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alberta government spending
February 11, 2016
11:26AM
Between 2004/05 and 2014/15, Alberta’s provincial government increased program spending by nearly 100 per cent.
January 27, 2016
9:02AM
The real “resource curse” is the way successive Alberta governments squandered revenues from resource development.
January 25, 2016
11:11AM
With budget season on the horizon, the headlines may mask the magnitude of growth in government debt.
January 22, 2016
2:52PM
In 2015/16, Alberta is scheduled to run its seventh deficit in eight years.
January 20, 2016
9:04AM
Between 2004/05 and 2015/16, the Alberta government increased program spending by roughly 100 per cent.
December 29, 2015
2:04PM
The real culprit for Alberta’s fiscal problems—and ultimately the recent credit downgrade—is several years of rapid spending growth by successive governments.
December 9, 2015
3:00AM
While some provinces have taken steps to rein in spending and balance budgets, Ontario is a laggard and Alberta has embarked on a new road to debt.
November 3, 2015
2:48PM
If the first step towards remedying a problem is admitting that you have one, Alberta is a long way away from fixing its budget woes.
October 23, 2015
3:37PM
Alberta’s budget, to be unveiled on Oct. 27, will contain the province’s seventh deficit in the last eight years, most recently projected at $5.9 billion.