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alberta's deficit
April 2, 2020
12:40PM
Chronic deficits through good times and bad have led to a roughly $70 billion erosion of the province’s financial assets.
October 17, 2019
9:47AM
Per-person spending in Alberta last year was 18.5 per cent higher than in next-door B.C.
October 9, 2019
9:47AM
Alberta spent $2,451 per person more than the average spent by the three largest provinces.
March 1, 2019
9:57AM
Alberta buys yet another ticket to ride the resource rollercoaster.
July 12, 2016
12:42PM
Alberta's overall net financial assets deteriorated by $9.2 billion last year.
February 11, 2016
11:26AM
Between 2004/05 and 2014/15, Alberta’s provincial government increased program spending by nearly 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.
February 14, 2015
10:00AM
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and Finance Minister Robin Campbell have made it clear the province will reduce government spending in its March budget.
January 17, 2015
10:00AM
With oil prices plunging and provincial resource revenues expected to drop, Alberta’s red ink will rise. In response, Premier Jim Prentice has floated the notion of a provincial sales tax and/or hikes in other taxes.