By 2019/20, Alberta’s net debt will reach $45 billion or $10,000 for every man, woman and child.
alberta budget
March 15, 2017
10:35AM
Spending choices have largely driven the province’s nearly unbroken string of deficits.
March 15, 2017
10:10AM
The Chretien Consensus includes prudent spending, balanced budgets, declining debt and competitive taxes.
March 10, 2017
6:00AM
The Notley government will unveil Alberta’s 2017 budget next week.
January 27, 2017
8:47AM
In 2012/13 when oil prices averaged more than US$97 a barrel (inflation adjusted), the province still ran a $3.1 billion deficit.
November 22, 2016
1:39PM
Alberta ran seven deficits in the past eight fiscal years when oil prices averaged $88 per barrel.
November 18, 2016
2:01AM
Per person program spending in Alberta grew by 49 per cent compared to 37 per cent in Texas.
November 17, 2016
1:30AM
October 24, 2016
1:53PM
Alberta ran deficits even before oil prices fell.