Posted on April 19, 2021
EDMONTON – Alberta’s NDP and representatives from communities across the province are raising significant concerns over the UCP’s Street Checks and Carding Amendment Act that the legislation will…
Posted on April 19, 2021
EDMONTON - Jason Kenney’s UCP government has refused to expedite debate on NDP Leader Rachel Notley’s legislation to protect Alberta’s Rocky Mountains and watersheds from scarring and pollution…
Posted on April 19, 2021
“Today the federal Government announced a significant investment into early learning and childcare that includes a target to lower child care fees to $10-per-day by 2025. This is welcome news for Alberta…
Posted on April 19, 2021
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney failed to act for weeks after the province hurtled past Alberta Health Services’ “Early Warning Triggers” of hospital overload and into the deadliest period of the…
Posted on April 18, 2021
EDMONTON - New legislation introduced by NDP Leader Rachel Notley to protect Alberta’s mountains and watersheds from the scarring and pollution of coal mining has drawn the support of 35 faculty members…
Posted on April 17, 2021
“We now have four major Alberta school boards that have been forced to send tens of thousand of students home because of rising spread of COVID-19, and still no plan from Jason Kenney and the UCP. “The…
Posted on April 16, 2021
EDMONTON – Thirteen of the 17 UCP MLAs who signed a letter undermining public health orders have schools in their ridings with outbreaks of 10 or more cases, analysis by the Alberta NDP Caucus shows.…
Posted on April 15, 2021
EDMONTON - NDP Seniors Critic Lori Sigurdson is introducing new legislation that, if passed, will establish an independent Alberta Seniors’ Advocate. “The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed unacceptable…
Posted on April 15, 2021
EDMONTON – CUPE Alberta delivered 30,000 letters to the Legislature today. The letters, written to MLAs from concerned Alberta citizens, call on the UCP government to stop its attack on public health…
Posted on April 14, 2021
“Today, only hours after Jason Kenney told Albertans that less than one per cent of students had been affected by the third wave of COVID-19, both Calgary school boards announced they will close their…
Posted on April 14, 2021
EDMONTON - Frontline healthcare workers battling the deadly third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are being told they must take an unpaid leave or give up vacation time to get vaccinated, as the jab “is…
Posted on April 14, 2021
EDMONTON - School districts across Alberta begged the Jason Kenney government to give them enough resources to keep students safe, and raised serious concerns about the inadequate school re-entry plan,…
Posted on April 13, 2021
“On the same day that we see post-secondary proposing tuition hikes to compensate for the UCP’s budget cuts, Jason Kenney and his government have introduced Bill 67 where they are attempting to dictate…
Posted on April 13, 2021
EDMONTON – Following extensive consultation with child care providers, Alberta’s NDP is calling for five measures to help keep children and staff in child care settings safe and keep programs running…
Posted on April 13, 2021
EDMONTON - New legislation proposed by NDP Leader Rachel Notley to protect Alberta’s mountains and watersheds from the scarring and pollution of coal mining took an important first step forward today.…
Posted on April 13, 2021
EDMONTON – After Jason Kenney attacked Alberta students through massive cuts to post-secondary in the last two budgets, the UCP are going after students pocket books again by allowing tuition increases…
Posted on April 12, 2021
“This bill is not about promoting public health. It’s mostly about cleaning up political messes for Jason Kenney and the UCP. It reverses their Bill 10 power-grab, which prompted a lawsuit and a party…
Posted on April 12, 2021
“At a time where Albertans are looking to be outside as much as possible and explore our beautiful province, the UCP are once again doing everything they can to hammer household budgets. Bill 64, the…
Posted on April 12, 2021
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley was joined by Albertans from constituencies represented by UCP MLAs opposed to public health orders to call on Premier Jason Kenney to take action against these…
Posted on April 10, 2021
“Once again, Jason Kenney’s government has done too little, too late. Kenney’s dithering puts Alberta families and businesses at risk and harms our prospects for economic recovery. Today’s rapid…
Posted on April 9, 2021
“Alberta’s largest school board, the Calgary Board of Education, has now rejected Jason Kenney’s flawed curriculum. We know that the UCP curriculum will not prepare students for advanced education…
Posted on April 9, 2021
RED DEER - Alberta’s NDP are calling on Premier Jason Kenney to fund the redevelopment of the Red Deer Regional Hospital after breaking his promise to do so by not funding the project in this year’s…
Posted on April 8, 2021
“Albertans are facing a jobs emergency and a dangerous third wave of the COVID pandemic, but Jason Kenney’s priority is to give more freebies to the auto insurance companies who are charging sky-high…
Posted on April 8, 2021
CALGARY – Alberta’s NDP is calling for immediate emergency support for restaurants and bars and their employees, many of whom will be out of work for an undetermined period of time, given that in-room…
Posted on April 8, 2021
EDMONTON – Elementary school teachers and principals overwhelmingly oppose the new Jason Kenney curriculum, according to a new survey conducted by the Alberta Teachers Association. “The Kenney curriculum…
