Category: Politics

  • Baird Stands Down From Public Office

    Baird Stands Down From Public Office

    February 3, 2015 – John Baird, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, and Member of Parliament for Ottawa West-Nepean, announced today that he would stand down as Foreign Minister, and will not be standing for re-election in 2015. “I am eternally grateful for the trust and opportunity that the people of Ottawa West-Nepean placed in me as…

  • Prentice List of Broken Promises Grows: Barnes

      EDMONTON, AB – Premier Jim Prentice is adding to his legacy of broken promises and mistrust by reneging on a commitment to build new schools, Wildrose Education Critic Drew Barnes said. Last October, when he was campaigning for his seat in the legislature, Prentice promised to build 55 new schools and modernize 20 by…

  • Wildrose Announces June Date For Leadershp Race

    Wildrose Announces June Date For Leadershp Race

      CALGARY, AB – The Wildrose party announced the next leader of the Wildrose will be selected by party members from across Alberta on June 6 at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Calgary. “Our party is strong, united and ready to give Albertans a real, principled, grassroots and fiscally conservative option at the ballot box,” Wildrose…

  • Prentice Talk on Eroding Alberta Advantage Will Hurt all Albertans: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB – Premier Jim Prentice’s musings about implementing a regressive sales tax and attacking Alberta’s single-rate tax as being an obstacle to poor and middle income families are inaccurate, will erode the Alberta advantage and hurt all Albertans, Wildrose Finance Critic Drew Barnes said. Alberta’s large Basic Personal Exemption on personal tax rates…

  • Overdue: Time for Prentice to Deliver on Promise of Rural Health Care Report

    Overdue: Time for Prentice to Deliver on Promise of Rural Health Care Report

      CALGARY, AB – Premier Jim Prentice needs to release the overdue Rural Health Care report immediately, decentralize health care decision making to local boards, and get moving on the significant challenges facing our health care system in communities across Alberta, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. On Sept. 22 Prentice told Albertans that he had appointed a…

  • PCs Continue to Fail on Red Tape Reduction

    PCs Continue to Fail on Red Tape Reduction

      EDMONTON, AB – The PC government must take immediate action to reduce red tape after an embarrassing new report suggests Alberta is one of the worst province’s in Canada to do business in when it comes to overregulation, Wildrose Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour, Critic Rick Strankman said. In its annual red tape report, the…

  • PST Talk Hurts Business, Would Violate Provincial Law: Wildrose

    PST Talk Hurts Business, Would Violate Provincial Law: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB – Premier Jim Prentice openly musing about introducing a sales tax is shaking economic confidence as the province prepares to siphon off billions of dollars from Alberta businesses and consumers while violating provincial law, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Recent  reports from the Retail Council of Canada have shown raising sales taxes will…

  • Review of Infrastructure Assets Should Include Selling off MLA Offices: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB – The PC government should look at putting the new MLA office building up for sale as part of the government’s review of selling Alberta Infrastructure assets instead of putting hospitals and schools on the chopping block according to the Wildrose Official Opposition. Earlier this month, Premier Jim Prentice said the government is…

  • Forsyth Statement on Cabinet Pay Cut

    Forsyth Statement on Cabinet Pay Cut

      CALGARY, AB – Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth released the following statement on news the PC government will cut cabinet minister base pay by 5 per cent. “While my Wildrose colleagues and I welcome any cut to cabinet minister pay, I’m disappointed Premier Prentice chose not to take real action in addressing the bloated compensation packages…

  • Forsyth Issues Statement on Raj Sherman

    Forsyth Issues Statement on Raj Sherman

      EDMONTON, AB – Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth released the following statement on Raj Sherman’s resignation as Alberta Liberal party leader. “During his time as an MLA, Raj fought with passion and conviction on the issues he most believed in and it is a legacy he should be proud of. “He is a fierce advocate…

  • Cabinet ministers take five per cent pay cut; MLAs asked to follow suit

    Cabinet ministers take five per cent pay cut; MLAs asked to follow suit

    Effective February 1, cabinet ministers will voluntarily take a five per cent wage reduction as part of their commitment to exercising fiscal discipline in these challenging times. “While work on our overall budget challenges is ongoing, Albertans are clearly telling us that they expect their political representatives to be part of the solution. All members…

  • Wildrose Remains Committed to Protecting Alberta Families

    Wildrose Remains Committed to Protecting Alberta Families

      By Heather Forsyth Is anyone else experiencing déjà vu? It wasn’t long ago Alison Redford was warning us about a “Bitumen Bubble,” talking up new taxes, and complaining her government wasn’t making enough revenue to balance the books or avoid new debt. Now, Premier Jim Prentice is talking about a “Price Trough” in oil,…

  • Alberta Party in Highwood says Prentice Announcement is “an echo”

    Alberta Party in Highwood says Prentice Announcement is “an echo”

    The Alberta Party in Highwood is concerned that little movement forward is being made on closing cases in the Disaster Recovery Program, and Saturday’s announcement does little to assure them they are wrong. “Parts of Saturday’s announcement by Mr. Prentice sounded like an echo,” said member Joel Windsor. “We’ve heard it all before.” Windsor pointed…

  • Liberals call on Prime Minister to hold annual meetings with Canada’s Premiers

    Liberals call on Prime Minister to hold annual meetings with Canada’s Premiers

    OTTAWA – The Liberal Party of Canada used a rare Opposition Day motion in Parliament today to call on the Prime Minister to hold annual First Ministers’ meetings in order to create shared solutions that benefit all Canadians. “Canadians want to see leaders in all orders of government work co-operatively, yet this Prime Minister has…

  • Alberta Supports Energy Innovation Through Kinetica Ventures

    Alberta Supports Energy Innovation Through Kinetica Ventures

    Kinetica Ventures program supports innovative companies to grow and diversify the Alberta economy. The Government of Alberta will partner with the federal government’s Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP) to support Innovate Calgary and its Kinetica Ventures program. Kinetica will assist in ensuring new energy-related technologies with proven market demand can become commercialized in a…