Alberta government program spending will reach a projected $13,644 per person in 2020/21.
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February 9, 2021
8:16AM
January 6, 2021
10:38AM
In the 1990s, Premier Ralph Klein’s government reduced program spending by 21.6 per cent.
December 2, 2020
10:52AM
Alberta's net government debt will reach a projected $90.1 billion by 2022/23.
August 12, 2020
8:52PM
Alberta will run a projected $20 billion budget deficit this year.
August 12, 2020
9:11AM
To make matters worse, Alberta recently received its third credit downgrade since December.
July 16, 2020
10:59AM
The cost of servicing the province’s debt has increased to more than $2 billion.
June 11, 2020
9:47AM
Alberta has blown through $75 billion in financial assets since 2007/08.
April 22, 2020
2:17PM
The province's annual debt-servicing costs will increase to a projected $3 billion by 2022/23.
April 9, 2020
11:48AM
The COVID crisis combined with the oil-price war will reduce revenue and trigger spending increases.
March 30, 2020
1:47PM
Once you adjust for inflation and population growth, Alberta’s economy barely grew at all between 2008 and 2018.