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…
Posted on November 24, 2020
EDMONTON - The UCP have tabled a second-quarter update that paints an overly optimistic picture of Alberta’s economy as the province is in the midst of a second wave of COVID-19. On Tuesday, UCP Finance…
Posted on November 24, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP learned more details about the scathing Auditor General Report November 2020 in which the Auditor General caught $1.6 billion dollars in accounting errors. In the meeting, the…
Posted on November 23, 2020
EDMONTON - While hiding from public scrutiny for nine straight days, Premier Jason Kenney told a private meeting that his COVID-19 response is “effective.” During a Zoom meeting of the Canada India…
Posted on November 22, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition will be seeking an emergency debate on Monday afternoon on the record case counts of COVID-19 seen over the weekend, the lack of information being provided…
Posted on November 22, 2020
CALGARY - Associate Health Minister Jason Luan told constituents in a virtual town hall that Alberta hospitals will have to be pushed to the limit before Jason Kenney and the UCP will consider any new…
Posted on November 20, 2020
EDMONTON - Canada’s Chief Medical Officer of Health released national-level COVID-19 modelling to Canadians today, while Premier Jason Kenney continues to withhold his government’s own analysis from…
Posted on November 19, 2020
EDMONTON - The BC government is implementing a mandatory mask policy today, only hours after the UCP government in Alberta refused to even commit to their own caucus members wearing them. The BC policy…
Posted on November 19, 2020
EDMONTON - UCP Education Minister Adriana LaGrange’s cuts to per-pupil funding and failure to plan for COVID-19 has left schools unable to hire newly trained Alberta teachers, even though the pandemic…
Posted on November 18, 2020
CALGARY -- NDP Indigenous Relations Critic Richard Feehan and Indigenous organizations and advocates came together Wednesday to call on the UCP government to include Indigenous genocide in Bill 205: the…
Posted on November 18, 2020
EDMONTON - NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on Jason Kenney and the UCP government to implement a mandatory mask policy for all public indoor spaces in all regions on the enhanced list. “The number…
Posted on November 17, 2020
EDMONTON - After learning that some health care workers who are sick or must isolate are being forced to take leave without pay, Alberta’s NDP and representatives for healthcare workers are calling…
Posted on November 16, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP and small business owners are calling for a suite of support measures for struggling small businesses in light of new, last-minute COVID-19 measures announced by the UCP government…
Posted on November 13, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition has joined the Information and Privacy Commissioner in publicly calling on UCP Health Minister Tyler Shandro to pull back Bill 46 until her concerns over its harm…
Posted on November 12, 2020
EDMONTON – Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley issued the respond to today’s COVID-19 update from Jason Kenney and the announcement of new public safety measures: “I extend my deepest condolences to…
Posted on November 12, 2020
CALGARY - Jason Kenney and the UCP are cutting corners on fire safety in the construction of the Calgary Cancer Centre, and Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is calling on them to reverse decisions…
Posted on November 9, 2020
EDMONTON – Jason Kenney and the Alberta UCP are attacking injured workers and making Alberta worksites more unsafe under their dangerous Bill 47, experts say. Last week, the UCP introduced changes to…
Posted on November 9, 2020
CALGARY - NDP MLA for Calgary-McCall Irfan Sabir is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to visit northeast Calgary to survey the damage still left by June’s hailstorm in the hopes that the UCP will finally…
Posted on November 7, 2020
“I want to sincerely congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory. Vice President-elect Harris has made history as the first woman of colour in the…
Posted on November 6, 2020
CALGARY - Alberta’s NDP is proposing a suite of options to grow Alberta’s geothermal energy sector, create jobs, and export technology to meet global demand for expertise in the growing industry.…