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Budget 2014 - The Building Alberta Plan - presentation by Doug Horner, President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance - March 6, 2014. You may also download this presentation as PowerPoint or PDF at this address: http://finance.alberta.ca/publications/budget/budget2014/index.html#presentation
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Budget 2014 March 6, 2014
Fully balanced budget
Operational surplus
$2.6 B
Operational revenue
$43.0 B (up 5.4% from 2013-14)
Operational expense
$40.4 B (up 3.7% from 2013-14; excludes disaster/emergency assistance)
Change in net assets (consolidated surplus)
$1.1 B increase
Economic strength
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Year
-ove
r-ye
ar %
cha
nge
AlbertaCanadaUSA
5.2
3.8 3.3
3.7
Economic strength
Unemployment rate, 2013
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Canadianaverage
Alberta 4.6 %
7.1 %
Oil price differential
50
60
70
80
90
100
110$
WTI WCS
$15
$33 $10 $37
2013 Flood
$1.1 B in provincial support over next 3 years • $222 M operational expense • $859 M on capital
Money to help people and businesses for reconstruction and mitigation
Booming population
Priority spending
Investing in families and communities
2014/15: $1 B increase to core programs • New operating funding for:
• Health • K-12 schools • Post-secondary education • Human services
Comparing expense growth to population plus inflation growth
Building Alberta
Increasing net assets
Building Alberta
Estimated Assets and Liabilities, March 31, 2015
Alberta is the only province in Canada with net assets ($45 B)
The 4 rules of borrowing
Limited to 3.0% of operational revenue
Must have a clear repayment plan
Must protect Alberta’s AAA credit rating
Borrowing only for the capital plan
A plan for debt repayment
Annual amounts set aside for debt repayment
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
13/1
4
15/1
6
17/1
8
19/2
0
21/2
2
23/2
4
25/2
6
27/2
8
29/3
0
31/3
2
33/3
4
35/3
6
37/3
8
39/4
0
41/4
2
43/4
4
45/4
6
47/4
8
($m
illio
ns)
Future asset position
By 2017, Alberta will have $49B of net assets • $61B in financial assets • $34B in capital assets • $22B of capital debt (thru P3s and direct borrowing)
• After a 30-year amortization the debt will be paid off
Net debt to GDP
Investing in our future
Total Savings Plan expected to reach $26B by 2016-17
Savings Management Act
Investing in our future
$1 B (by 2015-16)
$200 M (2014-15)
$2 B (by 2023-24)
$200 M (2014-15)
Budget 2014 www.budget.alberta.ca
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