Day 15 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar

Day 15 – Advent is the season of preparing for Christmas. Here at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy we want to tell you about some of the things we would […]
Published on December 15, 2017

Day 15 – Advent is the season of preparing for Christmas. Here at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy we want to tell you about some of the things we would like to see under our tree.

 

On Day 15 we wish that Alberta would deposit 30% of resource revenue into the Heritage Fund (once a balanced budget is reached.) Norway has done this and has accumulated enormous assets which generate income that now generously benefits present and future citizens.

Suggested Readings:

The “bubble” is not in bitumen” – Marco Navarro-Genie – (one page)

Free up Hydro with Alaska-Style Heritage Fund” – (one page)

Recession Cushion Should Have Been Bigger” – (one page)

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