The $442 Billion Headline: What Alberta’s Debt Numbers Actually Say

The $442 Billion Headline: What Alberta’s Debt Numbers Actually Say

Since the School of Public Policy report landed, one comparison has been everywhere: Alberta’s debt is 7.7 per cent of GDP today, and it could be 88.5 per cent after separation. It sounds like independence would multiply our debt eleven times over. It wouldn’t. That comparison stacks three different things on top of each other,…