AUGUST 2015 BCBusiness 5 BcBUSINeSS.cA
Alberta Reacts
Cli Alexander objected to our May
cover story about Alberta's economy
("A Letter of Condolence" by Jim
Sutherland). He feels the story, and the
cover, were sensationalist, inaccurate,
anti-Canadian and unneighbourly.
Apparently house prices are not
plunging in Alberta, there are more
people working in Alberta than there
were a year ago, and as for the budget,
if Alberta stopped transfer payments
to other provinces, "Then our budget
de'cit would go away
OVERNIGHT."
Self-described "all-around trouble-
maker" Ezra Levant (@ezralevant)
saw something else entirely with
our May cover—not an exodus from
Alberta linked to falling oil prices but
one tied to Alberta's surprise May 5
election of an
NDP government (after
our issue hit stands).
feedback
W Premier Christy Clark (@christyclarkbc)
responded to our story "Does B.c.'s burgeoning
craft beer market have room to grow?" (BCBusi-
ness.ca/people): "Great look at amazing growth of
craft beer business all over Bc. #cheers"
W
NDP leader John Horgan (@jjhorgan) spotted
fellow
MLA carole James in "The Most Influential
Women in B.c." (June 2015): "So proud of my col-
league & friend @carolejames who made the @
bcbusiness 50 Most Influential Women in #Bc!"
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