The current level of borrowing is probably close to what the P.C.s under Jim Prentice would have produced. The P.C. proposed budget of April, 2015 called for borrowing $5.9 Billion plus the elimination of about $4 billion in the contingency fund at the time. When the NDP came to power in May 2015 their budget called for borrowing $6.3 billion plus the contingency fund. Albertans have been living high on the hog for a decade or more without realizing how shaky our economy was. Despite the bad press and the opinions of people who don't understand how we got here, Notley's government is doing the right thing.