3 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled a $5.2 billion deficit budget. Budget includes a personal income tax cut (previously promised). A $4 billion-dollar contingency fund is included to protect against tariffs from the US and natural disasters, such...
By Deron Bilous, Senior Vice President, former Alberta Minister of Economic Development and Trade The threat of tariffs from Canada’s largest trading partner has lit a fire under Canada to rethink our national economy. Provinces need to seize this opportunity while...
Premier Danielle Smith’s government has announced a vision to shore up the province’s finances long-term by growing the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund to $250 billion by 2050. This follows a campaign commitment and signals a shift toward a long-term economic...
Nate Horner’s first fiscal blueprint sticks to Premier’s message: balanced budgets take precedence over tax cuts Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner delivered his first-ever budget today. It is also the first fiscal blueprint released since Danielle Smith was...
On March 7, 2023 the Stefanson government announced Manitoba’s pre-election Budget, titled Historic Help for Manitobans. The budget included nearly $2 billion in new funding, and projected a $363 million deficit. This is the first budget since the PCs took office in...
