Prosper Free Enterprise! More handouts to multinationals
Updated 20 December 2023
If low taxes was the supreme good of libertarian governments and eliminated the need for additional company specific grants, why is the UCP government doling out up to $5-billion in additional handouts mainly to foreign=owned corporations for capturing carbon.
The announcement by Premier Smith and the heretofore missing in action Brian Jean- Alberta's energy minister paved the way for another major announcement, this time Premier Smith alongside Deputy Minister Chrystia Freeland (see below).
Alberta Carbon Capture Program
Another successfully orchestrated communications announcement by Smith came this past Tuesday 28 November. With the wind in her sails, Smith has come off two federal high court victories (impact assessment and toxic plastics...