When the foreign ministers of North America last met, they all agreed on the military mission against ISIS, sang the praises of a yet-to-be-finalized TPP trade deal and held out some hope for the Keystone XL pipeline. What a difference a year makes.

A person making $200,000 a year in British Columbia will reap the biggest tax cut of 2016. A top-income earner in Alberta, conversely, will fare worse. How much worse? For every dollar over $300,000 in income, Albertans will be paying 7.75 percentage points more in taxes on that money than last year.