(September 2023) The Alberta Government recently announced its intention to move forward with splitting from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and creating a separate Alberta Pension Plan (APP). Senator Simons speaks with University of Calgary professors Dr. Lindsay Tedds and Dr. Trevor Tombe about the possibility of Alberta moving out of the Canada Pension Plan and about the Alberta Pension Plan report that was released earlier this month.
Following this new discussion of the APP report is a rebroadcast of our February 2023 episode, in which Senator Simons speaks to a panel of experts about the Canadian Pension Plan and the pros and cons of a possible Alberta Pension Plan.
Panelists: Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Calgary;
Deborah Yedlin, President & CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce;
Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of the Parkland Institute;
Dr. Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary; and
Dr. Leo de Bever, Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.
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S3: Episode 7: 2022 Leitch Lecture Part 1 - Planting a Living Tree
S3 Episode 6: Sense of Place
S3 Episode 5: Wind from the West
S3 Episode 4: The Prairies Got Something to Say
S3 Episode 3: North. South. East. West.
S3 Episode 2: The Equalizers II
S3 Episode 1: The Equalizers I
BONUS: Pop Up and Party
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S2 Episode 8: Straight Out Of Millwoods
S2 Episode 7: Essential
S2 Episode 6: The Science Of Politics
S2 Episode 5: The Other Side Of Gold Mountain
S2 Episode 4: A Hundred Hellos
S2 Episode 3: Afros In Tha Cities
S2 Episode 2: Giving Social Credit
S2 Episode 1: Defying Prophecies
S1 Episode 5: The Alberta We Want
S1 Episode 4: Reclaiming our Stories
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