Blog entries tagged with Alberta+budget+2011
Blog Entries | February 24, 2011
Health care has not been protected
posted by Diana Gibson
In today's budget it is expected again that the Tories will claim to be protecting health care spending but exercising fiscal austerity in other pieces of the budget. What the Tory government missed this year and last is that health care spending is not defined by what is spent on acute care.
Tagged with: Alberta budget 2011 | economics | health care
Blog Entries | February 23, 2011
Cutting infrastructure spending the wrong way to go
posted by Diana Gibson
Current Tory critics and leadership hopefuls including the Wildrose party have focused the 2011 budget debate on infrastructure spending - saying it is 'out of control.' Parkland's new research, released today shows clearly that infrastructure spending is not out of control...
Tagged with: Alberta budget 2011 | Danielle Smith | economics | infrastructure | Wildrose Alliance
Blog Entries | February 06, 2011
What budgets actually mean
posted by Trevor Harrison
On February 24, Alberta’s beleaguered Tory government will bring down its budget. In anticipation, much of the province’s pro-business/private sector establishment has given the government advice on “holding the line” or perhaps even making cuts to expenditures.
Tagged with: Alberta budget 2011 | Danielle Smith | economics | spending cuts | Wildrose Alliance
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