The Globe and Mail (subscription) | Alberta plans to spend big to ease oil pains The Globe and Mail (subscription) The province released its 2015-16 budget Thursday, increasing its reliance on debt and taxes to offset the drop in revenue it expects to collect from oil and bitumen royalties. Its debt financing this year is $2.449-billion larger than what the ... Canada's Alberta Province Raises Taxes to Cope with Oil Price Drop Alberta Budget Deficit Soars to Record on Oil Collapse Plunging oil prices forces government to reach into Albertans' wallets |