Category: Politics

  • Business Groups Call for Renewed Dialogue on Employment and the Economy

      Edmonton:  A new alliance of employer organizations representing a broad cross-section of sectors and industries has sent an open letter to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley requesting an opportunity to meet and engage in a dialogue with her and her cabinet about the current state of the economy, and identify a more collaborative path forward…

  • Alberta’s carbon levy drives renewable fuel innovation to diversify economy, create jobs and reduce emissions

    Alberta’s carbon levy drives renewable fuel innovation to diversify economy, create jobs and reduce emissions

    Alberta’s price on carbon is resulting in an investment to transform plant oils into renewable transportation fuel manufactured in Alberta. Edmonton-based SBI BioEnergy has developed a technology that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by creating a renewable fuel that is virtually indistinguishable from diesel. Using revenue from the price Alberta’s large emitters pay for releasing greenhouse…

  • Alberta Greens urge adoption of Proportional Representation  

    Alberta Greens urge adoption of Proportional Representation  

    Our current voting system is grossly unfair but not the worst possible alternative In its submission to the Legislature’s Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee, the Green Party of Alberta advocates adoption of Proportional Representation (PR) as the best alternative to replace our current system of voting, known as First Past the Post (FPTP).  The…

  • Premier Rachel Notley Supports the Canada-U.S. Agreement to Cut Methane Emissions

    Premier Rachel Notley Supports the Canada-U.S. Agreement to Cut Methane Emissions

        New agreement aligns Canada and U.S. cuts with Alberta’s methane reduction plan. Alberta welcomes the announcement in Washington, D.C., between Canada and the United States to work together to cut methane emissions and to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change. “I am exceptionally proud today to know that, in Washington, one of…

  • U.S.-Canada Joint Statement on Climate, Energy, and Arctic Leadership

    U.S.-Canada Joint Statement on Climate, Energy, and Arctic Leadership

    Washington, D.C., United States of America 10 March 2016 President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau share a common vision of a prosperous and sustainable North American economy, and the opportunities afforded by advancing clean growth.  They emphasize and embrace the special relationship between the two countries and their history of close collaboration on…

  • Alberta Liberal Candidate Khalil Karbani Runs for Calgary-Greenway

    Alberta Liberal Candidate Khalil Karbani Runs for Calgary-Greenway

    Advanced Polls open March 16th to 19th; election takes place Tuesday, March 22nd. For more information visit the Elections Alberta website. Biography I have lived in both London, England and Calgary, and have a vast global experience both on a work and volunteer basis.  I was a part of a very successful business that I…

  • Speech from the Throne a missed opportunity

    Speech from the Throne a missed opportunity

    The Alberta Party EDMONTON, AB – The NDs missed the opportunity to reassure Albertans about the economic stability of the province, says Alberta Party Opposition Leader Greg Clark. “The NDs have absolutely no interest in a plan to get back to balance,” said Clark. “This is troubling and is certain to lead towards a credit rating…

  • Thana Boonlert to run for Alberta Greens in Calgary-Greenway by-election

    Thana Boonlert to run for Alberta Greens in Calgary-Greenway by-election

    The Green Party of Alberta is pleased to announce that environmental engineer, Thana Boonlert, will be the Party’s candidate in the by-election soon to be held in Calgary-Greenway. According to leader of the Green Party of Alberta, Janet Keeping, “Thana will make an immensely intelligent, well-informed and energetic candidate. He will do a great job…

  • David Swann Reacts to Throne Speech

    David Swann Reacts to Throne Speech

    David Swann looks for more from the NDP government after the Throne Speech “This was a mom and apple-pie throne speech,” says Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann. “There were a lot of feel good moments but very little concrete commitment to new or difficult ideas.” Today’s throne speech by Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell introduced a…

  • Alberta and BDC Partner to Support Alberta Businesses

    Alberta and BDC Partner to Support Alberta Businesses

    Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous and the President of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Michael Denham have signed a Letter of Intent to help Alberta businesses grow and diversify. The Letter of Intent lays the foundations for a strong partnership between the Government of Alberta and the BDC that will explore…

  • Throne Speech highlights supports for children, job creation and economic diversification

    Throne Speech highlights supports for children, job creation and economic diversification

    Government’s spring agenda focuses on investment in children in low-income families, job training and job creation. A new child benefit plan will help 380,000 children living in low-income households, while government works to create new jobs and opportunities, build on traditional economic strengths, diversify markets and products, and increase accountability and responsible public fiscal management.…

  • Wildrose Launches Petition to Support New Recall Legislation

    Wildrose Launches Petition to Support New Recall Legislation

    EDMONTON, AB: (Monday), Wildrose launched a new petition campaign for Albertans to support recall legislation such as that to be introduced by Wildrose Drayton Valley-Devon MLA Mark Smith with his upcoming Bill 201. The petition can be signed online or downloaded at SupportRecall.ca. Bill 201, the Election Recall Act, is scheduled to be introduced this…

  • NDP ‘Jobs Plan’ in Chaos, has Created Zero Jobs: Wildrose

    NDP ‘Jobs Plan’ in Chaos, has Created Zero Jobs: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government’s jobs plan has created zero jobs since being introduced last fall, comes with a big price tag and is creating further chaos, confusion and red-tape in the business community, the Wildrose Official Opposition said (Thursday). The jobs subsidy program was introduced as a cornerstone of the NDP’s 2015 budget with a…

  • TransCanada Announcement Shows NDP Carbon Tax Already Putting Communities at Risk

    EDMONTON, AB (March 7, 2016): After the NDP government promised energy workers in the coal sector that they would be protected from job loss, TransCanada announced the cancellation of three of its coal contracts today due to NDP government policies. In November, Premier Rachel Notley promised communities that depend on the vitality of coal plants…

  • The Dollars and Cents of the NDP’s Carbon Tax Don’t Add Up

    By Grant Hunter, MLA While Albertans have been struggling to pay their mortgages at the end of the month, the NDP government has been very busy trying to spin their $3-billion dollar carbon tax as revenue neutral. Sadly, for families and businesses, it will only lead to cost increases that will make the end of…