EDMONTON – Albertans finally found out Thursday when they’ll hear the 2015 provincial budget. The Prentice government will release the budget on March 26.
Premier Jim Prentice has been very vocal about the challenges facing the province, saying it’s looking at a $7-billion shortfall.
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“For the last several months I have toured the province extensively,” said finance minister Robin Campbell, “meeting personally with thousands of Albertans at speaking engagements and direct meetings to seek their ideas for how government should address the serious drop in revenue.”
Thursday, Prentice was already under fire for comments he made about all Albertans being responsible for getting the province into a financial mess and everyone having to help clean it up.
“In terms of who is responsible we all need only look in the mirror,” said Prentice, while speaking with a radio station on Wednesday.
“Collectively, we got into this as Albertans and collectively we’re going to get out of it, and everybody is going to have to shoulder some share of the responsibility.”
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Thursday afternoon, through a news release, the province announced the budget day.
“On March 26, Albertans will see how Budget 2015 will protect vulnerable and working families while controlling our spending and laying out a long-term 10-year plan for transitioning our finances away from the roller-coaster of energy prices,” said Campbell.
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