A reliance on non-renewable resource revenue has caused trouble for the provincial finances for decades.
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May 3, 2021
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May 3, 2021
2:28PM
The program offset just 3.5 per cent of Alberta’s year-over-year revenue loss.
April 8, 2021
12:34PM
By 2023/24, debt interest will consume 6.6 per cent of all provincial revenues.
March 24, 2021
10:27AM
According to budget forecasts, debt interest payments will reach $3.3 billion by 2023/24.
March 11, 2021
9:55AM
The provincial government ran deficits in 12 of the past 13 years.
March 4, 2021
8:17AM
Of the Alberta government's $54.3 billion in total spending, 50 per cent was on wages and benefits for government workers.
February 25, 2021
4:41PM
As a share of the provincial economy, Alberta's recent deficits are larger than those incurred in the early ’90s.
February 25, 2021
4:35PM
Alberta's new budget projects a $18.2 billion deficit in 2021/22.
February 24, 2021
11:14AM
Both B.C. and Saskatchewan now carry less per-person provincial government debt than Alberta.
February 18, 2021
2:31PM
Alberta's deficit this year will be the largest in history, relative to the size of the provincial economy, at 6.9 per cent of GDP.