Alberta’s Fiscal Crisis Is Self-Inflicted
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:55 pmAlberta’s Fiscal Crisis Is Self-Inflicted
The petrostate’s fortunes ride on the oil price roller-coaster. That could derail the UCP.
Andrew Nikiforuk - The Tyee - January 19, 2026
EXCERPT: "Danielle Smith has two big, oily problems.
The first is a $9-billion deficit with projections of multibillion-dollar deficits for the next two years in a row. All are the result of bad policy choices made by Premier Smith and her government.
The second is something she never imagined.
Her fellow sower of revolutionary chaos, Donald Trump, has declared that he wants to push oil prices down to the $50-a-barrel range to lower transportation and food prices for his restive subjects. . . . . "
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The petrostate’s fortunes ride on the oil price roller-coaster. That could derail the UCP.
Andrew Nikiforuk - The Tyee - January 19, 2026
EXCERPT: "Danielle Smith has two big, oily problems.
The first is a $9-billion deficit with projections of multibillion-dollar deficits for the next two years in a row. All are the result of bad policy choices made by Premier Smith and her government.
The second is something she never imagined.
Her fellow sower of revolutionary chaos, Donald Trump, has declared that he wants to push oil prices down to the $50-a-barrel range to lower transportation and food prices for his restive subjects. . . . . "
[ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/01/19/ ... dium=email ]