Over 10 years, approximately 270,000 more people moved to Alberta from the rest of the country than moved from Alberta to somewhere else in Canada.
alberta government finances
May 12, 2017
10:27AM
The first two years of the Notley government have been marked by spending and tax increases.
March 21, 2017
4:18PM
The spending reforms of the 1990s laid the foundation for tax reforms and an extended period of prosperity.
March 20, 2017
11:43AM
Government debt interest payments in Alberta will more than double to $2.3 billion by 2019/20.
March 6, 2017
10:30AM
Alberta’s recent speech from the throne laid out the Notley government’s vision for the upcoming legislative session.
December 26, 2016
1:00AM
Higher income taxes create disincentives for hard work and entrepreneurship, two important drivers of growth.
November 22, 2016
1:39PM
Alberta ran seven deficits in the past eight fiscal years when oil prices averaged $88 per barrel.
April 28, 2016
9:00AM
Ontario’s cumulative deficit from 2009 to the end of last year was approximately $81.9 billion—50 per cent more than projected in 2009.
April 27, 2016
9:00AM
The budget calls for $2.2 billion in new spending on “green infrastructure.”