The problems pile up for Alberta

Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 4:10 a.m.

b'This week, the Alberta government detailed cuts to the province\\u2019s health service, including up to 11,000 layoffs. While all of Canada\\u2019s provinces have taken an economic hit because of COVID, Alberta in particular has been clobbered. Oil and gas revenues have tanked. Liquor sales are projected to bring in more than bitumen royalties from the oil sands this fiscal year. Support for United Conservative Party Premier Jason Kenney is down, too. According to a late summer poll, he\\u2019s got the second lowest approval rating of all the premiers in the country.\\n\\nToday, CBC\\u2019s Carolyn Dunn in Calgary on how Alberta\\u2019s faring, and how Jason Kenney plans to bounce the province back.'