Alberta to release 2014-15 budget March 6

The Alberta government will bring down its 2014-15budget on March 6.

Finance Minister Doug Horner has said he expects a better bottom line this year due to a lower Canadian dollar.

A falling loonie hikes the value of Alberta's energy exports, which are valued in U.S. dollars.

Horner has also promised that the budget will stay tight despitea strong provincial economy.

Premier Alison Redford's government has forecast a deficit inthis year's operating budget and is on track to run up $17 billion in capital debt by 2016.

Redford and Horner have said the spending is necessary to keep upwith a rapidly growing population now at four million.