Category: Elections

EDMONTON – Today, NDP Leader Rachel Notley announced the NDP’s plan to improve patients’ access to long-term care. “The PCs are forcing hundreds of patients to spend months waiting for long-term care,” said Notley. “After years of PC neglect, New Democrats will put families first and improve access to long-term care by opening the new…

To the editor: As Albertans, we care deeply about our natural world and we feel a connection to the land and our environment. I’ve never met a farmer or a rancher who isn’t a conservationist. Yet, we are also an oil and gas producing province. Landowners sometimes face situations where their rights come into conflict…

The PCs made your kids’ education too dependent on the price of oil Now they want to raise your taxes while they cut your kids’ education. Their new budget provides no funding for the 12,000-19,000 new students that are expected to enroll in public education. In fact, it does not provide funding for any of…

  EDMONTON, AB – Promising more reviews and reports is not real action on property rights. The Prentice PCs had the past six months to review Bill 36.  To date? Nothing. In fact, Prentice missed two Legislative sessions to introduce new legislation. The Prentice PCs had the power to immediately address the Lemke decision weeks…

CALGARY, AB – (Friday) Liberal Leader David Swann announced Alberta Liberals will propose two initiatives to provide solutions for our most vulnerable citizens: increase funding to Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) and reinstate Premier Ed Stelmach’s Charitable Donation Tax Credit (CDTC). “Every person deserves a roof over their head,” said Swann. “When government, community…

EDMONTON, AB – The Wildrose is calling on the Auditor General to investigate whether the legally required  government disclosure of contracts (the Blue Book) is accurate. Multiple freedom of information requests confirm Enzo Development Inc. was hired for a $21 million sole-source contract during the 2013 floods to deliver modular classrooms to High River and…

CALGARY – Progressive Conservative Leader Jim Prentice outlined how the party’s infrastructure plan will protect Alberta jobs, and invest in the services and infrastructure that matter most to Albertans. “In a rapidly growing province, Albertans rightly expect their government to have a realistic plan to invest in schools, health care facilities and roads we use…

Provincial Greens want to see the provincial government support job creation but not just any job.  Greens support creation of jobs that move Alberta away from its current heavy dependency on hydrocarbons. According to Green Party of Alberta leader Janet Keeping “Public money should only be spent to further the public interest and ever more…

  Protecting our land, property rights and conserving Alberta’s beauty. The campaign team travelled to the Whaleback (Friday). For those who haven’t been there, it is an extraordinarily beautiful place, a gem on the map of Alberta. It comprises a full two percent of the province’s land and attracts outdoor enthusiasts and nature-lovers alike. But…

  EDMONTON, AB (April 13, 2015): Today, the Wildrose committed to expand the “Sunshine List” salary and severance disclosure and the disclosure of vendors to all levels of government, including agencies, boards and commissions (ABCs). “Unlike the PCs, the Wildrose is committed to standing up for greater transparency and accountability across government,” Wildrose Leader Brian…

Saturday, Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark launched the Alberta Party’s 2015 campaign to a large crowd of supporters at his Calgary-Elbow campaign headquarters. The speech was broadcast live on the Internet to Alberta Party candidates and supporters spread out across the province. Greg reminded the crowd that the PCs have increased our government’s dependence on…

EDMONTON – Hundreds of supporters turned out (Sunday) for Rachel Notley’s Rally for Change, as she wrapped up the first week of her Leader’s Tour in Edmonton. Fire code regulations forced supporters into two separate overflow rooms as space in the main hall was quickly exhausted. Supporters watching live-feed TVs chanted her name as Notley…

  By Janet Keeping Greens base their approach to politics on basic principles, such as sustainability, social justice, ecological wisdom, respect for diversity and sincere democracy.  Measured against tenets such as these, the 2015 Alberta budget is both unfair and unimaginative.  And because it was introduced in a manipulative way, the whole process feels unsavoury,…