Fiscal Policy Trends: Who will pay the interest on Alberta’s public debt?

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s 10th Prime Minister, used to say “Today’s promises are tomorrow’s taxes”. A more up-to-date version would be “Today’s deficits are tomorrow’s taxes.” Alberta’s governments began running deficits in 2008-09 and the NDP government only plans to balance the prov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Philip Bazel, Daria Crisan, Bev Dahlby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2018-05-01
Series:The School of Public Policy Publications
Online Access:http://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Fiscal-Trends-AB-Public-Debt-Bazel-Crisan-Dahlby.pdf