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  1. Alberta’s budget at a glance

    Today’s Alberta budget represents a marked departure from recent fiscal policy in the province. Alberta governments of various stripes have run nearly uninterrupted deficits since 2008/09, and the province has gone from having $35 billion ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Alberta budget should target personal income taxes

    The Kenney government, which tables its first budget next week, inherited a fiscal mess in Alberta largely caused by spending increases by successive governments of varying party stripes. As a result, the government’s prospective plans to ...

  4. Kenney shouldn’t dither—upcoming budget should be bullish on deficit, taxes

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, October 15, 2019 After a panel led by Janice MacKinnon, former Saskatchewan finance minister, released its “Blue Ribbon” report on Alberta’s finances last month, many observers thought Alberta was finally getting serious ...

  5. Spending cuts—not tax hikes—to balance Alberta’s budget

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, October 8, 2019 As the Kenney government’s first budget approaches, some pundits and analysts are calling for higher taxes to help shrink the Alberta’s deficit. These calls are ill-advised. Instead of hiking taxes, the ...

  6. ‘Blue Ribbon’ recommendations can help repair Alberta’s finances

    Earlier today, the Government of Alberta released the recommendations of its “Blue Ribbon Panel” on Alberta’s finances. The report provides a thorough overview of the challenges Alberta’s government faces related to deficits and debt ...

  7. Alberta’s government finances require swift reform, reduction in spending

    Soon the “Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances,” tasked with developing a plan to eliminate Alberta’s sizeable budget deficit and restore the province to fiscal sustainability, will deliver its long-awaited report. When considering ...

  8. Spending Beyond Our Means: Addressing the Root Cause of Alberta’s Deficit

    In May of 2019, Alberta’s newly elected United Conservative Party created the Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances. The panel’s mandate was to develop recommendations to achieve a balanced operating budget without tax increases by 2022/23. This ...

  9. Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States: 2019 Edition

    Labour markets are the mechanism through which we allocate one of our most valuable and productive resources: human work, effort, creativity, and ingenuity. Labour markets match human skills, supplied by individuals seeking to earn a living, with the ...

  10. Alberta’s blue-ribbon panel should recommend spending reform

    Premier Jason Kenney’s newly-elected government in Alberta recently commissioned a blue-ribbon panel, chaired by former Saskatchewan finance minister Janice MacKinnon, aimed at addressing Alberta’s fiscal woes. This year, the government ...