Category: Elections

By Jeremy Dutton, Alberta Liberal Party The Liberal plan is specifically designed to help seniors stay in their homes, free up hospital beds, put money in their pockets and keep them healthy and active. EXPAND HOME CARE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS Problem: Without access to quality home care and community supports many seniors turn to hospital…

  Noel Keough asks his supporters to vote for Craig Coolahan and help bring progressive change to Alberta At an all candidates community forum this evening Green Party of Alberta candidate in Calgary-Klein Noel Keough announced he is going to stop campaigning and encourage his supporters to vote for the ND Craig Coolahan.  “It’s always…

  CALGARY, AB – Brian Jean’s Facebook page topped 10,000 “likes” Tuesday, making him the most “liked” provincial leader on Facebook by far. In just one month as leader, Jean has skyrocketed to the top in Facebook engagement, passing NDP Leader Rachel Notley and significantly surpassing Jim Prentice. Jean thanked Albertans today for their support, engagement…

  Ottawa, April 29, 2015 –The election of an NDP government would be an economic disaster for Alberta and its energy industry says Alberta-elected Senator Doug Black. “If there is one sure way to get rid of the Alberta advantage, it’s to elect an NDP government,” said Senator Doug Black. “Their position on pipelines, royalties…

Issue The Wildrose has re-announced that they would eliminate mandatory school fees Reality Check Brian Jean has repeatedly directed Albertans to page 5 of his platform for details on his plan. That page states that cancelling mandatory school fees would cost $100 million per year. Alberta Education estimates school fees at $193 million per year.…

Calgary, AB – Albertans will be getting poorer under an NDP plan — and that’s according to numbers from the ND’s themselves. According to the NDP budget document, the NDP anticipates raking in an additional $1.1 billion in personal income tax revenue under their tax hike scheme 2015-16. However, that number falls to $730 million in…

  CALGARY, AB – (Yesterday), Wildrose Leader Brian Jean delivered an important address in Calgary saying the only way to stop the PC Coalition for Higher Taxes, and the NDP is to vote Wildrose. The speech in full can be read here. “After asking for the trust of Albertans, the PC party has collapsed under the…

By Greg Clark Stronger municipalities means a stronger Alberta Municipalities provide the majority of services that we use on a daily basis, including water, transit, recreation, fire protection, sewer, policing, roads and parks. Even though municipalities own 60% of all public infrastructure and deliver critical services, they only receive 8 cents of every dollar paid…

EDMONTON – The NDP platform would increase Alberta’s dependency on oil and gas revenue, costing taxpayers an additional $22 billion over five years with no plan to restrain government spending and no plan to contribute to the Heritage Savings Trust Fund. With more spending as the only NDP solution, Albertans won’t see a balanced budget…

Rachel Notley told the Calgary Herald on Friday that she supports pipelines to get Alberta energy resources to market – where there is a realistic chance of them being built. Here is the relevant portion of the article (Calgary Herald, April 25th): “‘Gateway is not the right decision. I think that there’s just too much…

CALGARY – A shocking email released Saturday by NDP Leader Rachel Notley, revealed that Paramedics are being asked to fund the purchase of medical equipment by a voluntary payroll deduction. The email, sent to the NDP by a concerned worker, comes from a private foundation and asks paramedics to pay for EMS equipment including basic necessities such as…