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Alberta’s COVID-19 bill more than $5B: finance minister

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COVID-19 hit more than $5 billion by the end of the last fiscal year in March.The money went toward continuing care, hospitals, testing, vaccine distribution, personal protective equipment, and grants and aid for businesses and workers.

Hinshaw urges Albertans to continue to make ‘safe choices’ when COVID-19 restrictions lift The numbers are part of the final report on 2020-21 finances delivered by Finance Minister Travis Toews.The year ended with a $17-billion deficit on $60 billion in spending.Taxpayer-supported debt sat at $93 billion.The report says the pandemic bludgeoned Alberta’s resource-based economy: real G-D-P fell by 8.2 per cent and unemployment rose to 11.4 per cent.The province says better times appear to be on the horizon..

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