Our 2024 conference in Red Deer
The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization: Our Choice?
Two days of talks on the state of the West, from the people trying to change it. Every session was recorded and is free to watch.
Every conference, on the record
Since 2014 the Economic Education Association has brought economists, journalists, politicians and ranchers to the same stage. Pick a year to watch.
- 2024The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization: Our Choice?July 5–6, 2024, Red Deer, Alberta7 recordings
- 2022Climate & Covid: Meeting the "Return to Freedom" ChallengeApril 2022, Red Deer, Alberta7 recordings
- 2022Family and Freedom: Our FutureNovember 2022, Red Deer, Alberta6 recordings
- 2021A Referendum on Alberta's FutureMarch 2021, Red Deer, Alberta6 recordings
- 2020Firewall Plus: Alberta’s Options for a Fair DealJuly 202017 recordings
- 2019Meeting the Unity ChallengeNovember 201930 recordings
What we talk about
Articles and talks on the questions Albertans keep coming back to.
- Alberta’s Fair Deal4 articlesEqualization, transfers and what Alberta gets back from Confederation.
- Alberta Energy5 articlesPipelines, oil and gas, and the policies that shape the province’s largest industry.
- Climate Change9 articlesCarbon taxes, climate science and the cost of climate policy.
- The Alberta Advantage1 articleLow taxes, balanced budgets and how to get them back.
- Rights and Freedoms4 articlesProperty rights, free speech and the limits of government power.
- Economy22 articlesEconomic history, public debt, and why incentives matter.
- Alberta Beef Producers7 articlesThe fight over the producer checkoff and voluntary membership.
- Safe Communities2 articlesRural crime and the citizen’s relationship with law enforcement.
- Democratic Reform7 articlesAccountability, recall, spending and how Parliament is meant to work.
- Western Alienation4 articlesReferendums, independence and Alberta’s place in Canada.
From the reading room
All 53 articlesIs Alberta getting back as much as it gives? (w/ Mark Milke, policy analyst)
Alberta and the prairie provinces have been hammered like everyone else by the shutdown of their economy by the coronavirus. It is another blow to an already beleaguered region. Oil and gas revenues tanked over the…
It's Time to Stand up to Ottawa (w/ Josh Andrus, Project Confederation)
The Fair Deal Panel report is out. It says Albertians want a new deal with Ottawa. They want to replace the RCMP with a Provincial Police Department. They want a referendum on equalization payments. They want to take…
Western Alienation: Forget Alienation - Separate (w/ Barry Cooper)
Forget alienation says University of Calgary Professor Barry Cooper. Call a referendum on separation. It’s time for a new relationship with Ottawa. It’s time to reset the agreement in confederation, one that was…
Western Alienation: It's Time to Call a Referendum, (w/Danny Hozack)
It’s time to call a referendum on separation says Danny Hozack who believes that it’s time for Alberta to follow the Quebec example of stepping into the voting booth on seceding from Canada. Ottawa goes out of its’ way…