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By 2025/26, the province will spend an estimated $4.1 billion on debt interest—an increase of 53 per cent over three years.

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Among universal health-care countries, Canada ranks poorly on several key indictors including number of hospital beds.

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The province's net debt is $31,749 per person, by far the highest level of any province in Canada.

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The country deregulated markets in the 1990s, privatized state-owned companies, cut spending and reduced taxes.

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The top 10 per cent earned 29.1 per cent of all income but paid 35.8 per cent of the total tax burden.

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Every US$1 decline in oil prices reduces government revenues by an estimated $630 million.

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The provincial government revised its $1.0 billion projected budget surplus to a $250.5 million projected deficit.

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Ottawa's plan to reduce emissions would cost Alberta an estimated 80,000 jobs in 2030.

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