What Should Alberta's Budget 2025 Prioritize?
Official title: Budget 2025 consultation
Why This Matters
Provincial budgets affect everything from healthcare wait times to school funding to road repairs. If you've ever wondered why certain services get cut or expanded, this was your chance to weigh in. More than 19,000 Albertans participated—showing these decisions matter to everyday people.
What Could Change
Budget 2025 was released in February 2025, shaped by public input. The government focused on controlling spending while maintaining services for Alberta's growing population. Priorities included managing economic risks from oil price volatility and geopolitical uncertainty.
Key Issues
- How should Alberta support its growing population?
- How can the province manage risks from volatile oil prices?
- What spending should be prioritized or controlled?
- How much should Alberta save for the future?
How to Participate
- This consultation is now closed. Feedback was collected through an online survey, written submissions, and a telephone town hall in December 2024 and January 2025.
- Review the Second Quarter Fiscal Update and Economic Statement to understand Alberta's economic outlook.
What Happened
Thousands of Albertans participated in the consultation. The online survey ran from December 2, 2024 to January 12, 2025. A telephone town hall on December 4 attracted more than 19,000 participants. Written submissions were received from chambers of commerce, industry associations, community organizations, and municipalities. The input helped inform Budget 2025, which was released in February 2025.