Alberta Treasury Board News

The policy and processes for international travel by the Premier, ministers and MLAs have been updated to more accurately reflect the full costs of these missions.  

Alberta is expected to avoid a deficit in 2014-15 with significant financial challenges on the horizon.

Albertans can tell government how to address the $7 billion challenge facing Budget 2015. 

Cabinet has extended a moratorium on solvency for a group of private sector pension plans, protecting the benefits of 158,000 plan members.

Cost containment measures taken immediately, and new committee lays foundation for Budget 2015.

Premier Jim Prentice has appointed six Canadian leaders to a new advisory committee focused on achieving public service excellence.

President of Treasury Board and Finance Minister Robin Campbell issued the following statement regarding his meeting with chief economists on December 4.

New legislation to simplify Alberta’s savings plan demonstrates the Alberta government’s commitment to sound, conservative fiscal principles. 

Despite positive second quarter results, declining oil prices require government to be diligent in fiscal planning.

Prudent-decision-making and keeping spending in check means the Government of Alberta is on track to run a surplus in 2014-15 while reducing its planned infrastructure borrowing by almost $3 billion.

Alberta’s 2014 Official Statistics provide interesting insights into life in Alberta.

As part of the commitment to report regularly on the implementation of the Auditor General’s recommendations, the province released a status report of actions taken since the special duty report on August 7.

The Employment Pension Plans Act provides more flexibility to private sector pension plans, improves their long-term stability and encourages the establishment of new plans. 

President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Doug Horner issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have agreed to the join the Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System proposed by Ottawa. 

The Government of Alberta ended its fiscal year on a positive note with a strong balance sheet after months of uncertainty from volatile oil prices and the June 2013 flooding in southern Alberta. 

Strong equity markets helped push the Heritage Fund to an all-time earnings record of $2.1 billion in 2013-14.