Who was Barbara Mitchell?
  1. Search
  2. alberta government spending
  3. Site

Search

Search results

  1. Another rating agency tells Alberta to take ‘corrective fiscal action’

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 22, 2016 Moody’s Investors Service has changed Alberta’s credit rating outlook to negative. While it has left the province’s Aaa credit rating intact—for now—the agency warned that the rating faces “downward pressure ...

  2. Alberta wage freeze good first step in getting province’s finances back on track

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, January 19, 2016 Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci recently announced a wage freeze for public-sector managers and non-unionized public employees. The freeze will maintain 2015 salary levels for 7,000 employees until “at ...

  3. Alberta’s credit downgrade a wakeup call to change course

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, December 26, 2015 Last week, Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci was handed some disappointing news in advance of the holidays. Standard and Poor’s, a prominent government credit rating agency, downgraded Alberta’s rating, ...

  4. Provinces now the biggest spenders in Canada

    The last 20 years have seen a remarkable shift in the balance of spending between Ottawa and the provinces.   While Ottawa has reined in its spending, the provinces have soared to new heights. According to data available in the Federal ...

  5. Oil prices aren’t to blame; Alberta’s budget misdiagnoses the problem

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, November 2, 2015 If the first step towards remedying a problem is admitting that you have one, Alberta is a long way away from fixing its budget woes. Indeed, Finance Minister Joe Ceci took every opportunity in his recent ...

  6. Don’t blame oil prices for Alberta’s deficit

    Appeared in the Financial Post, October 21, 2015 Alberta’s budget, to be unveiled on Oct. 27, will contain the province’s seventh deficit in the last eight years, most recently projected at $5.9 billion. A popular narrative blames declining oil prices for ...

  7. Alberta would be in surplus, not deficit, had the government restrained spending

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail October 13, 2015 When Finance Minister Joe Ceci unveils Alberta’s budget on Oct. 27, Albertans can expect a sizeable deficit. In fact, the government’s latest data suggest a $5.9 billion deficit, but Minister Ceci has ...

  8. Alberta's Budget Deficit: Why Spending Is to Blame

    Alberta is headed toward its seventh deficit in eight years and the province is at risk of returning to a net debt position as early as next year. A popular narrative holds that the recent fall in oil prices is responsible for the deterioration of Alberta ...

  9. Notley government must change course to avoid more red ink

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald The Notley government in Alberta took office facing severe fiscal challenges.  Unfortunately, this week’s fiscal update from Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci shows that the new government’s early actions have made a bad ...

  10. Rachel Notley is Bob Rae 2.0

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun There are many parallels between Alberta’s first NDP premier, Rachel Notley, and Ontario’s only NDP premier, Bob Rae. Some similarities, like the fact neither was expected to even contest the election let alone form a majority ...