Press Gallery #109: The SPOOKtacular BOOdget edition

With oil prices bogged down below $50, everybody’s a little scared about Alberta’s prospects. Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government released their long awaited budget on Tuesday, leading to howls and screams over a $6.1 billion deficit and ongoing deficit spending. This week on The Press Gallery, Edmonton Journal’s politics podcast, city columnist Paula Simons, provincial affairs columnist Graham Thomson and reporter and editorial writer Dan Barnes join host Brent Wittmeier in a studio lockup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices