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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith promoting budget's income tax cut
A day after her government released its budget, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has hit the road to sell its perks.
Income taxes down, property taxes up — especially in Calgary: How Alberta Budget 2025 affects you
Province's new budget means nearly all Albertans will pay less in income taxes, while home and business owners — especially those in Calgary — will pay more in provincial property taxes. The province also expects to take in more money from several other new taxes and fees.
Alberta economy back in the red with $5.2B deficit budget
The red ink is mainly driven by an expected drop in oil prices, looming U.S. tariffs and a promised tax break for Albertans: minister
From boom to bust: Alberta back deep in the red with $5.2B deficit budget
It’s the first deficit under United Conservative Party Premier Danielle Smith and the first since the COVID-19-era budget of 2020.
Alberta Budget predicts Trump will soften on tariffs
Budget is planning for the impacts of U.S. tariffs to be far-reaching and to slow overall economic growth. But the economic outlook incorporated in the budget assumes tariffs
Alberta projects C$5.2-billion budget deficit if Trump tariffs proceed
Canada's oil-producing province of Alberta on Thursday forecast a budget deficit of C$5.2 billion ($3.5 billion) for the 2025/26 fiscal year if U.S. tariffs are implemented and decrease government revenues and slow economic growth.
Alberta's $5.2B budget deficit could jump to $8.7B under worst-case tariff scenario
Alberta is forecasting it will end the next fiscal year with a $5.2 billion deficit but that could soar to $8.7 billion under a worst-case tariff scenario outlined in Thursday’s provincial budget.
'Difficult decision': Alberta Budget 2025 delivers $1.2 billion tax cut but also $5.2 billion deficit
Alberta’s books are set to turn red, according to Thursday’s budget, as the province readies to reckon with three-straight years of projected fiscal shortfalls brought on by tariff-based uncertainty,
Alberta tables budget projecting $5.2-billion deficit as it tries to estimate toll of possible U.S. tariffs
Alberta is bracing for a trade war with the United States that, when coupled with sagging energy prices, will usher in years ...
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Critics say Alberta government’s budget falls short on health-care, education spending
Alberta's 2025-26 budget, tabled Thursday by Finance Minister Nate Horner, pledges just under $10 billion for K-12 education operating costs.
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Alberta Budget 2025: Education funding to see a 4.5% increase, hike in education property tax
According to officials, the EPT, which was frozen in the 2024-2025 budget year at 28.5 per cent, will now increase to 31.6 ...
What's in it for Calgary? Alberta government drops new budget
New funding for some major projects in Calgary was announced on Thursday as Alberta’s UCP government released its 2025 budget ...
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Alberta Budget 2025: Province ups contingency to deal with potential impacts of U.S. tariffs on farmers, ranchers
The Alberta government, wary of how U.S. tariffs could affect the province’s crop and cattle producers, doubled a rainy-day ...
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Lorne Gunter: Alberta budget not bad, but it's not great, either
In the run-up to the budget, one clever wag said, “Don’t spend it all in one place,” a snide reference to what he perceived ...