Category: Politics

EDMONTON, AB: January 31st, the United Conservatives responded to an “emergency” NDP cabinet meeting held to deal with a report that British Columbia’s NDP government plans to restrict the transportation of oilsands crude by pipeline and rail within the province. “The NDP government of British Columbia has launched a full-frontal attack on Alberta’s economy, and in…

STATEMENT: Don MacIntyre resignation Statement from United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney EDMONTON, AB: United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney has issued the following statement: ““At approximately noon (Friday) Don MacIntyre resigned from the United Conservative Caucus.” Jason Kenney Statement on Derek Fildebrandt United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney today issued the following statement: “As elected representatives, we…

EDMONTON, AB: Yesterday, yet again, NDP members of the Legislature’s Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship voted down a common-sense motion from the United Conservatives to allow the committee to meet with stakeholders and be able to hear their concerns directly. David Hanson, United Conservative MLA for Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills, put forward the motion, a…

EDMONTON, AB: Today, the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) gave the NDP yet another failing grade in its annual Red Tape Report Card for “failing to support any comprehensive strategy for measuring, reporting or controlling the regulatory burden” in Alberta. “The NDP is completely out of touch with how its changes are negatively impacting Alberta’s small and…

RED DEER, AB: The NDP has snubbed central Alberta yet again, leaving the much-needed hospital expansion at Red Deer Regional Hospital off Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) health care infrastructure priority list. This year’s list includes billions in infrastructure dollars for projects in Edmonton and Calgary but ignores the only major hospital in central Alberta, which has…

Federal, provincial, and territorial finance ministers are scheduled to discuss the Equalization Program at meetings in Ottawa next week, presenting a clear opportunity for the Alberta Government to fight for a fair deal, says United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney. “Albertans are generous people, but we cannot be taken for granted. While pipeline projects were routinely built…

EDMONTON, AB: Last week, the NDP announced a new set of job-killing regulations on Alberta’s oil and gas sector, putting thousands of Alberta jobs at risk in the process. Yesterday, a leaked internal government memo warned the NDP’s incoming emission regulations would put thousands of jobs and billions of investment at risk. This despite the fact…

EDMONTON, AB: The United Conservative Official Opposition is prepared to extend the fall sitting of the Legislature to hold the NDP to account for recent changes to Alberta’s elections laws that would remove key measures like residency requirements. “The UCP Caucus has an obligation as the Opposition to carefully consider every piece of legislation and to…

EDMONTON, AB: The NDP must immediately come clean with Albertans on exactly how many jobs it estimates will be lost as a result of its latest attack on Alberta’s industry. An internal government analysis revealed that costs associated with the Output-Based Allocation (OBA) system–an overlooked element of the NDP’s Climate Leadership Plan–alone are estimated to…

Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement about the National Energy Board’s ruling in favour of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project: “Alberta welcomes today’s National Energy Board ruling. It gets us another step closer to shovels in the ground and more markets for our energy resources – something that benefits each and every Canadian. “There…

EDMONTON, AB: UCP Solicitor General Critic Mike Ellis today introduced Bill 216, the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Protecting Alberta’s Children) Amendment Act, 2017, which clarifies the responsibility of all adults to contact the authorities if they know of a child that is in need of intervention. However, this Bill was defeated by the NDP. Dubbed…

EDMONTON, AB: The latest delay to Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain pipeline again proves that the NDP’s job-killing carbon tax has failed to win so-called ‘social licence’ for pipelines. Alberta families are now saddled with an expensive tax that raises the price of virtually everything, and yet have no real progress on a pipeline that is critical to…