The Parkland Institute is an Alberta research network situated within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. It operates within the established and distinctive tradition of Canadian political economy and is non-partisan.
by David Campanella
A government that doesn't learn from its mistakes is bound to repeat them. Case in point: Alberta's provincial government, which refuses to alter its regulatory approach to the tarsands.
from the Parkland Institute
EDMONTON – Analysis by the Parkland Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives of new data on Canada’s richest 1percent shows that Alberta has become the country’s most unequal province and Calgary its most unequal city.
from the Parkland Institute
A new report from the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute and the Alberta College of Social Workers says that despite Alberta’s obvious wealth, inequality and disparity in the province are growing faster than almost anywhere else in the country.
The report, titled A social policy framework for Alberta: Fairness and justice for all, comes as the Alberta government continues to consult on what it says will be a comprehensive social policy framework for the province.
from the Parkland Institute
Women with good, stable jobs earn considerably less in Alberta than their male counterparts, as is the case in most Canadian jurisdictions. In Alberta, this "wage gap" ranks among the highest in the country. In 2009, wages for Albertan women working full-time, full-year were 68 percent of what men earned, a ratio that ties with Newfoundland and Labrador for lowest in Canada.
Alberta has not made any significant progress in closing the wage gap over three decades. In 1976, Alberta's wage gap was 62 percent, on par with the Canadian average, and since that time has only progressed by 6 percent toward wage-parity, reaching an all-time high of 71 percent in 1993 and 1998.
