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Alberta’s resource-fuelled budget surplus masks long-standing spending problem

In 2017, the province's per-person spending reached its highest level since 1965.


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Mounting government debt threatens Alberta’s fiscal status among provinces

The province's net government debt will climb to approximately $55 billion this year.


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Spending reductions in the 1990s dwarf Kenney’s budget plans

Premier Ralph Klein’s government reduced program spending by 21.6 per cent over three years.


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Alberta’s reform budget in perspective

The budget includes a 1.6 per cent nominal spending reduction over four years.


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Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has warned Albertans that the current fiscal year’s projected surplus has turned into at least a $500 million deficit and that next year’s budget will sink deeper into red-ink territory.