Hard math, harder choices : Alberta's budget reality

Over that time, discussions with and presentations and papers by many people have contributed to my thinking; in particular, colleagues at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, members of the Institute of Public Economics, the School of Public Policy and the Parkland Institute. [...] The key questions addressed in the budgetary alternatives section of the report include: How do the revenues projected under the Notley government’s June revenue regime compare with the expenditures projected under the various spending scenarios? [...] The Prentice government acknowledged the full nature and extent of the problem, but events have left the unenviable task of finding a solution in the hands of the Notley government. [...] The third section explores a range of expenditure alternatives and the associated revenue implications, including those implied by the Prentice budget and those suggested by the NDP election platform and the actions of the Notley government to date. [...] The excesses of the year (i.e., an annual charge for capital the Klein cuts began to be reversed in 1997–98, and that began 12 years of used up in the provision of programs during the year).