| 20.02.2009 - Alberta set to report $1bln deficit |
| From Montrealgazette.com: After racking up fat budget surpluses for 15 straight years, the Alberta government is poised to announce its first annual budget deficit since 1993, one year after former premier Ralph Klein began his 14-year reign. In an exclusive interview Wednesday with the Edmonton Journal, Alberta Finance Minister Iris Evans said the province is currently on track to report a 2008-09 budget deficit of more than $1 billion...... Full Article: Source |