Category: Politics

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…

Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Andrew Scheer, Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and of the Official Opposition, issued the following statement after hearing the testimony of former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould: “Justin Trudeau simply cannot continue to govern this great nation now that Canadians know what he has done. That is why I am calling on Justin Trudeau to resign. Further, the…

Nixon calls for Ethics Commissioner investigation into violation of Premier’s Office rules and AHS policy EDMONTON, AB (February 24, 2019): The Notley NDP and Alberta Health Services must be investigated after the NDP held a partisan campaign event at Lethbridge’s Chinook Regional Hospital on Saturday, United Conservative House Leader Jason Nixon said today. AHS rules prohibit the use of…

Lakeland, AB – Shannon Stubbs, the Conservative Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, today released the following statement regarding the National Energy Board’s recommendation to the Liberal cabinet on the Trans Mountain Pipeline: “Today’s recommendation from the National Energy Board, while positive, does not get us anywhere closer to the pipeline getting built. All it does is put…

EDMONTON, AB (February 21, 2019) – United Conservative leader Jason Kenney has written to railway companies Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, outlining concerns with the NDP government’s costly and risky $4 billion crude-by-rail scheme, the full details of which have not been disclosed to Albertans. “While we have not been able to obtain details on the…

He ain’t messing around. With one swift announcement last week, United Conservative leader Jason Kenney proposed a series of steps to provide real, meaningful, and long lasting changes to Alberta’s democratic process. To begin with, he announced that a United Conservative government will approve recall legislation, and give voters the ultimate say in holding MLAs…

EDMONTON, AB: United Conservative leader Jason Kenney has issued the following statement, following this week’s crude-by-rail announcement from the NDP government: “The NDP has created a fiscal train wreck, putting Albertans on track for $100 billion in debt, and now the NDP is adding $4 billion tax dollars to that debt for a risky venture in the…

UCP Plan for Stronger Democracy Includes Recall, Fixed Election Dates, Banning Big Money & Floor Crossings, Free Votes, Better Decorum, Senate Elections EDMONTON, AB: To strengthen democracy and accountability in Alberta, a United Conservative government would make sweeping democratic reforms – including the adoption of an MLA recall law, and a ban on big money in…

“A strong team that’s ready to lead” Wraps up Pre-Election Conference EDMONTON, AB: A United Conservative government would lead by example, reducing the Premier’s salary by ten percent, and MLA salaries by five per cent. The announcement was made by UCP Leader Jason Kenney at the close of the party’s election readiness conference in Edmonton that…