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Alberta: where to find the budget

Alberta's Treasury Board and Finance publishes the province's budget each February, along with a three-year Fiscal Plan. After the fiscal year closes on 31 March, the government publishes an annual report with audited financial statements. Alberta also issues a fiscal update and economic statement during the year. Here is where each one lives, and what it tells you.

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The plan: the Alberta budget

A budget is a statement of intent. It sets out what the province expects to raise, spend and borrow over the next three years. It is not a record of what happened.

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The record: what was actually spent

The budget is a promise; the annual report is the receipt. In Alberta, the Public Accounts are made up of the government's annual report and the annual reports of each ministry.

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Between budgets

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The independent check

Alberta has no legislative budget officer. The Auditor General is the office that examines provincial finances without reporting to the government of the day.

Finding the documents is step one.

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