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Sustainable Communities Toolkit

Bring smart growth home with the Canada Green Building Council’s Sustainable Communities Toolkit. 
Originally developed in 2006 with support from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as the Green Building Toolkit, this updated resource reflects the evolution from green buildings … to green communities. 
The aim is to equip owners of public sector buildings with the information they need [...]

Alberta Heritage Fund: An Embarrassment of Riches

The Heritage Savings Trust Fund - widely known as the  Heritage Fund – has taken a beating and posted a $3 billion loss, the largest in its 33 year history. 
And while I clearly understand market volatility, heaven forbid if the provincial economy suddenly imploded and the government was forced to rely on the Heritage Fund to [...]

Alberta Heritage Fund: Another Lost Opportunity

Ouch.  The Government of Alberta just released their 2009 budget … with a $4.7 billion deficit.  This one’s gonna hurt, folks.
Released simultaneously (albeit, with much less fanfare) was the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund 2009 – 2012 Business Plan.  Created by Peter Lougheed in the 1970s, the fund seeks to hold and invest the provincial government’s revenue take, theoretically [...]