The Fraser Institute • Troy Media

Alberta’s 2017 budget a bad case of déjà vu

Posted by Ben Eisen | Mar 26, 2017

Deciding to push ahead with further spending increases and hope for revenues to fill the budget gap represents a failure to learn from the past

Posted by Niels Veldhuis | Mar 24, 2017

While the budget is entitled “Building a Stronger Middle Class”, the government’s own projections prove the opposite is actually occurring

Posted by Charles Lammam | Mar 23, 2017

Instead of a wait-and-see budget, the government could have been proactive and taken steps to carve out a clear economic agenda

Posted by Ben Eisen | Mar 23, 2017

Approach reminiscent of the failed deficit-reduction strategies of Alberta governments throughout the 1970s and 1980s

Posted by Charles Lammam | Mar 22, 2017

A rate hike will lighten the wallets of many middle-income Canadians who realize a large one-time capital gain