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  1. Albertans endure abysmal wait times despite 191% health-care spending increase over 15 years

    Another budget, another round of growth in health-care spending in Alberta. The projected 3.2 per cent increase in health-care spending this year may sound reasonable at face-value since it’s generally in line with population growth and ...

  2. Alberta government rejecting prosperous polices of the Chretien era

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, March 15, 2017 On the eve of the Alberta budget and likely another deficit—the ninth in 10 years—it’s important to recognize that the province has been here before. After running steep deficits for much of the mid-1980s ...

  3. Budget season—Alberta and Ottawa must revert back to proven fiscal policies

    Budget season in Canada is now in full swing as governments unveil their tax and spending plans for the coming year and beyond. Two upcoming budgets deserve special attention: Alberta’s (March 16) and the federal government’s (March 22), ...

  4. Did the provincial government really slow down spending growth?

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, March 6, 2017 Alberta’s recent speech from the throne laid out the Notley government’s vision for the upcoming legislative session. In doing so, the government rightly noted that Alberta’s big deficits are partly the result ...

  5. Government’s spendthrift ways are burying Albertans in debt

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, February 24, 2017 Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci (pictured above) recently unveiled Alberta’s Third Quarter Fiscal and Economic Update. Many observers expected the deficit to be reduced somewhat due to increased oil ...

  6. Spending growth by successive Alberta governments primary reason for big deficit

    Albertans are well aware that their provincial government is set to run a budget deficit this year that may exceed $10 billion. Many may assume this is simply due to a decline in government revenue, driven by lower resource prices. But ...

  7. Despite big deficit, Alberta leads the country in spending growth

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, February 8, 2017 In a recent study, we showed that rapid spending growth by successive Alberta governments—and not depressed commodity prices—are the primary reason for Alberta’s big deficit. NDP Finance Minister Joe Ceci ...

  8. Spending increases continue to drive Alberta’s chronic deficits

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, January 27, 2017 Finance Minister Joe Ceci recently mused that Alberta’s deficit for 2016/17 may be lower than the eye-popping $10.8 billion projected in the Second Quarter Fiscal Update, due to higher than expected oil ...

  9. Alberta's Budget Deficit: Why Spending is to Blame, 2017

    Alberta is projected to run a deficit of $10.8 billion in 2016/17. This will be the province’s 8th deficit in nine years. The province is expected to return to a net debt position this year for the first time since 2000/2001. While the sharp ...

  10. Alberta turns away from economic freedom

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, December 14, 2016 Each year, the Fraser Institute publishes the “Economic Freedom of North America” report, which compares economic freedom in the provinces of Canada and states of the United States and Mexico. Historically, ...