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Just a few days after delivering last year’s budget, Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews declared “it felt like Rome was burning” as he rolled out the new financial plan.
Twelve months later, the blaze still isn’t out from an unprecedented pandemic and recession.
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Varcoe: Rome is still burning for finance minister as he plans budget with more spending Back to video
Another budget is coming Thursday and more firefighting water — in the form of additional spending — will be needed, pushing Alberta’s debt levels higher.