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  1. Alberta deficit likely far worse than expected

    The Kenney government recently released its second budget since taking office. At the time of the budget’s publication, the government hoped to continue its gradual path back to budget balance by 2022/23. Unfortunately, the dual shock of ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. At this rate, Alberta’s debt could look like Ontario’s in a decade

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, February 4, 2020 Alberta has a reputation for being a low-debt jurisdiction. In fact, heading into the 2008-09 financial crisis, the province had amassed $35 billion in net financial assets. In other words, unlike every ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Painful decade for Alberta finances finally over

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, January 7, 2020 As we begin the 2020s, let’s hope it’s a better decade for Alberta government finances, which took a beating over the last 10 years. Here’s a quick recap. The province entered the decade in an enviable ...

  7. What’s Changed, By How Much, and What Remains to be Done: An Analysis of Alberta’s Budget

    Since 2008/09, Alberta has run a nearly uninterrupted string of budget deficits. This bulletin analyzes the recently tabled 2019 Alberta budget to assess the extent to which it represents a change of course from the policy approach that has ...

  8. Premier Ford should look west for deficit-reduction strategy

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 30, 2019 Last week, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s government tabled its first budget, which was also likely Alberta’s most consequential budget in 25 years. Indeed, with its first budget, the Kenney government promised ...

  9. Alberta’s era of fiscal complacency is over

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, October 24, 2019 On Thursday, the United Conservative Party led by Premier Jason Kenney delivered its first budget. On the campaign trail, UCP members regularly stressed the need to tackle Alberta’s deficit, which is ...

  10. Balance Alberta’s budget sooner—limit growth of debt interest costs

    The Government of Alberta has run nearly uninterrupted deficits since 2008/09, through good economic times and bad. These deficits have taken a serious toll on Alberta’s once strong public finances. Before this string of deficits, the ...