Category: Elections

  • Evan Berger: Progressive Conservative Candidate for Livingstone-Macleod

    Evan Berger: Progressive Conservative Candidate for Livingstone-Macleod

    Why I am Running To be an effective MLA requires a strong support network, the ability, the desire, and 110% commitment to serve the people and the communities of the constituency and the province. I have that network, ability, desire and commitment. I have been encouraged by the many conversations, calls, notes and messages of…

  • Statement by David Swann: School Boards Confirm that PC’s Have Failed On Education

    Statement by David Swann: School Boards Confirm that PC’s Have Failed On Education

    EDMONTON, AB – Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann released the following statement in response to today’s joint statement by Alberta’s School Boards: “Today, Alberta’s school boards took the courageous step of speaking out about the damage that has been done to our schools by this PC government. “For five consecutive years the PCs have tried…

  • Alberta Party Candidate says Wildrose Not “Standing up for Albertans”

    Alberta Party Candidate says Wildrose Not “Standing up for Albertans”

    Windsor wants community supported, calls out Wildrose press conference for making High River unmarketable. HIGH RIVER, AB – Alberta Party candidate Joel Windsor is calling out Wildrose Leader Brian Jean and his local candidate Wayne Anderson for casting High River in a bad light. On Friday, April 17 Jean and Anderson used Wallaceville, the neighbourhood…

  • Standing Up For Families: Free Two-Hour Parking at Alberta Hospitals

    Standing Up For Families: Free Two-Hour Parking at Alberta Hospitals

    EDMONTON, AB – Today, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said a Wildrose government would make it mandatory for all hospitals to offer two free hours of parking for visitors, easing the burden Albertans face when they visit loved ones in hospital. Alberta Health Services (AHS) currently generates over $70 million in revenue from hospital visit parking fees, making…

  • Protect Alberta communities and businesses by building flood mitigation

    Protect Alberta communities and businesses by building flood mitigation

    By Meagan Wade Too much to risk With another flood season fast approaching, the PCs’ dithering has left Alberta’s river communities and downtown Calgary unprotected from flooding. Until adequate flood mitigation is in place, lives, homes and thousands of jobs remain remain at risk. Another flood could devastate our river communities and jeopardize Calgary’s role…

  • REALITY CHECK: PCs no better than WRP on health care

    REALITY CHECK: PCs no better than WRP on health care

    The PCs say the Wildrose want to open the door to two-tiered health care. The truth is the PCs already opened that door, and refuse to close it. The PCs allowed privatized health care at the Copeman Healthcare Clinic (opened in 2012) and refuse to shut it down despite “serious concerns” raised by Health officials.…

  • Reality Check: Even PC Candidates Shocked at Prentice’s Tax on Charities

    Reality Check: Even PC Candidates Shocked at Prentice’s Tax on Charities

      EDMONTON, AB (April 19, 2015): Even PC candidates are firing back at Jim Prentice’s cruel tax on charities. Medicine Hat candidate Blake Pedersen said recently he’s, “shocked at the government’s decision to do away with the tax break for those making charitable donations.” Maybe Pedersen should come clean with voters which party’s platform he…

  • Notley’s Plan Promises a Better Future for Alberta’s Kids

    Notley’s Plan Promises a Better Future for Alberta’s Kids

    CALGARY – (Thursday), NDP Leader Rachel Notley was joined by parents and kids in Calgary to announce the NDP’s plan to support Alberta’s students and stop PC cuts to our schools. “Families should be able to trust that students will have the support they need in the classroom, but the PCs are cutting funding for…

  • Wildrose Numbers Don’t Add Up

    Wildrose Numbers Don’t Add Up

      Gap of $29 Billion Revealed in Wildrose Fiscal Plan CALGARY – Analysis of the “fully costed” Wildrose fiscal plan reveals a funding gap of $29 billion before it even went to the printers, a number of Progressive Conservative candidates said today. Wildrose has proposed some $10 billion in operational spending cuts over five years, with…

  • Election 2015: Democracy is a Gift; Jim Prentice Isn’t

    Election 2015: Democracy is a Gift; Jim Prentice Isn’t

    By Janet Keeping After 44 years of one-party rule Alberta’s democracy is in bad shape.  One clear indicator is that many Albertans confuse the PC party with the government – they think they are the same thing.  No better proof could be found than the memo that went out to all public servants earlier this…

  • Alberta Liberals Release Visionary Platform

    Alberta Liberals Release Visionary Platform

    The Alberta Liberal 2015 platform is specifically designed for hard-working Alberta families. This visionary document has three key pillars: progressive issues, urban agenda and trusted leadership for all Albertans. PROGRESSIVE ISSUES Problem: The gay-straight alliance issue has shown Albertans that Mr. Prentice dithers. Alberta Liberals had to drag the Prentice Conservatives over the line. Solution:…

  • Wildrose Would Establish Disaster Procurement Protocols

    Wildrose Would Establish Disaster Procurement Protocols

      HIGH RIVER, AB – Wildrose announced its policy on procurement protocols in disaster situations, while also asking the Auditor General to further investigate whether the Prentice PCs awarded a $20M contract to school modular builders that included over $11M in profits. According to documents given by a whistleblower to Wildrose, Enzo Developments told potential…

  • Wildrose Pledges to Reverse Prentice Charity Tax

    Wildrose Pledges to Reverse Prentice Charity Tax

      AIRDRIE, AB – (Wednesday), the Wildrose pledged to repeal the mean-spirited Prentice Charity Tax, which directly and negatively impacts Alberta’s most vulnerable people. The PC Prentice budget slashes the tax credit for Albertans who give to charity by 39 per cent, from 21 per cent to 12.75 per cent. Jean said the Alberta government…

  • NDP Reveals Skyrocketing Ambulance Alerts as PC Hospital Crisis Spreads

    NDP Reveals Skyrocketing Ambulance Alerts as PC Hospital Crisis Spreads

    EDMONTON – Today, NDP Leader Rachel Notley revealed a staggering rise in ambulance red alerts in Edmonton and Calgary as the PC hospital crisis spreads to our ambulance services. “Families depend on our hospitals and first responders to provide the care they need,” said Notley. “When a loved one’s life is in danger, no one…

  • Prentice PCs Unload Almost $60M in Severances Over Three Years

    Prentice PCs Unload Almost $60M in Severances Over Three Years

      EDMONTON, AB  – While Jim Prentice will bring in the largest tax hike in Alberta history, the Prentice PCs have unloaded almost $60 million in severances over the past three years, the Wildrose announced today. In the three years from 2011 to 2014, the PCs rolled out $31 million in severance payments across government…