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New Alberta Health Services Board features strong health care expertise
Minister of Health Sarah Hoffman has created a new board to govern Alberta Health Services and further stabilize Alberta’s health-care system. The organization has been without a board since 2013. “Stable and effective health care is of vital concern to every family in Alberta. This group has firsthand knowledge of health care delivery, governance…
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Alberta Facing Threat of Credit Downgrade without Action: Wildrose
ALBERTA FACING THREAT OF CREDIT DOWNGRADE WITHOUT ACTION: WILDROSE EDMONTON, AB: On the eve of the NDP government’s first budget, Premier Rachel Notley must put forward a plan to keep Alberta’s strong credit rating and resist the temptation to scrap legislation to encourage deeper borrowing, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. A recent story in…
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New Ministry to Focus on Economic Development
A new ministry of Economic Development and Trade is being created to support greater economic growth and diversification for Alberta and jobs for Alberta’s communities. Deron Bilous has been named minister of the new department, and will oversee implementation of the economic plan. It will include enhanced supports for small- and medium-sized businesses, sector…
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New Department Won’t Stop the Pain of Bad NDP Economic Policies: Wildrose
EDMONTON, AB (October 22, 2015): If the NDP government was serious about diversifying the economy, it would stop hurting business and investor confidence with bad economic policies, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. With this cabinet shuffle, the important ministry of Municipal Affairs gets its sixth minister in three years as Deron Bilous is…
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Cabinet Changes Show Focus on Economic Diversification, Supporting Job Growth
The changes to Cabinet demonstrate the Notley government’s focus on economic diversification and supporting Alberta’s job creators, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Deron Bilous will serve as Minister of Economic Development and Trade. Minister Bilous most recently served as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister of Service Alberta. Minister Bilous will also chair a Cabinet committee tasked…
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NDP Break Balanced Budget Pledge
EDMONTON, AB (October 21, 2015): Finance Minister Joe Ceci’s announcement of delaying balancing the budget until 2020 leads to questions of whether the NDP will ever balance the books, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. “This is the NDP breaking their single most important campaign promise of balancing the budget before the end of…
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Trudeau must fix the voting system: Fair Vote Canada
After an election in which 9,093,630 (51.8%) votes went nowhere, Justin Trudeau has a golden opportunity to bring a more democratic voting system to Canada. Liberals won a majority with 39.5% of the popular vote and more than half of all voters were unable to cast an effective ballot. They now will wait another four…
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Thank You from Justin Trudeau
Real change has come to Canada, and it’s because of you. Your knocks and calls. Your donations. Your support on social media. And most importantly, your votes. From every last candidate, to every last volunteer, donor and supporter, remember: I didn’t make history. You did. For three years, we had a very old-fashioned strategy. We…
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Statement from Premier Rachel Notley on the Federal Election
October 19, 2015 Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement on the result of the 2015 federal election: “I would like to congratulate Prime Minister designate Justin Trudeau on his electoral victory. “I look forward to working collaboratively with him to build a strong Alberta within a strong Canada. “As leaders, we need to…
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Jean Statement on Results of Federal Election
FORT MCMURRAY, AB (October 19, 2015): Wildrose Leader Brian Jean issued the following statement on the results of the federal election: “On behalf of the Wildrose Official Opposition, I congratulate Justin Trudeau on the results of today’s decisive election. The Liberals had a well-run campaign, and I look forward to having an opportunity to…
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National 2015 Elections Results and the Foothills Riding Results
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Statement from John Walsh, President of the Conservative Party of Canada
OCTOBER 20, 2015 I have spoken with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, he communicated to me a request to initiate a number of actions pursuant to my responsibilities as laid out in the constitution of the Conservative Party of Canada. I thanked the Prime Minister for his leadership on behalf of our party. Stephen Harper has…
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Fair Vote Canada offers a tool to look at Disregarded Votes
On Election Day, Fair Vote Canada will be offering Canadians a different way to analyze election results with the website http://myvoteshouldcount.ca/. This website will provide live results for each riding and party by percentage of unrepresented votes. An unrepresented vote is a vote that will not be represented in the legislature because it did…
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Why I’m Voting for……
By E.P. Whinters When I wrote my first article as a Guest Columnist for the Gateway Gazette many moons ago, I put forth my intention: to select every week some aspect of the coming election; to study, research and reflect without bias (as much as possible), in hopes that I can make an intelligent decision…
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Today History Will Be Made ~ Be a Part of It: VOTE!
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