Posted on October 7, 2020
CALGARY – The following statement can be attributed to Alberta NDP Energy Critic Irfan Sabir: “Geothermal development is no doubt a necessary part of our province's energy future. It is clean, renewable,…
Posted on October 7, 2020
CALGARY - The Alberta NDP is calling on the UCP to stop their plan to hike property taxes on rural Albertans just so they can give profitable corporations a bigger handout. One day after revealing that…
Posted on October 6, 2020
CALGARY – The following statement can be attributed to Alberta NDP Energy Critic Irfan Sabir: “Today’s announcement marks yet another Jason Kenney-backed plan to make a plan. Let’s also not forget…
Posted on October 6, 2020
EDMONTON - Planned changes to the Linear Property Assessment Minister’s Guidelines could cost the average family over $9,000 a year more in property taxes for some rural communities according to analysis…
Posted on October 5, 2020
EDMONTON – Following a week of devastating job losses in Alberta, the Alberta NDP Caucus is calling for a special emergency debate on the first day of the fall legislative session to address the UCP’s…
Posted on October 5, 2020
EDMONTON – Parents of students attending Catholic schools in Edmonton were told they have to make the tough decision between online learning or in-person learning for the remainder of the school year. …
Posted on October 2, 2020
EDMONTON – U of A president, Bill Flanagan, announced more job cuts are on the table as the University of Alberta continues to look for ways to fill a $127 million gap in its budget after losing millions…
Posted on October 2, 2020
CALGARY - Early reports that Suncor is firing between 10 and 15 per cent of their employees add to the growing number of companies that took advantage of reduced corporate taxes while cutting jobs. …
Posted on October 2, 2020
ALBERT - NDP Community Social Services Critic MLA Marie Renaud will be living off a budget that is similar to an AISH recipient in hopes of raising awareness about how critical the program is and the…
Posted on October 1, 2020
EDMONTON - New AHS documents, obtained through FOIP, show that Jason Kenney’s Health Minister Tyler Shandro repeatedly lied in the legislature about the growing number of Alberta doctors resigning from…
Posted on September 30, 2020
EDMONTON - Over the course of two days at the Public Health Act Review Committee, UCP government MLAs voted against making the Chief Medical Officer of Health an Independent Officer of the Legislature,…
Posted on September 30, 2020
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney and MLA Shane Getson refuse to apologize for offensive comments directed at over a million Albertans who accessed the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) during the…
Posted on September 29, 2020
EDMONTON - The Alberta NDP is calling for a public apology from Premier Jason Kenney after the MLA Shane Getson accused over one million Albertans who applied for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit…
Posted on September 29, 2020
“Jason Kenney and the UCP gave TC Energy $7.5 billion dollars with no strings attached. The layoffs today are a devastating example of Jason Kenney’s failure to create jobs and spur economic growth.…
Posted on September 28, 2020
“Albertans should remember this announcement takes place in the context of massive UCP cuts to Alberta Innovates and Alberta’s universities. Jason Kenney and his government, including Minister Schweitzer,…
Posted on September 28, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta doctors and registered nurses are quitting their jobs and moving their careers to other provinces due to ongoing hostility from Premier Jason Kenney’s government. “Jason Kenney’s…
Posted on September 28, 2020
EDMONTON -- New data shows that automobile insurance premiums have dramatically increased since Jason Kenney and the UCP removed the cap on rate increases. According to data compiled by LowestRates.ca,…
Posted on September 25, 2020
EDMONTON -- Alberta’s NDP Caucus will put forward an affordable housing strategy after UCP cuts to rental assistance and housing management bodies puts more Albertans at risk of homelessness. The…
Posted on September 25, 2020
EDMONTON – Investments in affordable housing, changes to tax collection and negotiating a new fiscal framework were among the ideas proposed for municipalities by Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley on…
Posted on September 24, 2020
“I was alarmed by the comments we heard from the Premier today. This premier is so desperate to distract Albertans from his inability to create jobs and restart economic growth that he is continuing…
Posted on September 24, 2020
LETHBRIDGE - Opposition Leader Rachel Notley and MLA Shannon Phillips joined Lethbridge firefighters today to call on Health Minister Tyler Shandro to abandon his misguided plan to take local ambulance…
Posted on September 23, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley issued the followed statement in response to the Federal Throne Speech: "We need a bold economic vision for the future of Alberta — and we need it now. “It's…
Posted on September 23, 2020
EDMONTON - New Alberta Health data shows 301 Albertans died from an opioid overdose in the second quarter of 2020, the most deadly three-month period ever by far. Deaths are up from 148 in the previous…
Posted on September 23, 2020
“The UCP spent more than a year waiting for their $4.7 billion corporate handout to work, without success. Investment dropped, the economy shrank, and almost 50,000 full-time jobs were lost before the…
Posted on September 22, 2020
EDMONTON – Today’s announcement of a federal cash injection into Alberta’s child care centres provides no long-term solution to the child care crisis, says the Alberta NDP Official Opposition. Alberta…