Women’s economic outcomes are improving—but what’s happening with men?
25 June 2025
‘They’re voting with their eyeballs’: Sean Speer on the revealed preferences of Canadian news consumers
Howard Anglin: Lament for a Lament
The state of Canada’s economy halfway through 2025
Sean Speer: Don Cherry deserves the Order of Canada
‘Putin has no intention of stopping this war’: Sir Bill Browder on three years of war in Ukraine and how Russia is evading sanctions
‘They’re voting with their eyeballs’: Sean Speer on the revealed preferences of Canadian news consumers
Howard Anglin: Lament for a Lament
The state of Canada’s economy halfway through 2025
Sean Speer: Don Cherry deserves the Order of Canada
‘Putin has no intention of stopping this war’: Sir Bill Browder on three years of war in Ukraine and how Russia is evading sanctions
Alicia Planincic
Alicia Planincic is the Director of Policy & Economics at the Business Council of Alberta. She regularly provides insight and analysis on the Canadian economy, public finances, labour markets, equity and social mobility, and public policy.
Alicia Planincic: If Canada wants to be an energy superpower, it needs to stop banning energy exports
18 June 2025
Building the strongest economy in the G7 will take more than steel and concrete
13 June 2025
We can’t just sell each other condos forever: Why real estate’s growing share of the economy should worry us
4 June 2025
The typical Canadian pays 70 percent more income tax than the typical American
27 May 2025
What’s going on with Alberta’s economy?
23 May 2025
Canada outperforms the U.S. on many well-being measures—yet on the important economic indicators, we are falling far behind
16 May 2025
When it comes to trade with the U.S., Canada has its ‘elbows up’
8 May 2025
Alicia Planincic: Will Trump’s tariffs lead to inflation?
20 March 2025
Alicia Planincic: Is the Alberta advantage making a comeback?
13 March 2025
Alicia Planincic: Donald Trump is wrong—America needs Canadian oil
7 March 2025
Alicia Planincic: With 55 percent more federal employees per resident than the U.S., does Canada need its own DOGE?
28 February 2025
Alicia Planincic: The art of the (bad) deal
21 February 2025
Alicia Planincic: Canada’s economy remains firmly hitched to America
12 February 2025
Alicia Planincic: As a Canadian, you are earning far less than your American counterpart
30 January 2025
Alicia Planincic: Why federal deficits are getting more volatile
23 January 2025
Alicia Planincic: Why America’s trade deficit with Canada is not the problem Trump thinks it is
16 January 2025
Alicia Planincic: It’s not the Grinch that’s causing the holiday pinch
17 December 2024
Alicia Planincic: The provinces are losing ground to federal priorities in immigration
12 December 2024
Alicia Planincic: Are we really in a ‘vibecession’?
5 December 2024
