According to the PBO, Alberta must reduce spending by 3.1 per cent of GDP to restore fiscal sustainability.
alberta government finances
July 14, 2021
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June 30, 2021
3:49PM
Between 2008/09 and 2019/20, the province's net debt increased by $71.8 billion.
June 25, 2021
12:57PM
Provincial program spending increased from $8,012 in 1999/00 to $10,618 by 2006/07.
March 11, 2021
9:55AM
The provincial government ran deficits in 12 of the past 13 years.
March 4, 2021
8:17AM
Of the Alberta government's $54.3 billion in total spending, 50 per cent was on wages and benefits for government workers.
February 25, 2021
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As a share of the provincial economy, Alberta's recent deficits are larger than those incurred in the early ’90s.
February 9, 2021
8:16AM
Alberta government program spending will reach a projected $13,644 per person in 2020/21.
January 6, 2021
10:38AM
In the 1990s, Premier Ralph Klein’s government reduced program spending by 21.6 per cent.
December 2, 2020
10:52AM
Alberta's net government debt will reach a projected $90.1 billion by 2022/23.