Category: Politics

  • Meet Romy Tittel – Green Party Candidate – 2015 Federal Election

    Engage, Educate, Motivate I am a first-generation Canadian, born and raised in Calgary, currently residing in the Springbank area west of Calgary. My husband of 33 years and I own and operate PROCAD Software, which has been serving the process engineering community for over 27 years. Besides being a business woman and an artist (romytittel.com),…

  • Education Minister Must Reassure Parents on New School Build Timelines: Wildrose

    Education Minister Must Reassure Parents on New School Build Timelines: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB: One of the most mishandled files to grace the desk of a provincial cabinet minister is moving in the right direction with an Auditor General’s study into school capital planning in the province, but more questions remain about whether schools will actually be built by their new completion dates, the Wildrose Official…

  • Federal election: small business owners will take substance over style

    Survey shows entrepreneurs will vote for best policies  Toronto – With Election Day just over the horizon, Canada’s small business owners will be looking to policy over personality when it comes time to cast their ballots. According to a CFIB survey conducted this week, a majority of small business owners said the party platform was the…

  • How the parties propose to help young Canadians save for retirement

    How the parties propose to help young Canadians save for retirement

    By focusing only on adapting CPP and QPP policy, we risk tightening the squeeze being felt by young Canadians By Paul Kershaw, Founder of Generation Squeeze VANCOUVER, BC/ Troy Media/ – With Statistics Canada showing that a smaller proportion of seniors currently fall below low-income cut-offs than any other age group, the concern is that younger Canadians…

  • Meet Cory Morgan – Libertarian Party Candidate – 2015 Federal Election

    Meet Cory Morgan – Libertarian Party Candidate – 2015 Federal Election

    Cory was born in Red Deer in 1971, raised in Banff and now resides in Priddis, Alberta. He was a founding member of the Wildrose Party and has served in the provincial executive positions of VP Policy and Southern zone director since the party’s inception. Cory ran for the Wildrose Party in Calgary Mountainview in…

  • Meeting with Treaty Six First Nation Leadership sets course for renewed relationship

    Premier Rachel Notley, Grand Chief Tony Alexis and several Chiefs from Treaty Six First Nations took steps to build a new relationship today. Today, the Premier of Alberta and the Chiefs of Treaty Six met to discuss working together in a new spirit of respect and reconciliation. “We are committed to establishing a more respectful…

  • Government calls on Auditor General to look into school capital planning

    The Government of Alberta has requested the Auditor General look into major delays in the construction of provincial education infrastructure and a substantial lag in funding related to the previous government’s announcements to build new schools and modernize existing schools. “It has become painfully clear through the development of our school capital plan that the previous…

  • Meet Marc Slingerland – Christian Heritage Party Candidate – 2015 Federal Election

    Marc Slingerland is a high school teacher and principal of an independent school west of Lethbridge. He holds graduate degrees in Chemistry and in Educational Leadership from the University of Lethbridge. Marc is convinced of the need for a firm moral grounding for government, leading him to get involved in the Christian Heritage Party as…

  • Canada Concludes Free Trade Agreement with Trans-Pacific Partners

    Ottawa, Ontario – The Government of Canada today announced that the members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have successfully concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement that will benefit Canada’s economy. The TPP agreement will give Canada preferential access to dynamic and growing Asia-Pacific markets. Tariffs and other barriers faced by a wide range of…

  • Agriculture Minister issues statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership

      Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier issued the following statement in response to the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade negotiations. “Alberta is a trade-focused province and we support the responsible growth of trade opportunities for our export sectors. This is a wide-ranging agreement that we need to review in detail before we…

  • Who Will You Vote For? – 2015 Federal Election

    Who Will You Vote For? – 2015 Federal Election

    Due to the very long campaign period for this 2015 Federal Election the Gateway Gazette decided not to inundate our readers with election articles. Now as the voting day gets closer we have decided to post one article per business day on each of the Foothills Candidates giving you their bios and links to their…

  • Panda Sworn in as 22nd Wildrose MLA

      EDMONTON, AB: The size of Alberta’s Official Opposition caucus has grown to 22, following the swearing in of Calgary-Foothills MLA Prasad Panda, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Panda was sworn in by Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell Monday morning at the Alberta Legislature Building, where he was joined by family and friends. Following the ceremony, Panda vowed…

  • Provincial Budget Must Serve Albertans, Not Ideological Interests: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB: Following Finance Minister Joe Ceci’s announcement that Alberta’s long overdue budget will be tabled on Oct. 27, the NDP must reconsider its priorities and introduce a budget that is truly in the best interests of Albertans, the Wildrose Official Opposition said Monday. “Wildrose has been repeatedly calling on the NDP to bring back…

  • AFN Open Forum on 2015 Federal Election to increase momentum for focus on First Nations priorities

    AFN Open Forum on 2015 Federal Election to increase momentum for focus on First Nations priorities

    Federal party leaders invited to engage with First Nations OTTAWA /CNW/ – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is convening an Open Forum on First Nations and the 2015 Federal Election on October 7, 2015 at the Edmonton Marriott at River Cree Resort in Enoch, Alberta.  The Forum will focus discussion on First Nations priorities and…

  • Provincial Budget to be Released October 27

      Finance Minister Joe Ceci announced Alberta’s Budget 2015 will be tabled in the Legislature on Tuesday, October 27. “I’m pleased to announce that on October 27, our government will introduce its first provincial budget. Our budget will outline a plan for jobs and economic growth while stabilizing public services and putting us on a…