Alberta budget surplus is over $2 billion, thanks to surging oil prices...'

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'I don't want to rush you...but I'd like to throw out that tree one of these days.' 'What should I give?! What should I give?!''

The annoying neighbour...'

[Natural gas prices take Alberta's economy on a wild ride.]

Mike Harris visits the god of balanced budgets...'Throw more civil servants into Lake Ontario!''

The spin...'Seems a little...harsh!'' [The government of Alberta proposes a new energy royalty plan.]

'The way I see it, Ed, and correct me if I'm wrong, but you took a well-oiled machine and...' 'Please don't mention...oil.'' [The government of Alberta proposes a new energy royalty plan.]

I ask you not to think about the cuts, but think about the future instead!'

'We want to be stinkin' rich oil barons like Alberta, but we don't want to give up the handouts! What's wrong with that?' 'Nothin' I can see.''

Planning our economic future...'Holy moley!!' 'Another boom?' 'Mosquito. Size of a hummer!''

Election fever.'

Ralphie knew it was going to be another one of those report cards...'

Mr. Clean-up.'

Remember that great scene from Indiana Jones?' [Don't bring a knife to a gun fight.]

'My God! What is it? It just keeps growing and growing!' 'Will it eventually devour us?' 'We think it's Ralph's popularity.''

Speech from the throne.'

[Record oil prices threaten global stability and global economy.]

Enjoy them while you can!'

Apparently, Monsieur Klein is ignorant of Quebec's historic position in confederation!'

Nancy has a seat, and she's waiting for Ralph...'

[Ottawa wants a share of Alberta's oil revenues.]

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Alberta budget surplus is over $2 billion, thanks to surging oil prices...'

Vance Rodewalt was the political cartoonist for the Calgary Herald newspaper. Issue: Provincial politics and economic conditions in Alberta; dependence on oil and gas royalties; budget surplus. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein is dressed as an Arab sheik.

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Date 1999-11-27

Creator Rodewalt, Vance

Person(s) or Group(s) Klein, Ralph

Genre Photographs

Place Alberta

Subject Alberta--Economic conditions, Alberta--Politics and government, Budget--Alberta, Caricatures and cartoons, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum products--Prices, Political satire, Premiers--Alberta

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Repository Glenbow Archives

Fonds/Collection Vance Rodewalt fonds

Reference code CA ACU GBA F3016

Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/vance-rodewalt-fonds

Unique identifier CU235514

Legacy Identifier m-9457-873

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