A Review The Process Behind Institutional Reform in Alberta By Ronald Kneebone and Kenneth McKenzie When the Klein government took office in 1993 they had one goal, to balance the budget without raising taxes. “The Process of Institutional Reform in Alberta” by Ronald Kneebone and Kenneth McKenzie outlines how the Klein government achieved the impossible; balancing Alberta’s budget without increasing taxes. The authors interviewed 48 individuals including members of the government, civil servants, bureaucrats and various …showed first 75 words of 443 total…

…showed last 75 words of 443 total…case was not any different in the early 90s. These six elements explain why the process of reform was relatively painless in Alberta and why the same process has not been effectively repeated by any other province to date. Kneebone and McKenzie conclude that a number of elements came together to form unique policy changes in Alberta, “resulting in an environment both receptive to major policy change and able to move forward with that reform.”