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  1. Alberta’s government program spending reaches new heights

    According to a Fraser Institute study released in February, between 2004/05 and 2013/14, the Alberta government’s program spending jumped to $43.9 billion from $29 billion. This spending, beyond the rate of inflation and population ...

  2. Why Alberta is broke

    Appeared in the National Post and Calgary Herald The red-ink budgets that have engulfed Alberta since the last recession—Alberta’s Finance Minister Doug Horner just announced this year’s deficit could hit $4-billion— are not accidental. Such red ink is ...

  3. Alberta Premier's budget flip flop

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald When governments enter an election year, the political temptation to play fast and loose with budget numbers is strong. The most famous example of this was probably the 1996 budget in British Columbia. That year, then-B.C. ...

  4. Too much optimism explains Alberta's expanded deficit

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald Back in the mid-1990s, British Columbia’s New Democratic government published a pre-election budget that forecast a balanced ledger for the then-ending fiscal year. The Glen Clark government quickly dropped the writ and ...