Chronic deficits through good times and bad have led to a roughly $70 billion erosion of the province’s financial assets.
alberta's debt
December 5, 2019
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December 4, 2019
9:50AM
Last year, the province ran a $6.7 billion operating deficit.
October 24, 2019
4:28PM
Additional spending reductions would have created additional fiscal room for pro-growth tax reform.
October 23, 2019
8:57AM
Government revenues in all provinces—but especially Alberta—are unpredictable.
October 18, 2019
9:08AM
Alberta's per-person debt-service costs may hit $655 by 2020/21.
September 19, 2019
1:58PM
Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund is now worth US$1 Trillion.
July 10, 2019
3:27PM
The province's debt interest costs were more than $400 per person in 2018/19.
March 1, 2019
9:57AM
Alberta buys yet another ticket to ride the resource rollercoaster.
June 21, 2018
10:19AM
Equalization makes for a handy scapegoat, but successive Alberta governments have no one to blame but themselves for the province’s fiscal problems.