Category: News

CALGARY, AB (March 6, 2019): United Conservative Party (UCP) Executive Director Janice Harrington today issued the following statement: “Effective immediately, Mr. Randy Kerr has been removed as the UCP’s candidate in the constituency of Calgary-Beddington. “In the last 48 hours, new information has come to our attention indicating Mr. Kerr was not forthright in responding to the…

Quebec City, QC  – The Honourable Andrew Scheer, Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and the Official Opposition, issued this statement following today’s testimony of Gerald Butts, Michael Wernick, and Nathalie Drouin at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: “Despite today’s testimony, the central facts of this Liberal corruption scandal remain crystal…

Slave Lake, AB (February 28, 2019): Today, in response to allegations made by the NDP government, UCP Lesser Slave Lake candidate Pat Rehn released information proving a local business in his riding is paying around $500,000 annually to cover the cost of the NDP carbon tax. Rehn initially brought the massive carbon tax bill to light…

CALGARY, AB: Sonya Savage, as United Conservative candidate in Calgary-North West, has issued the following statement on federal Bill C-69, the Trudeau Liberal government’s “No More Pipelines” law: “Bill C-69 is deeply problematic legislation that endangers jobs and the future of Alberta’s energy industry. This legislation needs to be scrapped entirely and sent back to the…

EDMONTON, AB: Drew Barnes, UCP candidate for re-election in Cypress–Medicine Hat has issued the following statement following the NDP government’s third quarter fiscal update today: “Today’s third-quarter fiscal update does nothing to inspire confidence from Albertans in a free-spending NDP government that is burying Albertans in a sea of red ink. “The NDP’s supposed plan still puts Albertans on…

Alberta’s deficit will drop below budget forecasts for the second year in a row as the province stays on track to balance in 2023-24 with the country’s strongest balance sheet. The deficit remains well below projections with the third quarter forecast coming in at $6.9 billion, a drop of $1.9 billion below the Budget 2018…

Alberta to rank dead last in economic growth in 2019 A new report from the Conference Board of Canada projects that Alberta’s economic growth (GDP) will rank dead last among provinces in 2019 at just 1.3%. This follows a similar, earlier projection from Deloitte, which also pegs Alberta’s 2019 growth at 1.3%. This is half what the NDP’s most…

With his win in the federal byelection in Burnaby South, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has an opportunity to put to rest some of his doubters both outside the NDP and, more importantly, within. Now that he has a seat in the House of Commons, Singh can reset his leadership and move on from a challenging beginning.…

EDMONTON, AB (February 26, 2019) – Jason Nixon, United Conservative candidate for re-election as MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, has issued the following statement on the ongoing NDP hospital controversy, wherein the NDP misused a public hospital for a campaign stunt: “On Sunday, United Conservatives wrote to Alberta Health Services (AHS) to ask how it was possible for…

Premier Rachel Notley spoke to the Senate on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 and shared Alberta’s concerns about the Government of Canada’s Bill C-69, which would overhaul the environmental assessment and review process for major energy projects. Introduction I would like to begin by recognizing that we are on the ancestral land of the Algonquin people. I know…