The province's massive budget deficit continues a trend that started well before the pandemic.
resource revenues
April 30, 2020
1:09PM
Non-renewable resource revenue accounted for up to 27 per cent of total provincial government revenue.
March 3, 2020
9:15AM
From 2014 to 2015, Alberta’s non-renewable resource revenue collapsed from $8.9 billion to $2.8 billion.
March 23, 2018
8:47AM
The budget projects Alberta’s operating deficit this year will be $8.8 billion.
March 28, 2015
7:00AM
With tumbling oil prices and resource revenues, Premier Jim Prentice had a choice when he delivered Alberta’s 2015 budget. He could emulate former premier Don Getty and raise taxes or follow the Ralph Klein playbook and reduce spending.
September 6, 2014
6:00AM
From the fur trade to fisheries and forests, Canada was built on the toil and sweat of those who wanted to prosper. But these days, it’s harder to create opportunity. And sometimes, government is to blame. The latest example comes from Nova Scotia.
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