Reforms in the 1990s led to a marked decline in welfare dependency and reduced spending on social assistance.
alberta revenues
August 19, 2021
9:50AM
If Alberta had followed Alaska’s model, Albertans could have received $101.5 billion in dividends.
June 19, 2020
9:41AM
Alberta became eligible for stabilization payments in 2015/16 and 2016/2017.
March 12, 2018
10:56AM
The Notley government recently released its third quarter fiscal update.
October 5, 2017
11:37AM
Jason Kenney, leadership candidate for Alberta’s United Conservative Party, called for reform to Canada’s equalization program.
July 21, 2017
8:56AM
Economic recovery in Alberta is crucial not just for Albertans, but for Canada’s public finances.
July 17, 2017
11:40AM
Over 10 years, approximately 270,000 more people moved to Alberta from the rest of the country than moved from Alberta to somewhere else in Canada.
December 1, 2014
9:00AM
Forty-one billion dollars. That’s the extra amount, over and above what was needed to keep pace with population growth and inflation between 2006 and 2013, this to fund Alberta government program spending in those years.