The Notley government’s failure to restrain spending is quickly growing Alberta’s debt burden.
joe ceci
June 29, 2018
2:53PM
The Notley government increased spending by nearly 13 per cent over is first two full fiscal years in office.
April 30, 2018
3:30PM
The Notley government overshot its budgeted spending levels by $2 billion in 2016/17 and $1 billion in 2017/18.
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.
December 22, 2017
7:00AM
The $10.3 billion deficit the province plans to run this year is just shy of the provincial record of $10.8 billion set last year.
November 29, 2017
12:52PM
Ratings agency DBRS has downgraded Alberta’s credit rating from AA (high) to AA.
July 5, 2017
2:38PM
The province's projected $10.3 billion deficit for 2017/18 could be much higher.
June 5, 2017
7:00AM
More big deficits of $9.7 billion and $7.2 billion are projected for the next two years.
May 24, 2017
4:00AM
Between 2015/16 and 2017/18, program spending in Alberta is projected to increase by roughly 11 per cent.
May 11, 2017
1:02PM
The province's net financial debt will climb by $35.4 billion between now and 2019/20.