Alberta NDP on a path to budget 'crisis,' former Saskatchewan finance minister warns

The Alberta government is depending on rising oil prices to balance the budget instead of tightening the purse strings to reduce spending, says a former Saskatchewan NDP finance minister.
“My message to them is to do more now,” said Janice MacKinnon in an interview Thursday. “Three or four years from now it’s a crisis … that track isn’t necessary.”
She was one of several former politicians and political advisors who spoke about Alberta’s fisc