Shredding the Public Interest
Ralph Klein and 25 Years of One-Party Government
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Alberta Press
Published:1st Feb '97
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
"When our new administration took over a year and a half ago...we saw uncontrolled spending," claimed Alberta Premier Ralph Klein in June, 1994. In fact, Alberta had the tightest controls on spending in Canada throughout the very period when the Klein government has claimed costs were soaring out of control. We are, says Taft, victims of politically induced amnesia and politically reconstructed history. Under Ralph Klein's government, public programs in Alberta—including health care—have become the most poorly supported in Canada. At the same time, the Alberta government has spent more on subsidies to the private sector than has any other province. Shredding the Public Interest delivers a brisk and highly readable critique of Alberta's creation and elimination of its deficit over the past quarter century.
6 weeks on the Financial Post national best-seller list!
"Shredding the Public Interest mounts a powerful case against those, of whatever political stripe, too long in power...a cautionary tale indeed." David E. Smith, CBRA
"When the [Parkland] institute opened, it immediately raised the ire of the provincial government with the release of a book by Kevin Taft, now leader of Alberta's opposition Liberals, entitled Shredding the Public Interest." Richard Cairney, University of Alberta ExpressNews
"[A] must read for every taxpayer of Alberta, Ontario and even Canada." Mel McMillan, Economist, University of Alberta
"A cautionary tale with all the necessary backup—from a believer in the free market." Rick Salutin, Writer, Globe and Mail columnist
"A rare outcry from someone who worked inside the Alberta government about the ways in which public perceptions are manipulated by government." Mark Lisac, Edmonton Journal
"Kevin Taft does us all a service with this well-documented and well-argued analysis of the record of the Alberta government..." Dalton Camp, Columnist, Toronto Star
- Winner of Alberta Book Publishing Awards - Alberta Trade Title of the Year 1998
ISBN: 9780888642950
Dimensions: 187mm x 114mm x 8mm
Weight: 150g
134 pages