Alberta's budgetary predicament is more dire than expected, Premier Rachel Notley told media in Calg...

1. Alberta's new premier says budgetary challenges bigger than
anticipated
Alberta's budgetary predicament is more dire than expected, Premier Rachel Notley told media in
Calgary as the NDP's first cabinet meeting got underway Wednesday.
"There's no question that as we get briefed we're starting to find the challenges are bigger than may
have been featured in the [PC leader Jim ] Prentice campaign," said Notley.
"Our plan is built off of their plan; now we're looking at the fact their plan was not as fulsome as
Albertans may have expected."
Notley, a former labour lawyer, led her party to a 54-seat majority government earlier this month,
ending the 44-year Progressive Conservative dynasty in Alberta.