Category: Politics

  • Government Releases Bail Review and Plans for Improving System

    Government Releases Bail Review and Plans for Improving System

    A comprehensive review of Alberta’s bail system was conducted and is now being released. The bail review resulted from an initial review completed by the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS) following the fatal shooting of St. Albert RCMP officer Constable David Wynn and injury of Auxiliary Constable Derek Bond by an individual who was out…

  • Enrolment Growth Funding Supports Every Alberta Student

    Enrolment Growth Funding Supports Every Alberta Student

    The government is providing school authorities with funding, through Budget 2016, for enrolment growth. This will ensure that school authorities receive funding for all eligible Kindergarten-to-Grade-12 students. Many schools across the province are seeing an increase in their student populations. It is projected that provincial K-12 enrolment growth will be about 8,200 students – or…

  • Infrastructure Investment at the University of Calgary to Increase Space for Health and Social Work Programming

    Infrastructure Investment at the University of Calgary to Increase Space for Health and Social Work Programming

    A $17-million investment through Budget 2016 will allow the University of Calgary to explore redevelopment options for its oldest buildings. The Alberta government is committing $8.6 million each year for two years for the planning phase of the MacKimmie Block and Tower buildings and Professional Faculties redevelopment. Through the planning stage, University of Calgary officials…

  • Learn About the Springbank Reservoir at May Open Houses

    Learn About the Springbank Reservoir at May Open Houses

    As part of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) underway, Albertans can learn more about the Springbank-Offstream Reservoir and share their feedback at upcoming open houses. Project members will provide updates about the project, including the EIA, engineering related activities and design and development. The public can also learn more about the regulatory processes and road alterations…

  • Government Moving Forward on Research and Innovation

    Government Moving Forward on Research and Innovation

    Government would control spending, create jobs and diversify the economy with the proposed creation of a single Alberta Innovates entity. Bill 11 proposes to merge four existing Alberta Innovates corporations into one. This leaner entity would build on the strengths of each corporation while enabling a stronger, more responsive research and innovation system. This change…

  • Highway 43x Bypass Will Create Jobs and Improve Traffic Flow and Safety

    Highway 43x Bypass Will Create Jobs and Improve Traffic Flow and Safety

    A new bypass in Grande Prairie is part of an investment of more than $7 billion in roads and bridges over five years under the Alberta Jobs Plan. The $54-million investment in the bypass will reduce congestion and improve traffic flow and safety for travellers, local residents and businesses. The two-year project is expected to…

  • Euphemisms Obscure Truth About Assisted Suicide

    Euphemisms Obscure Truth About Assisted Suicide

    We need to take extraordinary care in defining the terms of medically-assisted death in Canada By Ray Pennings, Co-founder and executive vice-president, Cardus HAMILTON, Ont. / Troy Media/ – In a debate as significant to the nation as that about medically-assisted death, every word matters. Bill C-14, introduced in the House of Commons on April 14, is titled “An…

  • Proposed Priddis Bridge Update

    Proposed Priddis Bridge Update

    Suzanne Oel, MD of Foothills Councillor The Priddis Bridge Project has made it to a published list of projects that may be considered if funding becomes available.  Engineering has been done for some time.  Now, it has come out of obscurity and with all our efforts in raising awareness about the PVR & 22 intersection,…

  • Calls to End Independent Schools in Alberta Wrong-Headed

    Calls to End Independent Schools in Alberta Wrong-Headed

    Private schools and charter schools actually reduce the strain on Alberta budget By Deani Van Pelt and Jason Clemens, The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C. / Troy Media/ – While parents in Alberta have more choice for their children’s education than Canadians in most other provinces, that level of choice may soon be reduced by the current government…

  • NDP Mismanagement Hurting our Environment

    NDP Mismanagement Hurting our Environment

    Wildrose Shadow Environment Minister Todd Loewen A commitment to the environment from our government means more than introducing expensive new carbon taxes. It means taking care of our wildlife, lakes and land. But right now, Alberta’s tourism and local businesses will take a hit this summer because of an unevenly implemented, haphazard government plan. For…

  • Government to Require Contract Disclosure for High-Income Earners in the Public Sector

    Government to Require Contract Disclosure for High-Income Earners in the Public Sector

    The next phase of government’s transparency plan will ensure employment and severance contracts are disclosed by this time next year for executives of agencies, boards and commissions. The contract disclosure will be aligned with the work already underway to standardize compensation practices in public sector bodies. In the future, contract disclosure will apply to the…

  • Parents Will Pay Higher Prices to Send Their Kids to School Under NDP Carbon Tax: Smith

    Parents Will Pay Higher Prices to Send Their Kids to School Under NDP Carbon Tax: Smith

    EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government should come clean on the full cost of the carbon tax in classrooms across Alberta and the higher bus and school fees that will be paid by parents, Wildrose Shadow Education Minister Mark Smith said today. A media estimate pegs the cost increase for filling the tanks of the 500…

  • CFIB Challenges Premier’s Minimum Wage Assertions

    CFIB Challenges Premier’s Minimum Wage Assertions

    CALGARY, April, 2016 – Contrary to the government’s belief, the prevailing story that a large number of minimum wage earners are single parents is a myth.  On Thursday, Premier Notley justified the government’s plans to press ahead with their $15 minimum wage proposal by claiming: “it is not appropriate for a single parent to work…

  • Prime Minister concludes his visit to New York for the Paris Agreement signing Ceremony

    Prime Minister concludes his visit to New York for the Paris Agreement signing Ceremony

    New York, New York, United States of America The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, concluded his visit to New York on April 22nd where, on behalf of Canada, he officially signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The Government of Canada views climate change not only as a challenge, but as an opportunity. It is a…

  • Premier Notley to Promote Climate Leadership and Economic Diversification in Washington, D.C.

    Environmental responsibility and diversification across sectors will be at the forefront of discussions when Premier Notley travels to the U.S. capital from April 27 to 29. While on the ground, Premier Notley will draw attention to Alberta’s progress on the Climate Leadership Plan and how it will create opportunities to advance clean technologies and renewables…