By Robert Roach Director of Research and Karen Wilkie Policy Analyst Canada West Foundation At first blush, residential development seems like a very practical enterprise. The demand for new homes is assessed, property is secured, municipal government approval is sought, roads and sewers are planned and built, homes are constructed, sod is laid, people move [...]
Published in Dialogues February, 2005 By Druh Farrell Alderman City of Calgary When compared to other cities, Calgary has many advantages. With its compact, centralized downtown core, extensive and accessible rapid transit system, stunning natural landscapes including two rivers running through it, and lively western heritage, Calgary has the opportunity to be a great city [...]
BOYLE, AB, Feb. 4, 2005/ — Alberta-Pacific has been a leader focused on developing and implementing new approaches to forest management — applying science to ensure that all the values of the landscape are sustained over the long-term. This has meant, for example, studying birds and bugs and toads as well as trees. Our experience has shown that forest companies need to work with all the users of the landscape, from trappers and hunters to the oil and gas industry, to find mutually acceptable and beneficial ways of doing things.
The Canadian Rockies are an acknowledged global treasure. They form a critical part of the Yellowstone to Yukon region.
Published in Dialogues, February, 2007 By Les Wetter Government and Industry Liaison Ducks Unlimited Canada A society looking for a sure-fire investment tip for years to come would be wise to invest in an inventory and analysis of its natural capital. This is a more prudent investment strategy than continuing to make uninformed withdrawals on [...]
Feb. 4, 2005/ — Water availability, supply and quality are fast becoming important public policy issues in Canada. In only a generation, Canada has gone from being a nation that was internationally proud of the belief that one could drink from any of its sparkling streams, rivers and lakes to being a country that is genuinely and legitimately concerned about water quality and availability now and in the future. Nowhere is this truer than in the Canadian West.
EDMONTON, AB, Feb. 4, 2005/ — Alberta’s primary agricultural production sector is in crisis. The farm and ranch community is reeling from a devil’s cocktail of drought and frost, blended with global commodity oversupply and escalating energy costs, and shaken with BSE and other livestock diseases. It is a crisis that challenges the coping ability of even the royalty-rich Alberta government.
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 4, 2005/ — British Columbia contains some of the most diverse natural capital in the country. With a land base of 95 million hectares (94% of which is still owned by the Crown) the province provides habitat for two thirds of Canada’s mammal species (24 of which are found nowhere else in the country).
Published in Dialogues, February, 2007 By Elaine McCoy President Macleod Institute University of Calgary As Yogi Berra once said, “The future ain’t what it used to be.” No truer words could be used to describe the challenges Alberta faces heading into its second century. Two decades ago, one of the most important issues emerging on the [...]