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Originally Posted by chemgear

Has the NDP released a budget yet?

Nope.

The NDP government's third-quarter fiscal update, released Wednesday, contains a strong indication that Albertans will not see a budget prior to the spring election.

It includes an update on the government's "path to balance" by 2023-24, a feature never before included in a quarterly update.

"I am preparing a budget. It's the premier's decision when the writ is dropped," he said. "But there will be a Budget 2019."

Ceci said he directed his officials to include the path-to-balance update in the quarterly update. He rejected a suggestion the document was political.

"I thought it was important to remind Albertans that we are on a path to balance," he said. "There has been a great deal of volatility in this province. So I wanted to remind Albertans that we are on that path without harming programs and services that they rely on."

UCP finance critic Drew Barnes said this is the fourth time Ceci has moved the balance date.

"I'm afraid his promise of a path to balance is not worth the paper it's written on," Barnes said Wednesday.

"The NDP's promises couldn't be further from the truth. This is a spend-heavy NDP government that is endangering the future of Alberta, our economy and our next generation."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...2019-1.5035599