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Red ink, tax cuts, debt payments: Highlights of Albertas 2025 budget [Video]

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The province tabled its 2025 Alberta budget on Thursday.

Here are some of the highlights:

  • $5.2-billion deficit with deficits in following two years
  • Taxpayer-supported debt to reach $93 billion
  • Debt-servicing costs at $3 billion
  • Overall spending up to more than $79 billion with more money for contingencies, tariffs and disasters
  • Kindergarten to Grade 12 school spending up to almost $10 billion
  • Education property taxes rising over six per cent for home and business property owners
  • $26 billion for capital projects including schools, hospitals and other health-care facilities, and highways.
  • $1 billion for personal income tax cuts.
  • $106 million over three years for downtown Edmonton revitalization near Edmonton Oilers arena
  • Personal income tax revenue to fall to $15 billion, corporate tax revenue down to $7 billion
  • Population growth moderate but still rising at 2.5 per cent

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