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Alberta’s spending in the 2012-13 provincial budget is $41.1 billion — that’s $10,683 per person. Compared to the three other biggest provinces, we spend the most.
B.C. is slated to spend $9,530 per capita this year, followed by Ontario at $9,382, and finally Quebec with government budgeted expenditures of only $8,828 per capita. Alberta’s 2012-13 spending is budgeted to be a full $1,000 per person higher than the average of the four largest provinces, and $1,800 more per capita than government expenditures in Quebec.
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Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/He...#ixzz2NQYYBtVQ
As you can see, Alberta's per capita spending is roughly 10% higher than other provinces, which is exactly what we would expect with 20% higher labour costs (and labour costs that take up roughly 50% of provincial government spending.)
So you tell me, Danielle Smith: does Alberta primarily have a revenue problem or a spending problem?
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