{"id":4592,"date":"2020-04-13T05:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=4592"},"modified":"2020-04-14T17:14:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T23:14:22","slug":"alberta-is-not-maintaining-education-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/04\/13\/alberta-is-not-maintaining-education-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta is not maintaining education spending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019re on Twitter, you may have seen the following tweet back in February, posted by Adriana LaGrange, the minister of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have maintained education spending at record levels, and Alberta students will continue to benefit from one of the best-funded education systems in Canada. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#abed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ableg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ableg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uoYiLw8V2p\">pic.twitter.com\/uoYiLw8V2p<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Adriana LaGrange (@AdrianaLaGrange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdrianaLaGrange\/status\/1233434148292841472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve already touched on <a href=\"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/03\/06\/alberta-is-not-maintaining-healthcare-spending\/\">the myth that the UCP government is maintaining health spending<\/a>, so today, I wanted to explore the claim that this government is maintaining education spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the tweet above\u2014and its accompanying image\u2014LaGrange is trying to give the impression that Alberta is maintaining (or even <em>increasing<\/em>) spending, which impression might assuage public fears that they\u2019re making spending cuts to education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, $8.322 billion certainly seems bigger than $8.222 billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s another image of the same data. I created it just for comparison\u2019s sake regarding some more graphs I created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?resize=580%2C401&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?w=2506&amp;ssl=1 2506w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?resize=1536%2C1063&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?resize=2048%2C1417&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?resize=1200%2C830&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?resize=1980%2C1370&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?resize=600%2C415&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.44.42.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, this graph would normally be fine, except it fails to account for two things: population growth and inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If population increases, demand on education increases<\/strong>, too. You need more teachers, more educational assistants, more bus drivers, more administrative staff, and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s just the workers. You\u2019ll also need more schools, more buses, more equipment, more supplies, more desks, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If inflation increases, the cost of delivering services also increases<\/strong>, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\u2019m not even talking about just salaries. The cost of supplies goes up, the cost of fuel for the buses goes up, the cost of repairs go up, the cost of utilities goes up, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t keep up with population increases and inflation, but your student population increases, then your classroom sizes get larger, supplies get rationed, repairs get delayed, fewer students get bussed, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alberta\u2019s population in 2018 was about 4,301,000. In 2019, it was 4,371,000. That means there are 7.1% more people in the most recent budget year potentially needing education services than there were at the start of the first budget year of LaGrange\u2019s table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good way to measure spending based on population is to see how much we spent per capita. (This chart assumes the same population growth for every budget year.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?resize=580%2C403&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?w=2480&amp;ssl=1 2480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?resize=768%2C534&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?resize=1536%2C1068&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?resize=2048%2C1424&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?resize=1200%2C834&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?resize=1980%2C1376&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?resize=600%2C417&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.52.10.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We can see that spending per capita actually decreased this past year. While it increases for this year, it\u2019s still lower than the last budget under the NDP, and it continues dropping for the two subsequent budget years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, however, that population was only one of the factors we must consider. The other is inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following graph shows what per capita spending is based on 2018 dollars. (I assume the same inflation for the last two budget years that occurred for 2019 and 2020: 2%.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?resize=580%2C403&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?w=2500&amp;ssl=1 2500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?resize=768%2C533&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?resize=1536%2C1067&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?resize=2048%2C1422&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?resize=1200%2C833&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?resize=1980%2C1375&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?resize=600%2C417&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-15.59.04.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alberta not only spent less on K\u201312 education per person in the most recent budget year, they spent even less when you account for inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UCP government spent $1,844.02 per capita in 2018 dollars on education in the most recent budget year. <strong>They should have spent $1,950.01 per person<\/strong> in 2018 dollars. That $8.222 billion that they spent in 2019 should have been $8.524. <strong>That\u2019s over $300 million more than they had budgeted<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s for the most recent budget year. The current budget year should be $8.691 billion instead of $8.322 billion. Next year should be $8.974 billion instead of $8.247. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the budget year right before the next provincial election should be $9.261 billion instead of $8.247 billion. In other words, in the year leading up to the election, the <strong>UCP will be underspending on education by over $1 billion<\/strong> in that year. If you add up the difference from each budget year, the<strong> UCP will underspend by $2.412 billion during their entire term<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Adriana LaGrange, Jason Kenney, a staffer, or even your own UCP MLA tells you that this government is maintaining spending on K\u201312 education, you can tell them why they\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The education minister is trying to suggest that Alberta is maintaining spending,  assuaging fears that they\u2019re making spending cuts to education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[106],"tags":[97,85,95,86],"class_list":["post-4592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-adriana-lagrange","tag-alberta","tag-education","tag-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/child-830988_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-1c4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4237,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/03\/06\/alberta-is-not-maintaining-healthcare-spending\/","url_meta":{"origin":4592,"position":0},"title":"Alberta is not maintaining healthcare spending","author":"Kim Siever","date":"6 March 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The health minister is trying to suggest that Alberta is maintaining spending, assuaging fears that they\u2019re making spending cuts to healthcare.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/doctor-1149149_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/doctor-1149149_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/doctor-1149149_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/doctor-1149149_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/doctor-1149149_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4388,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/03\/31\/10-things-to-know-about-albertas-keystone-xl-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":4592,"position":1},"title":"10 things to know about Alberta\u2019s Keystone XL announcement","author":"Kim Siever","date":"31 March 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"You\u2019ve probably seen the announcement by this point that the Alberta government is spending $1.5 billion on the Keystone XL pipeline. 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