alberta finances

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The projected deficit is $10.4 billion, up from $6.3 billion last year.


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Alberta’s debt could balloon to $36.1 billion by 2019/20—46 per cent more than currently expected.


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The last thing businesses and consumers need is yet another new tax piled on top.


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Between 2004/05 and 2014/15, Alberta’s provincial government increased program spending by nearly 100 per cent.


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Between 2004/05 and 2015/16, the Alberta government increased program spending by roughly 100 per cent.


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The provincial government introduced numerous tax increases, essentially ending Alberta’s tax advantage relative to key competing jurisdictions.


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Premier Jim Prentice dropped hints for months that the 2015 provincial budget was a once-in-a-generation chance to “fix” Alberta’s finances.


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Governments, like families, have choices. And governments, as with families, sometimes make picks that close off other options. If Albertans had $41 billion to spend via the provincial government, how would you allocate it?