Posted on February 23, 2021
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Agriculture and Forestry Critic Heather Sweet sent a letter to Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshan ahead of the provincial budget urging him to sign onto the federal…
Posted on February 23, 2021
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on Finance Minister Travis Toews to get serious with the challenges facing Alberta, and follow the long standing tradition of providing transparent…
Posted on February 23, 2021
CALGARY - NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling for increased investment in healthcare in Budget 2021 to keep Albertans safe through the ongoing COVID emergency, and to address the growing backlog in care…
Posted on February 23, 2021
EDMONTON - Jason Kenney needs to stand by his words and take action against MLA Drew Barnes, after Barnes spent the weekend actively undermining public health orders and encouraging others to do the same.…
Posted on February 22, 2021
“We cannot equivocate on racism. After two days of silence, Premier Jason Kenney finally released a statement on the torch march this weekend in Edmonton. “His statement raised more questions than…
Posted on February 22, 2021
CALGARY - Alberta’s NDP is releasing a suite of economic proposals to grow Alberta’s technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sectors as part of its Alberta’s Future initiative. “Alberta’s…
Posted on February 20, 2021
EDMONTON - One year ago today, Premier Jason Kenney’s Health Minister Tyler Shandro tore up the government’s contract with doctors, plunging Alberta’s healthcare system into crisis just as a deadly…
Posted on February 19, 2021
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney finally produced his badly delayed Phase Two vaccine plan today, but it was missing key details, included no plan for the broader public, and failed to address troubling…
Posted on February 19, 2021
EDMONTON - Seniors urgently need an independent advocate because of the deadly spread of COVID-19 in Long Term Care and Designated Supportive Living facilities and the challenges in navigating seniors…
Posted on February 18, 2021
EDMONTON - At the end of the day Wednesday, the UCP finally opened up their application portal for the Critical Worker Benefit. This benefit will finally see Alberta distribute funds announced by the…
Posted on February 17, 2021
“After over 250 days of inaction, Jason Kenney and the UCP have unveiled their disappointing Critical Workers Benefit. This federal money was meant to be a sign of good grace for the hundreds of thousands…
Posted on February 17, 2021
NDP Critic for Economic Development and Innovation Deron Bilous issued the following statement regarding the UCP’s Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit: “Small businesses are hurting, but Jason Kenney…
Posted on February 17, 2021
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition is calling on the government to speed up the province’s economic recovery by ensuring every worker can get vaccinated without fear of losing part of their income,…
Posted on February 16, 2021
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP is calling for a major overhaul and further consultation on the long-delayed Critical Workers Benefit, which offers up funding a mix of federal and provincial funding to support…
Posted on February 16, 2021
EDMONTON - Premier’s Jason Kenney’s UCP MLAs blocked a proposal from the NDP Opposition that would have gotten answers for Albertans about the government’s real plans for coal mining in the Rocky…
Posted on February 15, 2021
“There have been more than 300 cases of COVID-19 reported at the Olymel plant in Red Deer. One worker has died. “There are 1,850 employees in all at the plant, working in tight quarters. We have…
Posted on February 12, 2021
EDMONTON – Jason Kenney and the UCP government must pause all coal exploration and lease activity on Category 2 lands on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and cancel all leases granted after…
Posted on February 11, 2021
EDMONTON - During a year when Alberta doctors have put themselves and their families at risk, worked to exhaustion and beyond, and made hundreds of phone calls to loved ones of deceased patients, they…
Posted on February 11, 2021
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney needs to remove Minister Jason Nixon from the government's COVID-19 Cabinet Committee following his assertion he would use his position to undermine the public health advice…
Posted on February 10, 2021
EDMONTON - The UCP government's eight month delay in accessing hundreds of millions of federal wage top-up funding has harmed Alberta’s economic recovery, and is now being used to counter expected wage…
Posted on February 10, 2021
EDMONTON - A network of Alberta psychologists have gathered more than 17,000 signatures on a petition in support of the province funding mental health sessions for all Albertans, and NDP MLA Heather Sweet…
Posted on February 10, 2021
EDMONTON - Jason Kenney must explain to Albertans following COVID-19 public health orders why he has continually failed to take action against the members of his own Caucus who are undermining those orders…
Posted on February 9, 2021
CALGARY - Economic analysis conducted by Alberta’s NDP shows that the UCP government’s decision to delay the use of hundreds of millions of federal wage top-up funding has cost Alberta economic activity…
Posted on February 8, 2021
CALGARY - Despite reinstating the 1976 Coal Policy, and announcing plans to consult on a new coal policy, Energy Minister Sonya Savage admitted that those consultations would be aimed at finding ways…
Posted on February 5, 2021
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney’s plan to re-open gyms and in-person restaurant dining on Monday, despite the arrival of highly infectious new COVID variants, is putting Alberta businesses in an impossible…