Opinion: Time to clear up the “$400 billion cost” of Alberta independence mystery

“There has been silence from the Alberta government on how the $400 billion in transitional costs and the $25 to $50 billion in annual costs were calculated.”

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Author: Lennie Kaplan

Lennie Kaplan is a former senior manager in the Fiscal and Economic Policy Division of Alberta’s Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance (TB&F). During his tenure, he focused, among his other duties, on assisting in the development of meaningful options to reform federal-provincial fiscal arrangements. In 201…