(Canadian Press)

By Canadian Press

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Kenney announces provincial budget will come three days after election

Sep 23, 2019 | 10:53 AM

EDMONTON – Premier Jason Kenney says the Alberta budget is to be delivered in just over a month.

Kenney says it will be released Oct. 24 and include tough choices to get Alberta’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit back in balance.

He says he will follow through on promises not to reduce funding for health care and education.

The premier has already said the budget will follow the lead of a recent report from a government-appointed panel that urges a rethink of spending to prevent rising debt payments.

He says the budget will not be increasing taxes, because further hikes are not the answer when Alberta has the highest per capita public spending.

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