Alberta's finance minister says the province is on track to record a nearly six-billion-dollar deficit this year, as the oil crunch hits families and businesses. Joe Ceci (SEE'-see) has released figures for the first three months of the fiscal year that began April 1st. He says the province is dealing with it. (Other numbers reveal a shrinking provincial economy, with oil and gas investment expected to fall more than 30 per cent. There are also sharp declines in retail sales, particularly for new cars and trucks.)

Date: 2015-08-31
Placeline: EDMONTON.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 16 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << now is not the time to make things worse for knee-jerk reactions that would result in firing thousands of albertans our government is focused on building up our economy not putting people out of work or recklessly cutting Public Services albertans need at this time >>

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