Federal government keeps a close eye on province's economy

Naturally, Albertans are preoccupied with the province’s stumbling economy. It turns out they are in good company.
According to briefing notes acquired through access to information requests, the federal government is just as worried about the state of affairs in Alberta.
Over the past year, the federal Department of Finance Canada, Natural Resources Canada and the Prime Minister’s Office — spanning two governments — have received at least a dozen briefings, some marked confidential or secret, on the health of Alberta’s housing market (it’s holding on), the direction of oil prices (who knows?), the health of individual energy companies (redacted), the strength of the job market (so-so) and whether pipelines will help (probably).
CBC News has written about some of these briefing notes here:
Individually, each report is interesting. Collectively they show a federal government that is well aware of Alberta’s position as a significant economic engine in Canada and is worried …
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