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Smith called the Alberta Fund — labelled a pre-election “slush fund” by the Opposition NDP — “a temporary bank account to park our surplus” before having a public debate about how to spend it.While Tuesday’s budget expects spending to grow by nearly four per cent compared to what’s forecast for 2022-23, compared to the UCP’s
Members of the media were not invited to Thursday’s event or question and answer session, but the speech was livestreamed.Article content At a news conference in Calgary, Phillips pointed to a 27 per cent increase in spending on political staff since the end of the NDP era in 2019, in part because of Smith’s decision to boost her cabinet to 27 people.
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