Posted on December 17, 2020
CALGARY - MLA for Calgary-Buffalo Joe Ceci, MLA for Calgary-Mountain View Kathleen Ganley, and MLA for Calgary-McCall Irfan Sabir have written the attached open letter to Calgarians regarding the recently…
Posted on December 16, 2020
EDMONTON - Today Dr. Deena Hinshaw said AHS and the Canadian Red Cross are setting up a field hospital in Edmonton, despite repeated claims from Premier Jason Kenney and his cabinet ministers that field…
Posted on December 16, 2020
NDP Energy Critic Kathleen Ganley issued the following statement regarding the release of the federal government’s hydrogen strategy: “It’s encouraging to see several points of alignment with…
Posted on December 16, 2020
“Today, Alberta’s NDP joins with the vast majority of Edmontonians in condemning the series of hate-motivated attacks against members of the city’s Somalian community. “We have been in contact…
Posted on December 16, 2020
EDMONTON -- According to a new official government report from the Superintendent of Insurance, Alberta auto insurance companies remained highly profitable last year despite claims by the UCP they were…
Posted on December 14, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP is proposing a program to help Albertans facing sudden unemployment over the holidays and to provide a shot of adrenaline to the provincial economy in the wake of new closure…
Posted on December 11, 2020
EDMONTON - The UCP government is failing at-risk Albertans as their affordable housing review does not address their own damaging cuts, charges the Alberta NDP Caucus. The Final Report of the Alberta…
Posted on December 11, 2020
EDMONTON - Rural bus companies are struggling to survive as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the UCP government has been aware of their dire situation for months. Cold Shot, Sundog, Northern Express…
Posted on December 11, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is calling on the provincial government to help all Albertans get through the incredibly difficult COVID-19 pandemic by making five mental health therapy…
Posted on December 10, 2020
CALGARY – Jason Kenney and the UCP government must make all internal Alberta Health Services projections public as new data observed by the NDP Opposition indicates hospitalizations could rise more…
Posted on December 8, 2020
NDP Municipal Affairs Critic Joe Ceci issued the following statement regarding media reports that the UCP are attempting to delay the Green Line until after the next municipal election: “The Green Line…
Posted on December 7, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to admit his failure to slow the spread of COVID-19, and publicly release the recommendations being considered by his cabinet. The call…
Posted on December 7, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP and medical experts are calling for a twice-weekly rapid testing regime to be introduced in continuing care centres after 150 people died in those facilities in November alone.…
Posted on December 4, 2020
EDMONTON - The UCP Government needs to come clean to Albertans if they interfered politically with the Chief Electoral Officer investigation into the UCP Kamikaze scandal, following revelations that an…
Posted on December 4, 2020
EDMONTON - Job figures released by Statistics Canada show 11,000 jobs were lost in November as Premier Jason Kenney and his UCP government fail to get a second wave of COVID-19 under control. According…
Posted on December 3, 2020
EDMONTON - NDP Finance Critic Shannon Phillips introduced a private members bill to protect Albertans’ retirement savings after the UCP government has proven unable to manage the province’s finances…
Posted on December 2, 2020
EDMONTON – The UCP government’s Bill 47 proposes dangerous changes to the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. “Given the cruel comments Jason Kenney made last…
Posted on December 1, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP has obtained internal modelling from Alberta Health Services that shows increasing strain on Alberta hospitals and specifically intensive care units. The data was provided by…
Posted on November 30, 2020
EDMONTON - UCP Health Minister Tyler Shandro lied to Albertans today and denied that Calgary hospitals were short of oxygen due to the COVID crisis, despite a recent AHS memo warning clinical staff of…
Posted on November 28, 2020
The NDP are renewing their call for Jason Kenney and the UCP to provide more support for Albertans experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. As well, the Opposition believes daily statistics…
Posted on November 27, 2020
EDMONTON – Almost seven months after the federal government announced billions of dollars intended to top up wages for essential workers during the pandemic, the UCP have only accessed a fraction of…
Posted on November 26, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition is calling for the establishment of an independent COVID-19 advisory group to report data and provide advice to Albertans, following the revelation that Dr Deena…
Posted on November 26, 2020
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney revealed in an online discussion Wednesday that he buckled to pressure from his Caucus when deciding not to implement a provincial mask mandate and also suggested that…
Posted on November 25, 2020
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney must come clean with Albertans and publicly release all of the COVID-19 recommendations Dr. Deena Hinshaw presented to cabinet this week, including the public health measures…
Posted on November 24, 2020
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney failed to confront the out-of-control spread of COVID-19 infections in Alberta today, and emerged from 12 days of hiding to announce a small package of half-measures. “Albertans…