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 pr...
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University of Calgary
2018-05-01
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| Series: | The School of Public Policy Publications |
| Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/52822 |