Category: News

EDMONTON, AB (March 26, 2019) –  In response to a motion before Toronto City Council to potentially sue oil & gas companies, United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney today sent the attached letter to Toronto Mayor John Tory. This is in line with Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party’s commitment to take a much more proactive strategy…

Ottawa, ON – Conservative members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food have called for an emergency meeting to discuss the recent retaliatory move by China halting all new purchases of Canadian canola, wheat and peas. MPs Luc Berthold, Earl Dreeshen, and Bev Shipley sent a letter to the Clerk of the Agriculture and Agri-Food…

Edmonton, AB – No more fumbling in your wallet to find your ID. An Alberta Party-led government will move to the 21st Century by introducing one provincial picture Identification Card for government services. This would replace the current jumble of plastic and paper identification for health care, drivers’ licenses, provincial ID and the Alberta WIN Card. The plan is to…

UCP pledges support for secure, sustainable harvesting, more cash to fight mountain pine beetle SLAVE LAKE, AB: Alberta’s forest companies and workers are world leaders in sustainable forestry practices and in managing Alberta’s land base for future generations. Forestry is also the province’s third largest resource sector after oil and gas, directly providing jobs for 16,000…

BARRHEAD, AB – Glenn van Dijken, United Conservative candidate for Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock has issued the following statement regarding news that China has stopped buying Canadian canola seed altogether: “As a canola farmer myself, I know this is devastating news for farm families right across Alberta, as China is a major buyer of Canadian canola seed. “Earlier this month, China…

The Most Ambitious Child Care Plan in Alberta History Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel has announced that an Alberta Party government will pursue the most ambitious plan for early learning and child care in the history of Alberta. The Children First plan includes a major expansion of direct financial support to lower and middle-income families…

Hoping for a return to the past is not a plan Alberta’s future won’t be found by trading teachers for tax cuts, Rachel Notley said Wednesday. Notley outlined her plan to unlock $75 billion in private investment in adding value to Alberta’s energy sector outside of the industrial heartland. The plan would double Alberta’s petrochemical…

UCP will defend Premier Lougheed’s legacy and take the fight to Trudeau CALGARY, AB: A United Conservative government will challenge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unwarranted intrusion into provincial jurisdiction and fight Bill C-69 with every legal tool available. UCP leader Jason Kenney made the announcement as part of a package of policies designed to get pipelines…

Rachel Notley’s fight for a living wage Jason Kenney set off a firestorm over minimum wage when, while questioned about cutting wages for bar staff and young Albertans working in restaurants, the UCP leader spoke about “people of a modest level of human capital.” It didn’t go over well. Some thought Kenney was targeting people…

One of the most common complaints you hear about our political process is that the parties are too similar, and that once elected, politicians will continue doing things the same way. This provincial election, you can throw that notion right out the window. On a host of issues, from jobs and the economy, to property…

UCP Leader Kenney promises getting rid of the NDP’s job-killing carbon tax will be ‘Job One’ LETHBRIDGE, AB: “Bill 1 for a United Conservative Party government would be the repeal of the Alberta carbon tax,” said UCP leader Jason Kenney today. “This is a job-killing tax on everything. Right now, it is taking $1.4 billion out…