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Last spring, Albertans gave our government a historic mandate to stop mortgaging our future with debt that was on track to hit over $100 billion. We waste $5 million every day simply to pay the interest on this debt. That’s enough to buy 30 ambulances every day or a new school every week.

Budget 2019 is the first step to fixing our finances and stopping the reckless dive into debt.

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It is not easy, and it means focusing on fiscal responsibility. But fiscally prudent decisions are necessary and long overdue.

One of these decisions was to temporarily defer payments for Calgary’s Green Line LRT project.

It’s important to remember that to date, Calgary city council has not even agreed to a finalized route proposal — despite this project dating back at least 20 years. It is not as though the government of Alberta cutting a cheque for the full amount today would result in construction tomorrow. Far from it, given how debate in council has unfolded.