New column day

Here, responding to plenty of talk about the rising West with a look at the challenges and decisions we're facing as a region.

For sources and further reading, the column refers to...
- Data on price and quantity of goods from Stephen Gordon
- B.C. economic comparison from the now-defunct Progress Board via Don Cayo
- Inequality data from Statistics Canada provincially and John Myles (via Gillian Steward) municipally;
- Vacancy rate information from CMHC
- Poverty data from Statistics Canada via Ainslie Cruickshank
- And finally, information on Alberta's Heritage Fund from Alberta Finance.