Ian Hussey

Ian Hussey is a political economy and labour researcher with more than a decade of experience working on public policy issues for the Alberta Federation of Labour (2023-2026) and the University of Alberta's Parkland Institute (2014-2023). He has conducted original research on a range of topics, mostly to do with Alberta energy and climate issues, automation and labour market developments, and minimum wage and gendered income inequality. He is the author of "An Alberta Pay Equity Law Would Tackle Wage Discrimination and Grow Our Economy" (AFL, 2026), "No Worker Left Behind: A Job Creation Strategy for Energy Transition in Alberta” (Parkland, 2023), and “Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands” (Parkland, 2022). Ian is also the co-author, with Emma Jackson, of "Alberta's Coal Phase-Out: A Just Transition?" (Parkland, 2019).

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It’s Groundhog Budget Day in Alberta. Again.

blog | Apr 02, 2015

The same ruling party. The same manufactured crises brought into stark relief by a drop in oil prices. The same rhetoric about belt-tightening. The same refusal to look at real revenue solutions that could finally get the province off the oil price roller coaster. Year after year after year.

Instead of austerity, Alberta needs wage-led economic growth

blog | Feb 09, 2015

In response to the latest Alberta revenue crisis, Premier Jim Prentice has increasingly been beating the austerity drum. But is an austerity agenda the best way for the province to deal with the current fiscal crunch?