alberta deficit

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Alberta has seen a run-up of projected net debt totalling about $10,000 per Albertan by 2019/20—up from essentially zero in 2015/16.


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The Notley government forecasts it will add $13.6 billion in debt this year.


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Alberta’s budget deficit in 2015/16 was $2,513 per person.


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Alberta program spending this year is forecasted to be approximately 11 per cent higher than in 2015/16.


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The first two years of the Notley government have been marked by spending and tax increases.


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The spending reforms of the 1990s laid the foundation for tax reforms and an extended period of prosperity.


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Government debt interest payments in Alberta will more than double to $2.3 billion by 2019/20.


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Spending choices have largely driven the province’s nearly unbroken string of deficits.