Category: Politics

  • Curriculum Review Must Provide Assurances on Standardized Testing and a Focus on Literacy and Math: Wildrose

    Curriculum Review Must Provide Assurances on Standardized Testing and a Focus on Literacy and Math: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government’s announcement of a major curriculum overhaul was short on details about getting back to basics in literacy and numeracy, just a few days after the Minister told a dedicated education advocate that “the matter of how mathematics is taught at individual schools [is] closed.” “Consultation is of the utmost importance…

  • Education Minister Dismisses Parent Concerns as Curriculum Review Launched: Wildrose

    Education Minister Dismisses Parent Concerns as Curriculum Review Launched: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Education Minister David Eggen must explain why he’s dismissing the concerns of parents and education advocates at a time when he’s planning yet another comprehensive review of Alberta’s education curriculum, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. One day before he promised a curriculum overhaul “unlike any seen in Alberta,” Eggen wrote education advocate Dr.…

  • New Leaked Docs Highlight the Damaging Costs of the NDP Carbon Tax Plan: Wildrose

    New Leaked Docs Highlight the Damaging Costs of the NDP Carbon Tax Plan: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: With leaked government documents from last November showing the NDP carbon tax and climate plan could cost Albertans 15,000 jobs and a $4 billion drop in household income, it’s time for Premier Rachel Notley to come clean with Albertans and release the full costs of the carbon tax, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today.…

  • John Barlow: Liberal Delays Causing Investor Uncertainty and Impacting Job Growth

    John Barlow: Liberal Delays Causing Investor Uncertainty and Impacting Job Growth

    Ottawa, ON – (June 16th), Official Opposition Deputy Critic for Workforce, Employment and Labour and Member of Parliament for Foothills, John Barlow, and Lakeland MP and Deputy Critic for Natural Resources, Shannon Stubbs, expressed their disappointment with the Liberal government’s delays on critical decisions, while they continue to push a job killing carbon tax. Alberta lost another 24,000…

  • 90,000 Small Business Owners Tell Finance Ministers: No New CPP/QPP /ORPP Pension Taxes!

    90,000 Small Business Owners Tell Finance Ministers: No New CPP/QPP /ORPP Pension Taxes!

    Last chance for provinces to block CPP hikes  Toronto/Calgary, June 16, 2016 – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has collected more than 50,000 petitions from small business owners opposed to Canada Pension Plan (CPP)/Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) premium hikes being debated at next week’s finance ministers’ meeting in Vancouver.  A further 40,000 petitions…

  • Solution Needed for Alberta Schools Shortchanged by Feds on Funding for Student Refugees: Wildrose

    Solution Needed for Alberta Schools Shortchanged by Feds on Funding for Student Refugees: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB): Both the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and the Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) received confirmation today from federal bureaucrats that no funding will be provided for the influx of Syrian refugees in the two school systems, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. In March of this year both the CBE and the EPSB…

  • NDP Double Down on Big Union Influence, Risky Economic Agenda: Wildrose

    NDP Double Down on Big Union Influence, Risky Economic Agenda: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Big union interests have become further entrenched in the NDP government with Premier Rachel Notley and the NDP doubling down on a risky economic agenda at their recent convention, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Notley refused to back down from her government’s plan to impose a massive 50 per cent increase to the…

  • Alberta Grants Raise Awareness About Dangers of Drugs Including Fentanyl

    Alberta Grants Raise Awareness About Dangers of Drugs Including Fentanyl

    The Alberta government is supporting police and their community partners in their efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of drug use. Grants totalling $240,000 are being provided for 17 projects, including: School programs to connect students to cultural activities and increase youth’s awareness around substance abuse, while educating students on prevention and early intervention…

  • Albertans Deserve a Say on Carbon Tax

    Albertans Deserve a Say on Carbon Tax

    By Jason Nixon, MLA Most Albertans don’t have to look very far to see the steep toll NDP policies are having on their communities. But this new NDP carbon tax might just be the last straw for thousands of Albertans who are already struggling to make ends meet in a hard-hit economy. Wildrose proposed 15…

  • Alberta Job Loss Numbers Climb, NDP Policies to Cause Further Harm

    Alberta Job Loss Numbers Climb, NDP Policies to Cause Further Harm

    EDMONTON, AB: The latest Labour Force Survey numbers released by Statistics Canada reveal that Alberta’s economy continues to negatively impact hardworking Albertans looking for employment, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The month of May saw employment fall by 24,000 with losses spread across several industries. Particularly concerning was the significant total loss of hours…

  • NDP Defer Wildrose Call for Study on Opioid Crisis: Wildrose

    NDP Defer Wildrose Call for Study on Opioid Crisis: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB (June 13, 2016): A Wildrose motion presented to the Standing Committee on Families and Communities to tackle Alberta’s opioid crisis head on was deferred by the NDP majority, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The motion sets the parameters of the study to include: Studying the availability and timeliness of access to treatment beds…

  • Crown Corporation Board of Directors replaced

    Crown Corporation Board of Directors replaced

    The Board of Directors of the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) has been dismissed after an examination into senior executives’ expense and procurement practices. An examination, spurred by an anonymous tip, uncovered problems with senior executives’ expenses and the corporation’s procurement practices. “The report’s findings point to a culture of entitlement in the last administration…

  • Nixon Statement on Dismissal of AFSC Board and Executives

    Nixon Statement on Dismissal of AFSC Board and Executives

    EDMONTON, AB: Yesterday, Wildrose Shadow Democracy and Accountability Minister Jason Nixon released the following statement on the dismissal of the Board of Directors of the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC): “We are glad to see the executives of the AFSC investigated. For years, rumours have circulated about questionable practices at the AFSC. “Wildrose first questioned the…

  • Alberta Establishes Panel to Advance Energy Efficiency Programs

    Alberta Establishes Panel to Advance Energy Efficiency Programs

    The Alberta government is establishing an advisory panel to help launch energy efficiency and small-scale electricity generation programs in the province. The Energy Efficiency Advisory Panel, appointed by Minister Phillips, comprises individuals with expertise and experience who will provide advice for the newly created Energy Efficiency Alberta. Over the coming months, the advisory panel, chaired…

  • NDP Rubber Stamp $14 Billion in New Borrowing: Wildrose

    NDP Rubber Stamp $14 Billion in New Borrowing: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB (June 13, 2016): After scrapping its self-imposed debt ceiling law, the NDP government has rubber stamped $14 billion in new borrowing, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The government approved two orders in council on June 10 that will allow it to borrow $14 billion to cover increases in new spending. “Despite warnings from…