The Firewall Letter - 25 years later (Encore)
West of Centre

The Firewall Letter - 25 years later (Encore)

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**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION Back in January 2001, six influential Alberta conservatives sent then premier Ralph Klein the now famous 'firewall letter.' Under the heading 'Alberta Agenda,' the letter proposed withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan, establishing a provincial police force, bypassing the Canada Revenue Agency in favour of the province collecting its own income tax, and Senate reform. These ideas were seen as fringe. Extremist even. But with the passage of time, some of the key measures in the firewall letter have influenced conservative policy in Alberta, a...

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This is a CBC Podcast. I am Kathleen Petty, host of West of Centre, and we continue revisiting episodes from earlier this year. In late March, we marked the 25th anniversary of what's known as the Firewall Letter. You're about to hear from two authors and signatories of this foundational precursor

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