Alberta may slow Canada’s economic recovery

September 8, 2009, Alta. – An Alberta economist says the province is about to switch from being a driver of the Canadian economy to an anchor slowing recovery.

An Alberta economist says the province is about to switch from being a
driver of the Canadian economy to an anchor slowing recovery.

Todd Hirsch, a senior economist with the Alberta Treasury Branch, told the CBC
he believes low energy prices will continue to have a major effect on
Alberta's economy, and that will spill over into the economic bounce-back of the entire country. |READ MORE