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Lorne Gunter: Alberta's budget problem is spending, not ‘headwinds’

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Alberta ’s budget is feeling the “intense strain” of a record number of newcomers to Alberta , plus “cross-border trade issues, volatile oil prices and pressure on our public services as more people move here to make Alberta their home.

But the problem isn’t “headwinds” but it’s overspending, says Fraser Institute .

Fraser Institute calculates that since the government implemented a spending-control program in the middle of 2022 , the UCP government has announced $31 billion in additional spending.

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