Posted on November 2, 2020
EDMONTON - Thomas Dang, NDP MLA for Edmonton-South and Opposition Critic for Infrastructure, is calling on the UCP government to get the new Edmonton hospital project back on schedule, and abandon misguided…
Posted on October 30, 2020
“Introducing user fees for cross-country skiing is just the start of the UCP charging Albertans to access Alberta’s parks. Closing and selling 184 parks wasn't enough for the UCP, now they want to…
Posted on October 30, 2020
NDP Energy Critic Kathleen Ganley issued the following statement regarding the UCP’s announcement of the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program (APIP): “The UCP has cancelled economic diversification…
Posted on October 30, 2020
EDMONTON - NDP Community and Social Services Critic MLA Marie Renaud joined several Alberta AISH recipients to reflect on what she learned and experienced after living on the typical budget of an AISH…
Posted on October 30, 2020
CALGARY - A member of Jason Kenney’s Caucus has been caught on video angrily insisting that the 11,000 hospital workers being fired by the UCP Government “are not frontline healthcare workers.”…
Posted on October 29, 2020
Alberta NDP Education Critic Sarah Hoffman issued the following statement: “The Alberta NDP have been calling for a cap on class sizes since July. Now, with outbreaks at an all-time high, we see a loosening…
Posted on October 29, 2020
MEDICINE HAT - NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley was joined by parents in Medicine Hat today to call on Premier Jason Kenney to protect the Medicine Hat Maternity Clinic and drop his plans to fire 11,000…
Posted on October 29, 2020
EDMONTON - New data shows testing rates declined below 10,000 this week, dramatically below the 20,000 tests per day Jason Kenney promised to achieve by mid-May. Earlier this year, the UCP government…
Posted on October 29, 2020
EDMONTON - In the wake of the latest member of Jason Kenney’s Government Caucus denying climate change, Alberta’s NDP will be calling in Question Period for a full denouncement of these harmful views,…
Posted on October 28, 2020
“This new legislation has done absolutely nothing to recognize and support that child care is about early learning. If we want a strong, diversified economy, we need to invest in the quality of early…
Posted on October 28, 2020
EDMONTON -- A member of Premier Jason Kenney’s UCP caucus denied climate change in a speech in the Alberta legislature today, and argued that humans should be burning more fossil fuels. Garth Rowswell,…
Posted on October 28, 2020
Edmonton - The Alberta NDP are calling on the UCP to freeze insurance premiums until 2021. Insurance premiums are skyrocketing. Insurance companies are profiting. And economic pressures of COVID-19 are…
Posted on October 27, 2020
CALGARY – Alberta’s NDP Caucus, along with parents and educators, are calling on the UCP government to formally reject the curriculum advice they commissioned from a panel of hand-picked advisors. …
Posted on October 27, 2020
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney must take immediate action in response to surging COVID-19 cases to protect Albertans’ safety and prevent a return to economic restrictions. “Jason Kenney is not living…
Posted on October 26, 2020
“The wildcat strikes occurring across Alberta are deeply concerning. Like all Albertans, our caucus believes patient safety must always be the top priority. "Jason Kenney’s proposal to privatize the…
Posted on October 23, 2020
EDMONTON - The UCP took advantage of a loophole to collect the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, a program intended for struggling small businesses, not political parties. According to the schedule released…
Posted on October 23, 2020
CALGARY – Alberta NDP Economic Development and Trade Critic Deron Bilous issued the following statement regarding investment in innovation and research at the University of Calgary: “This is not new…
Posted on October 23, 2020
EDMONTON - The committee formed by Premier Jason Kenney to take a “deep dive” into Alberta’s key public health legislation quietly released its absurd final report this week, the last act of a sham…
Posted on October 23, 2020
CALGARY - Alberta’s NDP is calling for a comprehensive workforce strategy as part of a new proposal for universal, quality, affordable and accessible early learning and child care. When fully implemented,…
Posted on October 22, 2020
“Albertans deserve timely access to competent driver testing at a reasonable price. Our NDP government inherited a Conservative driver testing system that was broken. It cost Albertans too much and…
Posted on October 21, 2020
The following can be attributed to Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley: “Our best wishes go out to Minister Allard and we hope for a speedy recovery. We also are very much hoping that her close contacts…
Posted on October 21, 2020
CALGARY - Seniors will be on the hook for thousands of dollars in additional costs as a result of cuts planned by the UCP in the recently released AHS Implementation Plan. “The UCP is paying for their…
Posted on October 20, 2020
“Geothermal development holds great potential for Alberta’s energy future. It is clean, renewable, and takes advantage of skills and expertise we have right here at home. Pursuing innovative projects…
Posted on October 20, 2020
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney needs to immediately release all documents related to the decision to accelerate the UCP’s $4.7 billion dollar corporate give away, following a freedom of information…
Posted on October 19, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s Official NDP Opposition will focus on Jason Kenney’s self-inflicted jobs and economic crisis, and the chaos he’s causing in public health care in the upcoming legislative session. …