Category: Politics

  • Who Would Want a Carbon Tax? and What the Heck is Cap and Trade?

    Who Would Want a Carbon Tax? and What the Heck is Cap and Trade?

    Green Party of Alberta The Special Presentation of “Who would want a carbon tax? And what the heck is cap and trade?” HAS BEEN CANCELLED in both Calgary and Red Deer. We apologize for any inconvenience. Green Party of Alberta · Calgary, Alberta T2L 1Y4, Canada A critical discussion to inform policy decisions before the…

  • Standing Up for Students: New Initiative Calls for Alberta Ed to Get Back to Basics

    Standing Up for Students: New Initiative Calls for Alberta Ed to Get Back to Basics

      EDMONTON, AB: Getting back to basics in Alberta’s classrooms is part one of common sense announcements Wildrose Shadow Education Minister Mark Smith unveiled (Tuesday) in a series called Standing Up for Students. The initiative puts forward positive ideas and solutions to help the government once again make Alberta home to one of the world’s best…

  • Albertans are Invited to Community Engagement Sessions on Royalties

    The royalty review advisory panel is hosting four community engagement sessions to gather input from Albertans on the future of Alberta’s royalty framework for non-renewable energy resources. Panel members and technical experts will be on hand to talk to Albertans about the royalty framework, gather feedback and answer questions. Albertans are invited to attend engagement…

  • Albertans Deserve Better Information on Air Quality Testing from NDP: Wildrose

    Albertans Deserve Better Information on Air Quality Testing from NDP: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB: Albertans deserve better clarity from the NDP government on the source and origin for lower air quality outcomes released by Environment Minister Shannon Phillips, Wildrose Shadow Environment Minister Todd Loewen said today. The NDP announcement about data reported against Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards tried to pin particularly low air quality numbers…

  • Castle Area Decision Will Hurt Local Economy: Stier

      EDMONTON, AB (September 8, 2015): The NDP government continue to ignore the impact their ideological policies are having on jobs and the economy after unilaterally cancelling projects in the Castle area, Wildrose Livingstone-Macleod MLA Pat Stier said today. The announcement made last week involved zero consultation with municipal officials or industry, and will directly…

  • PC Caucus Supports Enhanced Protection for the Castle Wilderness Area

    PC Caucus Supports Enhanced Protection for the Castle Wilderness Area

      Calgary – The PC Caucus is glad that the government is proceeding with protecting the Castle Wilderness area, and urges the Alberta government to engage in respectful dialogue about implementation with current industry, tourism, recreational, conservation, and cultural users of the area. “We support the decision for no further industrial development in the new…

  • Who are the NDP?

    Who are the NDP?

      E.P. Whinters Today, I’m going to take a look at the history of the New Democratic Party. It definitely is a baby in comparison to the Liberals and Conservatives, who have ran Canadian politics since the first prime minister in 1867. The NDP officially began in 1961 in Ottawa at a convention that united…

  • Erosion of Property Rights Continues under Bill 36 in Castle Park Designation

    Erosion of Property Rights Continues under Bill 36 in Castle Park Designation

      EDMONTON, AB – The announcement by the NDP government of full protection for the Castle area harkens back to the legacy created by Bill 36, and the chipping away the rights of property and business owners, the Wildrose Opposition said. Wildrose Shadow Environment and Parks Minister Todd Loewen said, “The hangover of Bill 36 is still…

  • Wildrose Prasad Panda Wins Calgary-Foothills

    Wildrose Prasad Panda Wins Calgary-Foothills

      Elections Alberta – Unofficial Results: Elector Count: 32,212 Grochowski, Antoni (IND): 46 (0.36%) Hawkesworth, Bob (NDP): 3,270 (25.71%) Houston, Blair (PC): 2,746 (21.59%) Keeping, Janet (GPA): 377 (2.96%) Panda, Prasad (WRP): 4,877 (38.35%) Taylor, Mark (AP): 610 (4.80%) Zahid, Ali Bin (LIB): 791 (6.22%) Voter Turnout: 12,717

  • NDP Health Minister Chooses Risky Ideology Over Patient Care

    NDP Health Minister Chooses Risky Ideology Over Patient Care

      Recently, NDP Health Minister Sarah Hoffman ripped up a $3 billion contract for lab services impacting health care for Edmonton and northern Alberta. Sadly, her reason had nothing to do with whether or not this was the best path to provide quality care for patients, but rather, on ideology. The government spent significant time…

  • Calgary-Foothills By-election Unofficial Advance Poll Voter Turnout

    Calgary-Foothills By-election Unofficial Advance Poll Voter Turnout

      Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Glen Resler, has released the Unofficial Advance Poll Voter Turnout numbers for the four days of Advance Polls held on August 26th to 29th, 2015. We have an unofficial total of 4,146 electors who voted in Calgary-Foothills at the Advance Polls.  This represents 12% of the total electorate. “We experienced…

  • Alberta’s Royalty Review is Now Underway

    Alberta’s Royalty Review is Now Underway

    The royalty review advisory panel will begin its work connecting with Albertans as it reviews the province’s non-renewable resource royalty framework. Energy economist Peter Tertzakian, former Alberta deputy minister of finance Annette Trimbee, and Mayor of Beaverlodge Leona Hanson will work alongside panel chair Dave Mowat. The group will engage with Albertans, energy-related industries and…

  • History of the Liberal Party

    History of the Liberal Party

    E.P. Whinters Until this year, Canadian history could be seen as a relatively constant battle between the Conservatives and Liberals – if one was not leading our government, it was the other. In my last writing, I looked at the history of the Conservative party and this time I will turn the spotlight on the…

  • Alberta’s First Quarter Report Released

      Alberta’s updated first quarter forecast reflects higher-than-anticipated costs for fighting wildfires and drought, as well as the reversal of the previous government’s planned health levy and cuts to healthcare and education. The first quarter results show an increase of $456 million for disaster assistance, including agricultural drought relief and wildfire fighting costs, over and…

  • Hoffman’s Reasoning for Cancelling Lab Services Project Contradictory; Patients at Risk

    Hoffman’s Reasoning for Cancelling Lab Services Project Contradictory; Patients at Risk

      EDMONTON, AB – Wildrose Shadow Health Minister Drew Barnes called for a firm timeline on the NDP’s review into lab services after new documents released show that Health Minister Sarah Hoffman has willingly gone against the advice of AHS, choosing ideology over safety for Albertans. The AHS documents were obtained by Wildrose through a freedom…