Tighter budget with new sheriff in town
Posted Jan 15, 2010 6:41 am.
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Alberta’s new finance minister says the spending spree is coming to an end.
Ted Morton is described by some as a budget hawk and will not be afraid to make deep cuts into government spending and also not afraid to go toe to toe with Ottawa over the contentious issue of equalization payments.
Morton along with the rest of Ed Stelmach’s inner circle will be sworn in to the executive council Friday.
Before that happens, the premier is saying he won’t rule out another shuffle before the next election.
That has the leader of the liberals worried.
David Swann says the premier’s open musing about another shuffle gives him a sense there will be more instability around the cabinet table in the near future.
