery in Alberta. Has it ever worked? Does it produce any beneficial results? What does it do to our public health care system? Read Ricardo's blog post here: https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/fact_checking_jason_kenney_s_wait_list_strategy Follow Ricardo at @RicAcuna, and follow the Parkland Institute's work at parklandinstitute.ca and @ParklandInst.

Daveberta Podcast host Dave Cournoyer teamed up with AlbertaPolitics.ca writer David Climenhaga at the annual Parkland Institute Conference at the University of Alberta last weekend to share what we know and what we speculate might happen with the Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. (a.k.a. the War Room) and the Public Inquiry into anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns. Find […]

Alison McIntosh, research manager at the Parkland Institute breaks down Alberta's new austerity budget. A short excerpt from the Chicago Teachers Union podcast CTU Speaks with CTU Chief of Staff Jennifer Johnson explaining the core issues 25,000 Chicago teachers are out on strike for. https://www.ctulocal1.org/ctu-speaks/ Lori Bossaer from SGEU explains why the Saskatchewan Employment Act handcuffs workers right to strike. https://www.sgeu.org/latest-news/news-releases/sgeu-calls-on-sask-party-government-to-amend-employment-act-and-provide-long-term-funding-for-community-based-organizations Barb Silva provides context for the protests in Chile and shares how Canadians can help support the Chilean people. https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-canadian-government-to-denounce-chilean-president-piñeras-human-rights-violations

Oil and Gas dominated the conversation for both elections here, and the people involved are caught in the crossfire. The workers who are mostly men have come to demonstrate the stereotype of Alberta men, the pickup driving, beer-drinking, hard ass.  Yet, they are just humans as well. How has this industry affected the men who work there, and affected the community around it? The way that we look at Oil in Alberta is very common to how we look at dominant masculinity.  Articles mentioned: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/alberta-canadas-tar-sands-is-growing-but-indigenous-people-fight-back/ (National Geographic) https://www.pyriscence.ca/home/2017/9/30/boys-will-be-boys-albertas-toxic-oil-culture (Pyriscene) https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/how_gender_and_race_shape_experiences_of_work_in_albertas_oil_industry (Parkland Institute) https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/extractive-populism-and-future-canada (Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives)  

After delivering a $4.5 billion corporate tax cut, Jason Kenney's Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances proposed that Alberta's expenditures are much too high. Chaired by Janice MacKinnon (who oversaw draconian cuts that shut down 52 rural hospitals in 1993 as NDP Finance Minister in Saskatchewan), the report recommended a $600 million cut to Alberta's operational spending and a four-year freeze. Trevor Harrison, director of the Parkland Institute, joins Team Advantage to discuss an alternate blue-ribbon report he recently co-authored, Cutting Through the Blue Ribbon: A Balanced Look at Alberta’s Finances. How does Alberta's economy stack up when compared to other provinces and the Canadian average? How does Alberta's debt compare to the balance-books of other provinces? Are Alberta's expenditures really out of line? What would happen if Alberta used stable revenue streams (taxation!) to finance its expenditures, and used its non-renewable resource revenues to fund the necessary transition? All this and more... Check out the report here: https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/cutting_through_the_blue_ribbon