Alberta Throne Speech to be delivered Wednesday afternoon

The newly-elected UCP government will deliver its first Throne Speech on Wednesday and about a dozen bills are expected. House Leader Jason Nixon said this week the government’s first order of business will be the Carbon Tax Repeal Act, followed by the Open For Business Act and the Job Creation Tax Cut. Premier Jason Kenney said several times on the campaign trail he will immediately get rid of the carbon tax, which was brought in two years ago by the previous NDP government. “Passin