{"id":70460,"date":"2016-02-11T20:55:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T01:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=70460"},"modified":"2016-02-11T20:55:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T01:55:28","slug":"clark-sees-albertas-economic-plight-a-cautionary-tale-for-other-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/11\/clark-sees-albertas-economic-plight-a-cautionary-tale-for-other-provinces\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark sees Alberta’s economic plight a cautionary tale for other provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark (Photo from Clark’s official Twitter account<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VANCOUVER\u2014British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says Alberta is her province’s best friend in the country and its financial experience should be a cautionary tale for others.<\/p>\n

The government’s throne speech on Tuesday said that Alberta lost its focus, failed to diversify and never expected its resource boom to end.<\/p>\n

Speaking at an event today in Vancouver, Clark says British Columbians should consider Alberta as it copes to control spending at the end of its oil boom.<\/p>\n

But she also wants to make sure that British Columbia doesn’t fall into the same trap.<\/p>\n

The premier says when Alberta struggles, the rest of the country struggles.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Alberta’s economic development minister said he interprets the throne speech comments as an attack on that province’s previous Conservative governments, not the current New Democrats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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