alberta government debt

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Any party leader in Alberta must tackle the debt bulge

Higher resource revenue accounts for nearly 80 percent of the $11.5 billion improvement in the province's budgetary balance in 2022/23.


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Despite smaller projected budget deficit, Albertans can’t afford to discount province’s fiscal challenges

A boost in projected revenues this year have reduced the expected deficit for 2021/22, but this will only provide a small amount of relief.


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Alberta economy recovering from COVID but government finances remain cause for concern

The province's net debt will reach a projected $102.1 billion by 2023/24.


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Alberta’s government debt interest costs continue to soar

According to budget forecasts, debt interest payments will reach $3.3 billion by 2023/24.


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1990s put Alberta’s fiscal problems into alarming perspective

As a share of the provincial economy, Alberta's recent deficits are larger than those incurred in the early ’90s.


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Kenney government must learn from Alberta’s fiscal freefall

Both B.C. and Saskatchewan now carry less per-person provincial government debt than Alberta.


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Kenney government must learn from fiscal mistakes—and successes—of the past

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.


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Alberta’s reign as Canada’s fiscal leader is over—and Albertans will pay the price

Alberta is projected to experience the largest increase in per-person net debt of any province from 2007/08 to 2020/21.