Category: Politics

Unlike the NDP government, Alberta’s United Conservative caucus has consistently stood against the Trudeau Liberal government’s Bill C-69 CALGARY, AB – Prasad Panda, United Conservative Energy Critic and MLA for Calgary-Foothills, has issued the following statement: “Today marks one year since the Trudeau Liberal government unveiled their ‘No More Pipelines Law,’ Bill C-69. According to the Canadian Energy Pipeline…

EDMONTON, AB – Nearly 16,000 Alberta jobs were lost last month, almost all full-time, according to new Statistics Canada numbers. “The NDP’s plan isn’t working for everyday Albertans, with nearly 16,000 more jobs destroyed last month” said Drew Barnes, United Conservative Finance Critic and MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat. “It’s clear yet again that the NDP government’s…

(February 11, 2019) Suits and Boots today called on Canada’s Senate to adopt 18 key amendments that it says are the next best thing to killing outright the proposed resource sector environmental assessment legislation. In a post on the group’s website Suits and Boots founder Rick Peterson urged Canada’s Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources,…

Calgary, AB – According to a troubling report in the Calgary Herald this afternoon, the NDP government has already spent $1.1 million on their taxpayer-funded partisan “Made in Alberta” ad campaign. “If the NDP wants to campaign, the Premier should call the election instead of wasting tax dollars on ads that don’t even promote a program or service Albertans…

Dear Prime Minister, With a heavy heart, I am writing to tender my resignation as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence. I want to thank all Canadians, and in particular the residents of Vancouver-Granville, who put their trust in me and supported me as Minster of Justice and Attorney General…

This is a response to NDP Education Minister David Eggen’s column (“Students at risk with Jason Kenney”) which was recently submitted to newspapers across the province: NDP Education Minister David Eggen’s recent letter to the editor (“Students at risk with Jason Kenney”) is baseless, the latest in a fear and smear campaign from a desperate, out-of-touch…

February 8, 2019 (Edmonton) – Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel is asking the Court of Queen’s Bench to overturn a five-year ban, preventing him from running for public office because he did not file all of his required financial paperwork on time. Elections Alberta notified Mandel that his financial return was late following his nomination as…

Kenney commits to review all government contracts signed in campaign period CALGARY, AB (February 1, 2019): On the first day of the legal campaign period, the United Conservatives called on the NDP to start an election immediately, and to stop campaigning with tax dollars. The UCP also announced their first election platform commitment: a law that…

EDMONTON, AB (February 5, 2019) – Five days in to the legal election period, when an election can be called at any time, and the NDP’s taxpayer-funded ad campaign continues unabated. “Anyone who has watched TV or listened to the radio in the last month has seen the constant so-called ‘Made in Alberta’ advertisements. It’s time…

Bonnyville, AB – Dave Hanson, United Conservative MLA for Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills, and Scott Cyr, United Conservative MLA for Bonnyville-Cold Lake, have issued the following statement: “This past week we learned that 500 to 1,000 Albertans may lose their jobs in our region as the result of a recent change by the NDP government to the…

(Slave Lake, AB): United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney will visit twelve communities over the next three days as he launches the Alberta Strong & Free Northern Alberta tour. Kicking off this morning in Slave Lake for a series of meetings with United Conservative candidate Pat Rehn, Kenney says the northern Alberta tour is an opportunity to…

EDMONTON, AB (January 22, 2019): Today, Fort McMurray-Conklin MLA Laila Goodridge issued the following statement: “It is well-known that Premier Notley lived in Victoria and worked for the BC NDP in the 1990s. Given the NDP’s newfound interest in election financing laws, the Premier should clarify whether she knowingly illegally donated to the Alberta NDP…

January 18, 2019 (Edmonton, AB): Notley NDP Environment Minister Shannon Phillips has once again disgraced the Government. Yesterday at the Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs, Minister Phillips engaged in an over-the-top diatribe that is unbecoming of a Minister of the Crown. In attacking the UCP, the Minister accused our candidates of being “racists” and our…