As Alberta’s finance minister and treasury board president, I am ultimately responsible to Albertans for how their tax dollars are spent. When you’re looking at an annual budget of nearly $75 billion, that’s a weighty responsibility.

One of the government agencies I oversee is the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo). As Alberta’s investment agency, AIMCo is responsible for managing pension funds and the provincial Heritage Savings Trust Fund for non-renewable resource revenue. That puts over $160 billion under its management. Dollars that directly impact Alberta workers, pensioners and taxpayers.