Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews (rear) waits to deliver the budget in Edmonton on Feb. 27, 2020. But Ms. Smith still tapped Mr. Toews to be Alberta’s Finance Minister, the same job he held when he resigned from cabinet to run in what was a fraught five-month UCP contest. This is, of course, not a bad budget for a Finance Minister to be presiding over. Still, Alberta’s 2023-24 budget is likely to be a good news story. But Mr. Toews is not making his intentions known yet, indicating he will speak to the election further down the road: “I’m focused on preparing the budget.”
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