Trevor Harrison

Jason Kenney’s winds of anger

This op-ed by Parkland Institute director Trevor Harrison appeared in the Lethbridge Herald on May 1, 2019.

Ask candidates how to clean up Alberta's orphaned wells

This op-ed by Parkland Institute director Trevor Harrison and University of Alberta School of Business emeritus professor David Cooper appeared in the Edmonton Journal on April 5, 2019.

• media

Perils of a jobless future: Automation is taking away an increasing number of jobs

This op-ed by Parkland Institute director Trevor Harrison appeared in the Lethbridge Herald on March 12, 2019.

• media

Alberta in Context: Health Care Under NDP Governments

This report analyzes and compares the record of recent NDP governments on health care in five provinces: Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia, and examines briefly the health care policies of the Alberta NDP government since 2015, highlighting points of intersection—and contrast—with the five provinces examined.

• health care
• privatization
• neoliberalism

On Nov. 11, remember the fallen but also these things

This op-ed by Parkland Institute director Trevor Harrison appeared in the Edmonton Journal on November 11, 2018.

Provinces Apart?: Comparing Citizen Views in Alberta and British Columbia

This report looks at data from a survey of residents of Alberta and BC taken just as the conflict over the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was set to erupt, and suggests less polarization of opinion between the two provinces than recent events would suggest.

• democracy
• oil & gas

Giving Donald Trump his props: US president a master at playing to media attention

This op-ed by Parkland Institute Director Trevor Harrison appeared in the Lethbridge Herald on July 25, 2018.

Liberalism is its own worst enemy

Parkland Institute Director Trevor Harrison looks at the history and limitations of liberalism in this Winnipeg Free Press op-ed.

Rethinking the future of work

Parkland Institute Director Trevor Harrison offers three possible solutions to the impending crisis of work that his being brought about by increased automation.

• labour

Alberta's financial situation is a challenge, not a crisis

With Alberta’s budget only a couple of months off, Parkland Institute director Trevor Harrison looks at the state of the province’s finances using the latest data from RBC Financial. He argues that Alberta faces a fiscal challenge, not a crisis. 

• economy
• alberta budget