Low oil prices and tariffs result in $6.4-billion projected second-quarter Alberta deficit (Alberta)

Oil prices are down, expenses are up, population’s still growing ahead of national rates — these are the downward pressures keeping the Alberta economy in check and the deficit up. 

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/low-oil-prices-and-tariffs-result-in-6-4-billion-projected-second-quarter-alberta-deficit/wcm/370e79dc-15b7-416e-9007-8f43a819c5ce 

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