Category: Politics

  • REALITY CHECK: Rachel Notley and Pipelines

    REALITY CHECK: Rachel Notley and Pipelines

    Rachel Notley told the Calgary Herald on Friday that she supports pipelines to get Alberta energy resources to market – where there is a realistic chance of them being built. Here is the relevant portion of the article (Calgary Herald, April 25th): “‘Gateway is not the right decision. I think that there’s just too much…

  • Paramedics Asked to Pay Out of Pocket for Medical Equipment

    Paramedics Asked to Pay Out of Pocket for Medical Equipment

    CALGARY – A shocking email released Saturday by NDP Leader Rachel Notley, revealed that Paramedics are being asked to fund the purchase of medical equipment by a voluntary payroll deduction. The email, sent to the NDP by a concerned worker, comes from a private foundation and asks paramedics to pay for EMS equipment including basic necessities such as…

  • Building our Towns, Cities and Municipal Districts: Wildrose Reveals Details of 10/10 MSI Plan

    Building our Towns, Cities and Municipal Districts: Wildrose Reveals Details of 10/10 MSI Plan

      FORT McMURRAY, AB – The Wildrose’s popular 10/10 MSI Plan will provide predictable, sustainable, direct funding for Alberta’s cities, towns and municipal districts, while it allocates new funding for important regional projects, the Wildrose said Sunday. The 10/10 MSI Plan would guarantee 10 per cent of provincial tax revenue and 10 per cent of budget surpluses go to…

  • Standing Up For Families: Wildrose Would Scrap Mandatory School Fees

    Standing Up For Families: Wildrose Would Scrap Mandatory School Fees

      EDMONTON, AB – A Wildrose government would put an end to the nickel-and-diming of parents every September by scrapping mandatory school fees in all public, Catholic, and public charter schools, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean announced today. “There shouldn’t be a surcharge on public education. No parent should have to take out their chequebook to…

  • Alberta PCs Protecting Jobs in Agriculture

    Alberta PCs Protecting Jobs in Agriculture

    Verlyn Olson, PC Candidate for Wetaskiwin-Camrose, shares how the Prentice Plan will encourage and support the growth of Alberta’s agricultural industry. By Verlyn Olson, PC Candidate for Wetaskiwin-Camrose Growing up in Camrose, I was raised with a healthy respect for the land and the importance of the agriculture sector. Today, my wife and I live…

  • Laurie Blakeman is Green Party candidate in Edmonton-Centre

    Laurie Blakeman is Green Party candidate in Edmonton-Centre

    By Janet Keeping Laurie is a courageous, hard-working and effective MLA.  She supports the six principles of the global Green movement – sustainability, respect for diversity, social justice, ecological wisdom, participatory democracy and non-violence.  Her long-term commitment to social justice has been especially obvious in her recent successful campaign to ensure Gay-Straight Alliances are available…

  • Meet Pat Stier – Wildrose Candidate for Livingstone-Macleod

    Meet Pat Stier – Wildrose Candidate for Livingstone-Macleod

    Pat Stier was elected as the Member of Albertas’ Legislative Assembly for Livingstone-Macleod on April 23, 2012. He has lived in Alberta’s Foothills region his entire life. He attended school in Okotoks and raised Angus cattle, Arabian horses and various crops with his family for more than 30 years on their ranch near De Winton.…

  • Dr. David Swann Proposes 5 Point Plan to Fix Healthcare

    Dr. David Swann Proposes 5 Point Plan to Fix Healthcare

    EDMONTON, AB – (This week) Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann announced a five-point plan to fix health care. The Liberal plan is specifically designed to fix the health care system’s most pressing problems: EXPAND HOME CARE AND LONG-TERM CARE Problem: Without access to home care and long-term care, many seniors turn to hospital emergency rooms…

  • Alberta PCs ~ Protecting Jobs: Oil & Gas Industry

    Alberta PCs ~ Protecting Jobs: Oil & Gas Industry

    Fort McMurray-Conklin PC Candidate, Don Scott outlines how the Prentice Plan will protect Alberta jobs in the oil and gas industry. By Don Scott, PC Candidate Fort McMurray-Conklin As a longtime Fort McMurray resident, I know firsthand how important the oil and gas sector is to Alberta’s communities, families and economy. Managing my own law…

  • The Alberta Party: Make government more effective and efficient by reducing the number of MLAs by 30%

    The Alberta Party: Make government more effective and efficient by reducing the number of MLAs by 30%

    By Greg Clark The Alberta Legislature is the most ineffective legislature in Canada Most of the government of Alberta’s business is done behind closed doors in cabinet or in the PC caucus room, far from public scrutiny. The Alberta Legislature also works far less than other Canadian legislatures – only PEI and Nunavut sat for fewer days…

  • School Councils Conference: Parents Engage with Peers and Partners in Education

    School Councils Conference: Parents Engage with Peers and Partners in Education

      Promoting engagement in public education, the Alberta School Councils’ Association (ASCA) is hosting its annual conference event and business meeting this weekend in Edmonton. Working with Alberta Education to strengthen parent participation in education, ASCA provides a unified voice for parents as the provincial organization representing school councils in Alberta. The School Councils Conference…

  • Jean Presents Clear Vision for Low Taxes and Balanced Budgets in Leaders’ Debate

      EDMONTON, AB – Wildrose Leader Brian Jean presented Alberta voters with a clear alternative for low taxes and balanced budgets against what he called the “Coalition for Higher Taxes” during (last night)’s leader’s debate. Jean contrasted the PC, NDP and Liberal plans for overspending and higher taxes on Alberta families and small businesses with…

  • Notley takes Jim Prentice head on in Leader’s Debate

    Notley takes Jim Prentice head on in Leader’s Debate

    EDMONTON – The NDP’s Rachel Notley emerged (last night) as the clear winner of the Alberta Leadership Debate. The hour-and-a-half long debate saw Notley outline her vision of a province where health care and education are protected by asking corporations to pay their fair share. “It was obvious from the debate that Jim Prentice does…

  • Global TV Livestream and Live Blog of the Alberta Election Leaders Debate Tonight

    Global TV Livestream and Live Blog of the Alberta Election Leaders Debate Tonight

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  • Statement on Wildrose Financial Plan

      CALGARY, AB – In response to the PCs continued attempts to justify their desperate and outlandish claims about the Wildrose Low-Tax Balanced Budget and Savings Plan, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean made the following statement: “Wildrose has been putting together alternative budgets with a transparent cash balance for years.  As in the 2012 election, our…