alberta government debt
The province's debt interest costs will reach a forecasted $2.7 billion this year.
The province's revenue will likely be even higher than forecast in Budget 2022.
Higher resource revenue accounts for nearly 80 percent of the $11.5 billion improvement in the province's budgetary balance in 2022/23.
A boost in projected revenues this year have reduced the expected deficit for 2021/22, but this will only provide a small amount of relief.
The province's net debt will reach a projected $102.1 billion by 2023/24.
According to budget forecasts, debt interest payments will reach $3.3 billion by 2023/24.
As a share of the provincial economy, Alberta's recent deficits are larger than those incurred in the early ’90s.
Both B.C. and Saskatchewan now carry less per-person provincial government debt than Alberta.