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8:57AM
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Kenney government’s upcoming budget should avoid past mistakes

Alberta's government finances deteriorated by roughly $97 billion over 15 years.


9:04AM
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Kenney government faces stark fiscal choice in upcoming budget

The Alberta government has not contributed any resource revenue to the Heritage Fund since 1986/87.


10:49AM
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Alberta and Saskatchewan need new rules to save revenue
Saskatchewan’s resource revenue will be roughly $360 million higher than initially projected in 2021/22.

11:39AM
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Saskatchewan should establish new strict rules to save resource revenue

The province's massive budget deficit continues a trend that started well before the pandemic.


1:09PM
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Albertans can’t bet on another ride on the resource revenue roller-coaster

Non-renewable resource revenue accounted for up to 27 per cent of total provincial government revenue.


9:15AM
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Kenney buys another ticket for the resource roller-coaster
From 2014 to 2015, Alberta’s non-renewable resource revenue collapsed from $8.9 billion to $2.8 billion.

8:47AM
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The budget projects Alberta’s operating deficit this year will be $8.8 billion.


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With tumbling oil prices and resource revenues, Premier Jim Prentice had a choice when he delivered Alberta’s 2015 budget. He could emulate former premier Don Getty and raise taxes or follow the Ralph Klein playbook and reduce spending.