Budgetary Budgets of the Alberta Budget

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Alright, Edmonton, you know the drill. When it’s provincial budget storytime we go all out. Prepare for budget!

So, the long-governing Conservative party tabled its latest budget Thursday (do you think they got bored of this annual stuff some time in the mid to late 80s?). It’s a deficit budget, which means the Alberta government is spending more than it’s taking in. But, thanks to the last few billion dollars of savings, there won’t be a debt for a couple more years. If there’s not another boom by 2013…well, let’s just not think about that.

Alberta remains a glorious land of low taxes. But your user fees are going up, up, up!

Healthcare still eats up the largest portion of the budget. Education is next, with the second-largest piece of the budget pie chart, and while there’s an increase to education spending, it’s mostly to cover teacher salaries. Post-secondary schools may also start feeling the pinch.

Some environmental initiatives appear to be going nowhere, or stalling. That may end up including money hoped to help Edmonton build its new LRT lines.

Oh, and the opposition parties aren’t too impressed with the budget. Like that’s even news.

Hey, lookie here, I found stories in Edmonton that were not Alberta Budget 2011 related. (more…)

Feb 25, 2011 | Categories: NEWS | Tags: alberta budget, city of edmonton, consultants, deficit, downtown arena, edmonton, february 25, headlines, healthcare, lrt, mary burlie park, northlands, reports, ticket tax, user fees, westmount shopping centre | 4 Comments »