The first two years of the Notley government have been marked by spending and tax increases.
alberta government debt
March 15, 2017
4:04PM
Over three budgets, provincial program spending in Alberta was reduced by 21.6 per cent.
March 6, 2017
10:30AM
Alberta’s recent speech from the throne laid out the Notley government’s vision for the upcoming legislative session.
January 4, 2016
1:59PM
The provincial government introduced numerous tax increases, essentially ending Alberta’s tax advantage relative to key competing jurisdictions.
October 26, 2015
3:04PM
On Tuesday, the Alberta government will release a budget with a projected deficit of at least $5.9 billion this year, the seventh deficit in eight years. And just the other day, the government announced the budget won’t be balanced until 2019/20.
June 22, 2015
12:00PM
Rachel Notley’s New Democratic government faces severe fiscal challenges it did not create, but it has an opportunity to solve them. Will her NDP government clean up the fiscal mess left behind by its Progressive Conservative predecessor?