Alberta will become a net debtor province this year for the first time since 1999/00.
alberta budget
April 13, 2016
10:00AM
Ontario has seen its net debt increase by $126.5 billion since 2008/09.
April 7, 2016
9:20AM
The projected deficit is $10.4 billion, up from $6.3 billion last year.
March 31, 2016
2:21PM
Alberta’s debt could balloon to $36.1 billion by 2019/20—46 per cent more than currently expected.
February 25, 2016
11:21AM
Provincial program spending between 2004/05 and 2014/15 increased by nearly 100 per cent.
December 29, 2015
2:04PM
The real culprit for Alberta’s fiscal problems—and ultimately the recent credit downgrade—is several years of rapid spending growth by successive governments.
November 3, 2015
2:48PM
If the first step towards remedying a problem is admitting that you have one, Alberta is a long way away from fixing its budget woes.
October 29, 2015
1:28PM
Forecasting oil prices is fraught with difficulty, so it's imperative that the government use the most reliable and up-to-date estimates available.
October 29, 2015
8:19AM
While the headlines on Alberta’s recent budget focused on the planned $6.1 billion deficit this year, the reality is that the true deficit will be even larger.