OPINION: Alberta's dismal financial update sets us on path to a 'fiscal reckoning'

August 28th, 2020 - Alberta Budget, Alberta Politics

OPINION: Alberta’s dismal financial update sets us on path to a ‘fiscal reckoning’

Ok, now what?

We know the Alberta government is in a fiscal mess. But we don’t know what this means for Albertans.

Thanks to the fiscal update from Finance Minister Travis Toews on Thursday, we learned the Alberta government will run a $24.2 billion deficit this year, bringing the total provincial debt to $99.6 billion.

About Graham

Graham Thomson is an Edmonton-based political commentator.

He is best known as a writer for the Edmonton Journal where he spent 25 years, almost all of them helping readers make sense of Alberta politics. Graham quit The Journal in September of 2018. But he did not quit the news media.

He is still writing about politics, still analyzing, still opining, still thanking politicians for providing so much humour.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Graham has two daughters, two sons-in-law, three grandchildren, and one Wheaten Terrier.