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Fiscal Policy Trends: Commentary for the Provincial Budget March 22, 2018

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  • Bev Dahlby

    (University of Calgary)

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Since the Notley government was elected in May 2015, total government expense has increased 14.3 per cent, well in excess of the growth of population and inflation - 8.9 per cent. Capital spending and grants have increased by a whopping 40 per cent, all of it financed by selling off financial assets and issuing new debt. Total debt servicing costs have increased from $776 million to $1.355 billion, an increase of $579 million - larger than the increase in the education budget and second only to the increase in the health care expense.

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  • Bev Dahlby, 2018. "Fiscal Policy Trends: Commentary for the Provincial Budget March 22, 2018," SPP Communique, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 10(PT16), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:clh:commun:v:10:y:2018:i:pt16
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