What does Alberta want?

Inroads: A Journal of Opinion | January 1, 1999| | Copyright

ABSTRACT

FOR AS LONG AS MOST OF US CAN remember, Alberta has been thought of as the most right-wing part of the country, but, until fairly recently, it was considered a kind of enclave, distinct and distant. All that has changed. Alberta's influence, and leadership, is now undeniable: on the economic front -- cuts to social spending, taxation and deficits -- and, less successfully, in the ideological arena of "family values" and small government.

Alberta, of course, is not monolithic. As a friend said of Calgary, "It's like there are two cities here. One ...

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