This year Alberta is projected to run a budget deficit of $10.9 billion.
alberta debt
August 23, 2016
2:38PM
Sustained program spending growth by successive governments is the primary reason for the big deficits.
August 10, 2016
3:16PM
The NDP government has unwittingly told would-be investors and entrepreneurs that their efforts and talents are better deployed elsewhere.
July 15, 2016
11:06AM
According to the annual report, the province’s operating deficit for the year was $6.4 billion—about $300 million more than projected by the Notley government.
July 12, 2016
12:42PM
Alberta's overall net financial assets deteriorated by $9.2 billion last year.
June 21, 2016
10:18AM
The Notley government is spinning like mad to distance itself from some painful numbers.
June 7, 2016
3:00AM
As oil royalties have fallen, Albertans have endured multiple tax hikes and a S&P downgrade.
May 26, 2016
8:02PM
The government has moved from a 10 per cent flat rate personal income tax to a progressive tax with steeper rates.
April 28, 2016
1:09PM
Alberta projects a budget deficit of $28.9 billion over the next three years.
April 28, 2016
9:00AM
Ontario’s cumulative deficit from 2009 to the end of last year was approximately $81.9 billion—50 per cent more than projected in 2009.