Posted on July 6, 2020
EDMONTON -- The UCP government has voted against a motion that called on the Legislature to support a united Canada and reject separatism. The motion was introduced by the NDP Official Opposition in…
Posted on July 6, 2020
EDMONTON - Grand Chief Arthur Noskey of Treaty 8 is at the Alberta Legislature today to call on Premier Jason Kenney to fire his racist speechwriter, Paul Bunner. In a statement, Treaty Eight chiefs…
Posted on July 6, 2020
EDMONTON – Despite public presentations from expert stakeholders arguing in favour of Bill 203: Pension Protection Act, a UCP-dominated committee voted to kill proposed NDP legislation that would have…
Posted on July 3, 2020
EDMONTON - The UCP government is withholding the annual report of the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, violating a legal requirement to have provided this information by now. This information would…
Posted on July 2, 2020
CALGARY -- Roughly 200 people attended the NDP’s first ever drive-in town hall in northeast Calgary Thursday evening and raised concerns ranging from the UCP’s $4.7 billion corporate handout, to cuts…
Posted on July 2, 2020
EDMONTON -- The Blackfoot Confederacy is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to fire his racist speechwriter, Paul Bunner, in response to a series of deeply racist articles he wrote smearing indigenous people…
Posted on July 2, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition released a child care strategy as a vital component of Alberta's economic recovery. On June 30, the first phase of the previous NDP government’s $25/day child care…
Posted on July 1, 2020
EDMONTON - On Canada’s 153rd birthday, Alberta’s NDP Opposition is committing to bringing forward a motion that will call on the Legislature to support a united Canada and reject separatism, two things…
Posted on July 1, 2020
EDMONTON -- Today, eight doctors followed through on their plans to resign their privileges at the Sundre Hospital in response to Health Minister Tyler Shandro tearing up the province’s contract with…
Posted on June 30, 2020
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney’s racist speechwriter Paul Bunner used an anti-Black racial slur in an article in which he claims that people of colour are responsible for much of the violent crime…
Posted on June 29, 2020
EDMONTON -- The UCP’s economic recovery plan released by Premier Jason Kenney and Finance Minister Travis Toews today offers nothing new to Albertans and is simply a doubling down and rehashing of their…
Posted on June 26, 2020
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney’s speechwriter, Paul Bunner, has written and published hateful articles attacking indigenous people, LGBTQ2S+ people, Muslims, and women, for decades. Kenney refused…
Posted on June 25, 2020
EDMONTON - Many students with disabilities will be returning to school, only to find out the vital supports they relied on like mental health therapists, physical therapists, speech pathologists services…
Posted on June 25, 2020
EDMONTON – Jason Kenney lied to Albertans when he claimed he could not produce his annual financial report on time, due to the impact of COVID-19 on the Auditor General’s office, the Alberta NDP Caucus…
Posted on June 25, 2020
EDMONTON -- Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to fire his speechwriter and publicly apologize after a shockingly racist essay has come to light. Jason Kenney hired…
Posted on June 24, 2020
EDMONTON - Today, Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP introduced a bill that would bring big-money politics, and dark money, into Alberta’s municipal and school board elections. Bill 29, the Local Authorities…
Posted on June 24, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition is proposing amendments to prevent the UCP government from passing a bill that survivors of domestic violence, physical and sexual assault say is “stealing from…
Posted on June 23, 2020
EDMONTON – Jason Kenney and the UCP have proposed legislation to sneak big money back into the political process while giving themselves the power to put it where they want it. Bill 26: Constitutional…
Posted on June 23, 2020
EDMONTON – MLAs voted to allow Albertans to make presentations on proposed NDP legislation that protects Albertans’ pensions and prohibits Alberta’s withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan. Public…
Posted on June 22, 2020
EDMONTON - Today, Premier Jason Kenney refused to condemn the racist, sexist and anti-Semitic comments made by Leighton Grey, who resigned in disgrace on Friday from a panel that helps pick Alberta’s…
Posted on June 22, 2020
EDMONTON - Internal government documents obtained by the NDP Official Opposition reveal the grave financial risk to Albertans if Jason Kenney moves ahead with his plans to pull out of the Canada Pension…
Posted on June 22, 2020
CALGARY -- Several community organizations in northeast are calling on Premier Jason Kenney and his UCP government to provide disaster relief funding after the area was hit by a recent hail storm. …
Posted on June 22, 2020
EDMONTON - Today, Premier Jason Kenney refused to condemn the racist, sexist and anti-Semitic comments made by Leighton Grey, who resigned in disgrace on Friday from a panel that helps pick Alberta’s…
Posted on June 22, 2020
EDMONTON - Internal government documents obtained by the NDP Official Opposition reveal the grave financial risk to Albertans if Jason Kenney moves ahead with his plans to pull out of the Canada Pension…
Posted on June 22, 2020
CALGARY -- Several community organizations in northeast are calling on Premier Jason Kenney and his UCP government to provide disaster relief funding after the area was hit by a recent hail storm. …
