A day after her government released its budget, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has hit the road to sell its perks.

In a rare admission, Finance Minister Nate Horner acknowledged there was some political daylight between him and Premier Danielle Smith when it came to putting Alberta deeper into deficit for the sake of fast-tracking a tax cut.

Alberta’s books are set to turn red, according to Thursday’s budget, as the province readies to reckon with three-straight years of projected fiscal shortfalls brought on by tariff-based uncertainty,