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Alberta’s “fair deal” panel is drawing criticism from a business organization and from a politician who studied similar ideas the last time the province’s anger was running high.

The province’s Premier Jason Kenney announced the panel at an event this past weekend. The panel, which includes members of the legislature, former Reform party leader Preston Manning, academics and business people, will host public meetings and examine whether Alberta should take steps towards collecting its own taxes, set up its own pension plan or create a provincial police force instead of contracting with the RCMP.

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The panel has a $650,000 budget and is set to report by March next year on the proposals.

The head of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce is not convinced it’s what the provincial economy needs.

“This is definitely politics over policy right now and I think the best thing for business is always certainty and having a fair deal panel creates a level of uncertainty,” said Sandip Lalli.