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As agencies are funded by and responsible to government ministries, they are supposed to operate transparently, and must publicly report board member compensation, travel and hospitality expenses, annual reports, codes of conduct, and mandate documents. There are 231 public agencies in Alberta as of January 2024:
All Alberta elections have resulted in a majority government, a trend unseen in any other Canadian province. (But frequently the most popular party was the choice of less than half the voters.) Even with crossing the floor or by-elections, Alberta has never had a minority government. Each government has held a majority of seats in the Legislature.
The Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances was created on May 7, 2019 by Ministerial Order issued by Finance Minister Travis Toews.The terms of reference for the panel included evaluating the province's fiscal outlook and expenses; develop a plan to balance the budget by 2022-23 without raising taxes; develop a fiscal framework that requires future balanced budgets and a plan to retire the ...
The Government of Alberta (French: gouvernement de l'Alberta) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Alberta.In modern Canadian use, the term Government of Alberta refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council) who are appointed on the advice of the premier.
The electricity policy of Alberta, enacted through several agencies, is to create an electricity sector with a competitive market that attracts investors, while providing consumers with reliable and affordable electricity, as well as reducing harmful pollution to protect the environment and the health of Albertans, according to their 2022 website.
LAPP, formerly known by its expanded acronym, the Local Authorities Pension Plan, is the largest pension plan in Alberta and the seventh largest in Canada. With 291,259 members and $58.7 billion in assets (2022), LAPP is a multi-employer jointly sponsored [3] defined benefit pension plan. Dedicated to helping every member retire with dignity ...
Alberta began the year of 2022 with 343 municipalities. [3] Of these, three municipalities conducted a municipal census in 2022, including the City of Cold Lake, the Town of High Level, and Strathcona County. Strathcona County became the fifth municipality in Alberta to reach 100,000 people as a result from its 2022 municipal census. [4]
The Executive Council of Alberta (the Cabinet) is a body of ministers of the Crown in right of Alberta, who along with the lieutenant governor, exercises the powers of the Government of Alberta. Ministers are selected by the premier and typically (but not always) sit as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).