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Alberta's current budget yo-yos from surplus to deficit back to $465M surplus

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Feb, 2015 10:34 AM

    EDMONTON — This year's Alberta budget has yo-yoed from a projected surplus to a deficit and back to a surplus.

    Finance Minister Robin Campbell has released third-quarter numbers that say the province is on track to record a $465-million surplus for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

    That's almost a $1-billion turnaround from last month, when Premier Jim Prentice announced there would be a $500-million deficit.

    The government says the change is due to higher-than-expected investment income and more money coming from the federal government to pay for flood relief.

    The surplus is still lower from the $1.1 billion that had been predicted when the budget was introduced last March.

    Since then, Alberta's treasury has been rocked by the plunge in oil prices from US$100 a barrel last summer to about US $50 a barrel now.

    The update predicts the government will spend about $41 billion this year and rack up $12 billion in debt for capital projects.

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