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  1. Report paints bleak picture of Alberta’s fiscal future

    The province's per-person spending is significantly higher than in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec. ...

  2. Despite Alberta pleas, Trudeau government maintains ‘stabilization’ status quo

    The program offset just 3.5 per cent of Alberta’s year-over-year revenue loss. ...

  3. Alberta ‘fiscal capacity’ plummeting, Kenney government must react

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, December 3, 2020 Many Canadians have long thought of their country as divided between affluent “have” provinces and poorer “have-nots.” The traditional dividing line has been whether a province receives equalization ...

  4. The Great Convergence: Measuring the Fiscal Capacity Gap Between “Have” and “Have-Not” Provinces

    Since 2007/08, the fiscal capacity gap between richer and poorer Canadian provinces has shrunk dramatically, with the trend accelerating significantly after 2014–15. Fiscal capacity refers to a province’s ability to raise own-source revenues at tax rates ...

  5. Alberta’s government debt was unsustainable—before COVID

    Appeared in National Newswatch, November 12, 2020 The Kenney government will release a three-year fiscal update later this month, and will be tempted to blame Alberta’s fiscal challenges on COVID-19. While the COVID-induced recession has certainly ...

  6. Kenney government should learn from past deficit-reduction plans

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 12, 2020 The Government of Alberta is racking up debt—quickly. The province has accumulated $35 billion in new debt over the past half-decade and will run another $20 billion budget deficit this year. If the Kenney ...

  7. Kenney government must continue move towards balanced budget

    To make matters worse, Alberta recently received its third credit downgrade since December. ...

  8. Alberta careening towards fiscal disaster

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, March 11, 2020 Successive Alberta governments have mismanaged the province’s finances for decades. The recent oil price drop and stock market crash means Alberta’s finances, already in trouble, are now potentially careening ...

  9. Government debt-interest payments already hurting Albertans

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, February 5, 2020 Over the past decade, much has been made of the rapid deterioration of Alberta’s government finances—and with good reason. As recently as 2014/15, Alberta had no net debt at all, meaning the province’s ...

  10. Controlling government-sector salaries key to Kenney’s deficit-reduction plans

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 29, 2020 It’s almost budget season in Canada and the Kenney government is working on its next provincial budget. Alberta, once Canada’s poster boy for fiscal strength, has run budget deficits in 10 of the past 11 years ...