Five things to know about the 2018 Alberta budget

Summary:
On March 22, the NDP government of Rachel Notley tabled the 2018 Alberta budget. I’ve written a blog post discussing some of the major ‘take aways’ from the standpoint of Calgary’s homeless-serving sector (where I work). Points made in the blog post include the following:  this was very much a status quo budget; Alberta remains the lowest-taxed province in Canada (and still the only province without a sales tax); Alberta still has (by far) the lowest net debt-to-GDP ratio of any province; and it’s been six years since social assistance recipients in the province have seen an adjustment in their benefit levels (to reflect inflation, for example). The full blog post can be read at this link. Enjoy and share:

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Nick Falvo considers the following as important: Alberta, budgets, Debt, deficits, fiscal policy, homeless, housing, HST, income, income support, inequality, NDP, Poverty, social policy, taxation

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