2026 Alberta Budget: A deficit driven by population aging, not just population growth

Andrea Long

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February 27, 2026

Premier Danielle Smith largely attributes Alberta's record $9-billion deficit to population growth. She's right to focus on demographics, but by concentrating on a population headcount rather than population aging, she...

Alberta, Budget Analyses, Budgets

Alberta’s Age Gap in Government Spending Lies at the Heart of the Teachers Strike

Paul Kershaw

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October 16, 2025

Addressing the concerns of teachers, parents, and students now on display in the strike is a critical first step toward dismantling the structural ageism that has become routine in Alberta’s...

Alberta, Budgets

Analysis of the 2025 Alberta Budget

Generation Squeeze

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February 28, 2025

Alberta's Budget is ageist

Budget Analyses, Budgets, Alberta

Recommendations for the 2025 Alberta Budget

Generation Squeeze

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February 04, 2025

Join us in calling on the Alberta government to make the wellbeing of all ages a priority in the 2025 Budget. Our budget number-crunching will make sure you have all...

Alberta, Budgets, Budget Analyses

Analysis of the 2024 Alberta Budget

Paul Kershaw

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March 07, 2024

Alberta’s 2024 budget ramps up funding for a medical care system that already spent more per person than in B.C. and Ontario, while achieving poorer health outcomes.

Budgets, Budget Analyses, Alberta

Recommendations for the 2024 Alberta Budget

Generation Squeeze

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January 02, 2024

In a nutshell, we want Alberta's next budget to: Put generational fairness at the centre of policy and budget decisions by creating a Generational Fairness Task Force. Organize housing policy...Read More

Alberta, Budgets, Budget Analyses