alberta government finances

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Kenney government faces more hard choices with second budget

Economic growth has been considerably weaker than expected.


11:30AM
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Controlling government-sector salaries key to Kenney’s deficit-reduction plans

This year, the Kenney government forecasts an $8.7 billion operating deficit.


10:50AM
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Painful decade for Alberta finances finally over

The province closed out the decade with an estimated $36.6 billion in net debt.


8:57AM
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Kenney government should discard ‘wait and hope’ budget strategy

Government revenues in all provinces—but especially Alberta—are unpredictable.


9:47AM
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To balance the budget, Alberta must ditch it’s big-spending ways

Per-person spending in Alberta last year was 18.5 per cent higher than in next-door B.C.


12:57PM
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Another Alberta fiscal update, another increase in spending

The Notley government plans to increase spending by $146 million beyond what was budgeted in the spring.


9:00AM
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Ontario’s government spends a billion dollars per month on debt interest payments.


7:57AM
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Alberta has seen a run-up of projected net debt totalling about $10,000 per Albertan by 2019/20—up from essentially zero in 2015/16.


4:30AM
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From 2015/16 to the current fiscal year, program spending in Alberta will have increased by 11 per cent.