The NDP’s final budget added $6.7 billion to the province’s accumulated debt and it increased spending on services. The UCP has slashed spending almost across the board – readily available to read on the government’s own website – and the deficit is $8.7 billion.
Barnes spent four years harpooning the NDP for every cent it spent in deficit. Never once did he suggest that even a little debt was necessary. Now he says he doesn’t want to “add hardship to Albertans.” Six months and one budget into his party’s first term, we have less money, fewer services, more debt and a Job Creation Tax Cut that hasn’t, won’t and can’t create jobs.
What’s his definition of hardship, exactly?
Opinion: Did you know the deficit went up by $2 billion?
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