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1. A Spending Framework for Alberta: Balancing the Need for Deficit Elimination and Tax Reform

   This paper calculates the extent of spending reductions that Alberta would need to make over the next three years to eliminate the province’s budget deficit by fiscal year 2021/22 while also creating the necessary fiscal room for pro-growth tax relief. ...

2. Notley government doubles-down on the resource rollercoaster

   Alberta’s Finance Minister Joe Ceci recently delivered the provincial government’s Third Quarter Fiscal Update and Economic Statement. There was a sliver of good news, as the projected deficit for this year was reduced, reflecting higher ...

3. Premier Notley's 'clear path' to budget balance is anything but clear

   Alberta is piling up debt at a historically rapid pace. ...

4. Quarterly update highlights danger of riding rickety revenue rollercoaster

   The Notley government’s failure to restrain spending is quickly growing Alberta’s debt burden. ...

5. Alberta racking up debt much faster than Ontario did

   Recently, several high-profile exchanges on social media and news stories have compared the economic pain in Alberta to what was experienced in Ontario during and after the 2008/09 financial crisis.  We won’t get into addressing the ...

6. Another Alberta fiscal update, another increase in spending

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, September 13, 2018 Last Friday, heading into the long weekend, the Notley government published its First Quarter Fiscal Update, which projected a smaller-than-expected budget deficit. At $7.8 billion, though, the shortfall is ...

7. Debt-servicing costs—Alberta catching up to other provinces

   Until recently, Albertans paid very little to service provincial debt. This represented a significant fiscal advantage over every other province that had to spend substantial amounts of money each year paying interest on their debt.  ...

8. Alberta auditor general spotlights the resource rollercoaster

   Alberta’s auditor general recently produced a report that highlighted risks to Alberta’s long-term fiscal sustainability. The report highlights a number of problems with Alberta’s approach to fiscal policy in recent years, including the ...

9. Interest on Alberta government debt is skyrocketing

   Appeared in the Whitehorse Daily Star, June 11, 2018 When people think of the long lost “Alberta Advantage,” they often think first about the province’s tax advantage over other provinces, specifically, the 10 per cent single rate personal and corporate ...

10. Four reasons why Alberta’s vague balance budget plan may fall short

    Last month, when Finance Minister Joe Ceci unveiled Alberta’s 2018 budget, despite weeks stoking expectations of a detailed plan to eliminate the province’s budget deficit, he instead delivered a risky plan almost entirely reliant on ...