Compared to the government’s 2022 mid-year plan, it will spend $6.1 billion more in 2023/24.
alberta credit rating
July 29, 2020
12:13PM
According to the Kenney government, debt interest costs will hit $3 billion by 2022/23.
November 29, 2017
12:52PM
Ratings agency DBRS has downgraded Alberta’s credit rating from AA (high) to AA.
June 21, 2017
10:03AM
British Columbia, with its lower level of per student spending, has some of the best student performance results in Canada.
June 2, 2017
1:06PM
Between 2015/16 and 2017/18, the provincial government plans to increase spending by 11 per cent.
January 22, 2016
2:52PM
In 2015/16, Alberta is scheduled to run its seventh deficit in eight years.
January 4, 2016
1:59PM
The provincial government introduced numerous tax increases, essentially ending Alberta’s tax advantage relative to key competing jurisdictions.
December 29, 2015
2:04PM
The real culprit for Alberta’s fiscal problems—and ultimately the recent credit downgrade—is several years of rapid spending growth by successive governments.
December 18, 2015
4:02PM
Today, Standard and Poor’s downgraded the Alberta government’s credit rating in part due to “concerns of weak budgetary performances and rising debt burden.”