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ALBERTA INSTITUTE
Over the weekend, our Alberta Institute President called on the provincial government to reverse a recent decision by the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) to increase minimum pricing for alcohol sold in bars and restaurants.
The concern was that the change would have raised costs for hospitality businesses, limited pricing flexibility during events like Stampede, and created unnecessary uncertainty for operators already dealing with rising pressures.
There was also a clear comparison happening.
It’s the same type of top-down decision-making we just saw from Calgary City Hall with its new restrictions on Stampede music festivals.
The restrictions mean that noise levels must be reduced to ridiculously low levels, and weeknight events must shut down earlier than planned, with music ending at midnight.
But businesses already booked music acts, hired staff, sold tickets, signed contracts, and invested their money in setting up events that are now at risk of not going as planned.
In both the City's case and the Province's, policies were introduced with limited consultation with the people most affected - businesses, event organizers, and workers who depend on a successful Stampede season.
And in both cases, the concern is not just about one regulation, but about a broader pattern of unnecessary intervention that risks dulling one of Alberta’s most important cultural and economic events.
Today, we have some good news.
Yesterday, Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Minister Dale Nally announced that the Alberta government has directed the AGLC to reverse the minimum pricing change, effective immediately, restoring consistency and certainty for businesses and consumers.
The Minister emphasized the importance of supporting Alberta’s hospitality sector and the jobs, tourism, and experiences it creates.
He also encouraged the City of Calgary to take a similar approach - working with industry and local businesses rather than imposing rules that risk undermining events like Stampede.
That is exactly the point.
When governments make decisions that have unintended consequences without proper consultation, they should be willing to correct course.
One decision has now been reversed.
Now it's time to turn our attention to Calgary City Hall.
Council is expected to debate its Stampede noise restrictions shortly, following significant public concern from businesses, residents, and industry stakeholders.
The question is whether Calgary will take the same approach or move ahead with restrictions that are unnecessary.
Whether you're in Calgary or not, Stampede is important to all Albertans - it's an important part of who we are in Alberta.
So, let's support our friends at Common Sense Calgary in their campaign and sign the petition calling on Council to Save Music During Stampede:
SIGN THE PETITION
https://www.commonsensecalgary.com/save_music_during_stampede?
One down. One to go.
Sincerely,
- The Alberta Institute Team
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Ezra Levant
READ HIS MANIFESTO: The Montreal murderer was a Jew-hating Communist censor
The murderer in Montreal has been named: Seth Hatfield, from Alberta. He murdered a policeman in a shooting spree in a Jewish neighbourhood in Montreal.
Soon afterwards, government journalists at the CBC and elsewhere started describing a manifesto that he had left behind. But none of them published the actual document — they just quoted the odd phrase from it, and called him an “incel”. That’s a term for someone who was “involuntarily celibate”, or someone who didn’t do well with women. The usual suspects were doing the media circuit claiming that Hatfield was a “right wing” extremist.
ut if that was true, why was the manifesto being shown only to selected, government-friendly journalists? Why were the rest of us blocked from seeing it for ourselves?
Well, that just changed. Rebel News has acquired a copy of the full, 104-page manifesto.
You can read it for yourself right here: ...
https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/lorne-gunter-new-alberta-independence-group-fronted-by-reasonable-leaders
“Gone are the threats to divide the governing UCP and force Smith from office if she doesn’t overrule the courts (a power she doesn’t have) and place a straightforward “leave or stay” question on the ballet for the Oct. 19 referendum.
In the place of such threats are promises of a provincewide campaign to layout plain arguments for why Alberta should leave Confederation. Advertising, billboards, plenty of forums in halls large and small around the province.
Lots of online videos answering a host of questions, not just about money,
but also about the mechanics of separation:
How long will it take?
How much will it cost?”
