The Notley government overshot its budgeted spending levels by $2 billion in 2016/17 and $1 billion in 2017/18.
alberta government spending
March 23, 2018
9:04AM
Once its net debt reaches $48 billion in 2020/21, Alberta will have burned through $83 billion in net assets in 13 years.
March 16, 2018
9:38AM
Fort McKay reduced spending and reoriented its business strategy toward income stability.
February 26, 2018
2:28PM
The Alberta government expects another budget deficit of more than $10 billion.
November 29, 2017
12:52PM
Ratings agency DBRS has downgraded Alberta’s credit rating from AA (high) to AA.
October 25, 2017
12:06PM
The PBO has given the Notley government another warning that spending is badly out of line with revenue.
September 18, 2017
11:14AM
The province’s debt will reach $45 billion by 2019/20.
August 21, 2017
6:00AM
Through two years, the Notley government has increased spending by 11 per cent.
August 11, 2017
7:57AM
Alberta has seen a run-up of projected net debt totalling about $10,000 per Albertan by 2019/20—up from essentially zero in 2015/16.