What’s Changed, By How Much, and What Remains to be Done: An Analysis of Alberta’s Budget finds that the Alberta government’s plan to eliminate the provincial deficit by reducing program spending by 1.6 per cent over the next four years is less aggressive—both by timeline and by the amount of spending reductions—than previous successful deficit-reduction plans by other governments across Canada, including in Alberta, Saskatchewan and at the federal level.
Climate change—to pay, or not to pay? (Appeared in the Edmonton Sun)by Kenneth P. Green The Ecofiscal Commission says carbon taxes must rise to $210 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions.
Alberta’s reform budget in perspective by Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, and Jason Clemens The budget includes a 1.6 per cent nominal spending reduction over four years.
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