Tag: Northern Alberta

By Janet Keeping On Earth Day 2015, Green Party of Alberta Leader, Janet Keeping, calls for adoption of an Environmental Bill of Rights for Alberta.  According to Keeping, “An Environmental Bill of Rights for Albertans is long, long overdue.  Alberta’s ecosystems and wildlife habitat have been nickle-and-dimed nearly to death. It’s time Albertans had stronger…

  EDMONTON, AB – Last week, after facing steep criticism for protecting ABCs from salary disclosure rules and increasing spending while raising the largest tax increase in Alberta’s history, Jim Prentice stumbled out another dithering policy prescription to reduce ABCs by 25 per cent. Now, he needs to be straightforward with Albertans, and say which…

It seems one PC candidate finally started to listen to Albertans on the issue of corporate tax giveaways. While Jim Prentice is working overtime to protect the PCs’ corporate tax breaks, his candidate and former Deputy Premier, Thomas Lukaszuk, says that after the election he would look at increasing corporate taxes. Lukaszuk’s position was reported…

EDMONTON, AB – Today, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said a Wildrose government would make it mandatory for all hospitals to offer two free hours of parking for visitors, easing the burden Albertans face when they visit loved ones in hospital. Alberta Health Services (AHS) currently generates over $70 million in revenue from hospital visit parking fees, making…

The PCs say the Wildrose want to open the door to two-tiered health care. The truth is the PCs already opened that door, and refuse to close it. The PCs allowed privatized health care at the Copeman Healthcare Clinic (opened in 2012) and refuse to shut it down despite “serious concerns” raised by Health officials.…

  EDMONTON, AB (April 19, 2015): Even PC candidates are firing back at Jim Prentice’s cruel tax on charities. Medicine Hat candidate Blake Pedersen said recently he’s, “shocked at the government’s decision to do away with the tax break for those making charitable donations.” Maybe Pedersen should come clean with voters which party’s platform he…

CALGARY – (Thursday), NDP Leader Rachel Notley was joined by parents and kids in Calgary to announce the NDP’s plan to support Alberta’s students and stop PC cuts to our schools. “Families should be able to trust that students will have the support they need in the classroom, but the PCs are cutting funding for…

  Gap of $29 Billion Revealed in Wildrose Fiscal Plan CALGARY – Analysis of the “fully costed” Wildrose fiscal plan reveals a funding gap of $29 billion before it even went to the printers, a number of Progressive Conservative candidates said today. Wildrose has proposed some $10 billion in operational spending cuts over five years, with…

By Janet Keeping After 44 years of one-party rule Alberta’s democracy is in bad shape.  One clear indicator is that many Albertans confuse the PC party with the government – they think they are the same thing.  No better proof could be found than the memo that went out to all public servants earlier this…