His administration controlled spending and paid off debt, bringing order to the provincial budget.

During the campaign, officials forecast a small surplus in the $45 billion provincial budget.

The provincial budget would be made public, so that the province's residents could see where their tax dollars were going.

When the fast ferries were sold, the provincial budget declared a $52 million loss.

Once in office Aberhart gave a high priority to balancing the provincial budget.

The $17 billion, moreover, represents about a third of the total provincial budget.

He resigned in March 1957 after the provincial budget was rejected by the assembly.

This was part of his program to balance the provincial budget, at which he was successful beginning in 1925.

By 1925, the money-losing lines represented an annual drain of $1.5 million on the provincial budget.

Smith cites the 2008 provincial budget as a turning point where she determined that Stelmach's government had 'lost its way'.