Alberta government...

Alberta is one of Canada’s western provinces and it was incorporated as a province on September 1, 1905. Alberta is located in Western Canada, surrounded by provinces of British Columbia. Alberta is also one of the two provinces that are completely land-locked.

The Alberta government has an organized parliamentary democracy with a unicameral legislature. The unicameral legislature consists of eighty-three members.

Queen Elizabeth II is the head of the Alberta government. Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong carries out her duties. Although he is the most powerful person in Alberta, but in reality he is only the figurehead responsible for the custom and constitutional convention. The ‘Premier’ heads the Alberta government.

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Alberta government’s assessment services: The assessment service branch is made up of four working units.

• The regulated assessment unit is responsible for the supervision of the legislation and the regulations concerning the assessment of the property tax.
• Regulated Standard and Utilities Assessment Unit is where Alberta’s utility companies linear property assessment is carried out.
• Linear property assessment unit prepares assessment for all the linear properties. Municipalities bear the cost of the services rendered by linear property assessment.
• Assessment audit unit inspects the municipal property assessment procedures on behalf of Minister of Municipal affairs.
• Education tax and assessment advisory unit ensures even distribution of the education property tax.

Homepage of Alberta government: At the Alberta government homepage you can browse by subject. For example, in the Alberta justice home section you can browse on any topic related to justice such as aboriginal justice, criminal prosecutions, legal assistance, education and learning, motor vehicle accident claims program and so on. On the page you can find any information on justice and you can also make queries.

Alberta’s revenue mainly comes from tax and this is obtained from natural gas, oil, beef, wheat and softwood lumber, but the revenue also includes taxes on corporate and personal income, grants and gaming revenue from the federal government, primarily for infrastructure projects. In Canada, Albertans are the lowest-taxed people and Alberta is the only province in Canada without a provincial sales tax, though residents are still subjected to the federal sales tax and the Goods and Services Tax. Alberta's municipalities and school jurisdictions have their own governments and they work in co-operation with the provincial government.

Alberta has a large and varied ethnic population. East Indian and Chinese communities are well settled here and according to statistics, Alberta is the home for the second highest French-speaking people in western Canada.