Category: Politics

  • Making Things Worse: NDP Budget Punishes Families with New Carbon Tax, Record Deficit and Dangerous New Debt

    EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government’s budget is making things worse by slamming families with $58 billion of debt that will mean $2,000 per family for interest payments, and a punishing new carbon tax that unfairly targets working families for another $1,000 per year, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. “The NDP plan will hit families…

  • Alberta Jobs Plan supports families, creates jobs, controls costs

    Alberta Jobs Plan supports families, creates jobs, controls costs

    Budget 2016 moves Alberta forward Budget 2016 – The Alberta Jobs Plan moves Alberta forward by supporting families and businesses through a tough economy, promoting job creation and economic diversification, and carefully controlling government spending. The Alberta Jobs Plan is built on four key pillars: supporting families and communities; investing in infrastructure; diversifying our energy…

  • MP John Barlow: Liberals Table Doctor Assisted Dying Legislation

    MP John Barlow: Liberals Table Doctor Assisted Dying Legislation

      April 14th, 2016, Ottawa, ON – Official Opposition Deputy Critic for Employment, Workforce and Labour and Member of Parliament for Foothills, John Barlow, is encouraged to see the Liberal government’s proposed Doctor Assisted Dying legislation encompasses a number of recommendations made by the Conservative Party. Key for Barlow is that the proposed legislation does not provide access for…

  • Stier Presses NDP to Repudiate Anti-Agriculture, Anti-Trade Leap Manifesto

    Stier Presses NDP to Repudiate Anti-Agriculture, Anti-Trade Leap Manifesto

    LIVINGSTONE-MACLEOD, AB (April 14, 2016): This week in the legislature, Wildrose MLA for Livingstone-Macleod Pat Stier pressed the NDP government for answers about its position on the anti-Alberta Leap Manifesto. On April 10, the federal NDP voted in favour of discussing the Leap Manifesto, a radical left-wing document that claims, among other troubling points, that…

  • Government Introduces Legislation to Provide Medical Assistance in Dying

    Government Introduces Legislation to Provide Medical Assistance in Dying

    Proposed federal approach respects personal choice while protecting vulnerable persons April 14, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario – Government of Canada The federal government recognizes that, for all Canadians, medical assistance in dying is a difficult and deeply personal issue. It is important to defend people’s choices and freedoms in a way that protects the most…

  • Welcome to the New Normal – Deficits Without End

    Reining in debt and deficits now being discarded by some governments as they abandon plans of returning to a balanced budget on a fixed timeline By Ben Eisen and Charles Lammam, The Fraser Institue VANCOUVER, B.C. / Troy Media/ – Alberta’s Finance Minister Joe Ceci, set to deliver his budget April 14, recently said he does not…

  • Wildrose Official Opposition Leader Brian Jean’s response to the Premier’s televised address

    Good evening. My name is Brian Jean. Leader of the Wildrose Official Opposition. I’d like to thank the people of Alberta for the opportunity to speak with you tonight. I know you are worried and I hope to outline for you this evening a vision that provides hope and restores the Alberta Advantage. I’m here today, because…

  • Wildrose Releases 10 Point Common Sense Budget Recommendations

    Wildrose Releases 10 Point Common Sense Budget Recommendations

    EDMONTON, AB (April 12, 2016): Ensuring the sustainability of front line services, eliminating waste and saving the province just over $2 billion dollars are the three key principles that guide the 10 point common sense plan in the Wildrose Budget Sustainability Recommendations released today by the Wildrose Official Opposition. Wildrose Shadow Finance Minister Derek Fildebrandt was…

  • Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the May 5, 2015 Provincial General Election

    Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the May 5, 2015 Provincial General Election

    Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Glen Resler, released his report on the May 5, 2015 Provincial General Election, as required by section 4(5) of the Election Act. The report contains information on all aspects of the electoral process associated with the delivery and conduct of the 2015 Provincial General Election. Some highlights of the report include: legislative…

  • Albertans Should be the Boss, not Politicians

    That was the premise behind Bill 201 the Election Recall Act that was introduced in the Legislature this spring. It collected 11,000 signatures in just over 3 weeks in an online petition. Sadly, PC and NDP MLAs joined together to vote against Albertans who support recall and strengthening democracy. All Wildrose MLAs voted in support.…

  • Jean Statement on NDP Passing Resolution on Leap Manifesto

    EDMONTON, AB: Sunday, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean released the following statement after the NDP passed a resolution on the Leap Manifesto: “I am very disappointed in the radical anti-Alberta resolution that was passed today by the federal NDP. “Premier Notley sold her carbon tax, coal industry shutdown and a cap on oilsands development to Albertans with the promise…

  • The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a Free Trade Agreement Between the U.S. and 12 Pacific Rim Nations

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a Free Trade Agreement Between the U.S. and 12 Pacific Rim Nations

      By Brandon Ward In February 2016, after seven years of negotiation, the Obama administration reached a formal agreement with 12 Asia-Pacific countries known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — a partnership with the stated goal of promoting economic growth. As of late March 2016, the free trade agreement still required ratification from Congress before it could…

  • Lack of Property Rights Root Cause of On-Reserve Housing Problems

    A contributing factor to the deplorable housing conditions may be a lack of property rights on reserve By Ravina Bains and Kayla Ishkanian The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C./ Troy Media/ – In its recent federal budget the Liberal government committed $227 million in 2016/17 to “address urgent housing needs on reserve,” noting that First Nations…

  • Alberta and Metis Settlements Announce New Consultation Policy

    Alberta and Metis Settlements Announce New Consultation Policy

    Alberta is taking action to ensure Metis Settlements have a greater say in land management decisions that may impact them. Indigenous Relations Minister Richard Feehan has announced the implementation of a consultation policy that will provide a clear direction for consulting with Settlement communities. With a policy in place, Alberta will have a consistent process…

  • Government Accepts Recommendations to Strengthen Scientific Oversight of Environmental Monitoring

    Government Accepts Recommendations to Strengthen Scientific Oversight of Environmental Monitoring

    A new structure is being established to improve the province’s environmental monitoring and reporting system. The new model will replace the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA), which an independent review has determined is not the right delivery model to ensure effective and accountable oversight of environmental monitoring on behalf of Albertans. “We…