PARKLAND STUDIES
All studies are available at Parkland Institute
and many are also available at Audrey's Books, Greenwood's books
and the University of Alberta Bookstore.
Please contact the Parkland office to order a
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Memberships start at $120/year.)
Breaking the Myth: Alberta's spending is mediocre at best
by Melville McMillan
October 21, 2009
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The Northwest Territories 2010-2011 Budget: An Opportunity for Today and the Future
by Diana Gibson and David Thompson
September 21, 2009
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Crisis? What Crisis? Public Health Care Affordability in Alberta
Backgrounder and Fact Sheets
by Greg Flanagan
June 25, 2009
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Fact Sheet 1 - Crisis?
What Crisis (pdf)
Fact Sheet 2 - Where
are Costs Rising? (pdf)
Breaking the Cycle: Stimulus with Responsibility, Stewardship and Sustainability
by Greg Flanagan and Diana Gibson
April 1, 2009
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A Fair Price: Taxation, Services and Programs in the
Northwest Territories
by David Thompson
October 16, 2008
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Sustainable Healthcare for Seniors: Keeping it Public
by Greg Flanagan
September 18, 2008
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Over a Barrel: Exiting from NAFTA's Proportionality Clause
by Gordon Laxer and John Dillon
May 28, 2008
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Public Service Cuts In the Northwest Territories: Economic Imperative or Political Choice?
by David Thompson
May 6, 2008
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Saving for the Future: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Discipline
in Alberta
by David Thompson
April 21, 2008
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Freezing in the Dark: Why Canada Needs Strategic Petroleum
Reserves
by Gordon Laxer
January 31, 2008
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Selling Albertans Short: Alberta's Royalty Review Panel fails the public interest
by Diana Gibson
October 17, 2007
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Greening the Fleet: National Trends and Opportunities for the
City of Edmonton
by Allan Bolstad
September 19, 2007
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The Spoils of the Boom: Incomes, profits and poverty in Alberta
by Diana Gibson
June 13, 2007
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Taming the Tempest: An Alternate Development Strategy for Alberta
by Diana Gibson
May 9, 2007
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Selling the Family Silver: Oil and Gas Royalties, Corporate Profits, and the Disregarded Public
by John W. Warnock
November 16, 2006
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Fiscal Surplus, Democratic Deficit: Budgeting and Government
Finance in Alberta
By Parkland Institute's Committee on Alberta's Finances
May, 2006
Executive Summary
(pdf)
Full Report (pdf 796 KB)
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Fuelling Fortress America: A Report on the Athabasca Tar Sands and U.S. Demands for Canada's Energy
By Hugh McCullum
March, 2006
Executive Summary (pdf)
Full Report (pdf 990 KB)
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Toward an Energy Security Strategy for Canada: A Discussion
Paper
By Parkland Institute
December, 2005
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Back to Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water: Energy, Trade,
and the Demise of Petrochemicals in Alberta
By Terisa Turner and Diana Gibson
September, 2005
Executive Summary (pdf)
Full Report (pdf 923 KB)
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EPCOR: A Study of Ownership, Accountability, and the Public
Interest
By Diana Gibson
September, 2005
Executive Summary (pdf)
Full Report (pdf 1 MB)
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From Rhetoric to Reality: Protecting Whistleblowers in Alberta
By Keith Archer
May, 2005
Executive Summary
(pdf)
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MB)
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A Time for Vision: A Sustainable & Equitable Economy
By Parkland Institute's Committee on Alberta's Finances
April, 2005
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Public Remedies, Not Private Payments: Quality Health Care in
Alberta
By Tammy Horne and Susan Abells
November, 2004
Executive Summary
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A Time to Reap: Re-investing In Alberta's Public Services
By Parkland Institute's Committee on Alberta's Finances
March, 2004
Executive Summary
(pdf)
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Trouble in Paradise? Citizen's Views on Democracy in Alberta.
By Trevor Harrison William Johnston and Harvey Krahn.
December, 2003.
Executive Summary (pdf
29k)
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shipping (GST included). Electronic version is available.
Un-accountable: The Case of Highway Maintenance Privatization
in Alberta.
By Lisa Prescott, October, 2003.
Executive Summary (pdf 666k)
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Sobering Result: The Alberta Liquor Retailing Industry Ten Years
after Privatization
By Greg Flanagan, June 2003.
Full Report (66 pages
- pdf 599k)
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$1.00 for shipping (GST included)
Youth
Crime and Justice in Alberta
By Tim Hartnagel. December 2002.
Executive Summary
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Making
It Work: Kyoto, Trade and Politics
By Dr. Ian Urquhart, November 2002.
Executive Summary
Reclaiming
Medicare: A Response to the Mazankowski Misdiagnosis
May 2002
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The British Columbia Advantage: Lessons from Alberta on the De-regulation of
the Electricity Industry. By Rick Wallace. April 2001.
Executive Summary
Full Report
Public Bodies, Private Parts: Surgical Contracts and Conflict
of Interest at the Calgary Regional Health Authority
By Gillian Steward. March 2001.
Executive Summary
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Energy: Free Trade and
the Price We Paid.
By Larry Pratt, PhD. February 2001.
Executive Summary
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shipping (GST included).
Advantage For Whom: Declining Family Incomes in a Growing Alberta
Economy.
By Patricia Lawrence. February 2001.
Executive Summary
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Change and Opportunity: EPCOR in a De-regulated Electricity Industry
By Kevin Taft and David Cooper. December 2000.
Executive Summary
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Giving Away the Alberta Advantage: Are Albertan's receiving maximum
revenue from our oil and gas?
By Bruce McNab, James Daniels and Gordon Laxer. November 1999.
Executive Summary
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Aftershock: The Open and Shut Case Against Privatizing EPCOR
By Kevin Taft and Myron Gordon. July 1999.
Executive Summary
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Light Among the Shadows: The Re-regulation of the Electrical Industry
and the Future of Epcor.
By Kevin Taft. February 1999.
Executive Summary
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A Tale of Two Provinces: A Comparative Study
of Economic and Social Conditions in British Columbia and Alberta.
By Seth Klein and Catherine Walsh.
Co-published by the BC-CCPA and Parkland Institute January 1999.
This report is available for cash payment $10.00 plus $2.00 for
shipping (GST included).
