Alberta’s Spending & Revenue Problem—Examining the Provincial Fiscal Model and How to Fix It

Alberta has a fiscal challenge. For years, our governments have spent too much and earned too little. Now, the debt is racking up. BCA’s Economists Mike Holden and Alicia Planincic join this episode, in advance of the release of BCA’s policy paper, Towards a Fiscally Sustainable Alberta, to talk about Alberta’s approach to public finance, why our current model is unsustainable, and what we can do to start to solve this challenge.