Jack Mintz

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State Secrets

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Second Life

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Strange fact: according to the University of Calgary’s Jack Mintz, British Columbia has a more competitive tax environment than Alberta. Even stranger: the decision that created that same tax environment, the harmonization of federal and provincial sales taxes, ended up costing a Premier whose government had become synonymous with scandal and who had personally managed to survive a drunk driving misdemeanor conviction he picked up while on vacation in Hawaii the job that he’d held for almost a decade.
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Business conditions breakfast draws crowds

Experts dust off crystal ball at Edmonton, Calgary events

By Paul Marck

Nothing creates buzz like talk about the future. And there was quite a buzz the mornings of Oct. 6 in Edmonton and Oct. 7 in Calgary, as we debuted our Business Conditions Survey, published in the October issue of Alberta Venture. A total of about 200 business professionals in each city came out for a hearty breakfast, and even heartier discussion with a panel of business and academic experts on the direction of Alberta’s economy at the Canadian Western Bank-Alberta Venture Business Conditions Breakfasts.