Posted on June 3, 2020
EDMONTON — The NDP Official Opposition is calling on the government to hold open virtual public hearings, so regular Albertans and experts can have their say on the future of Alberta’s public parks…
Posted on June 2, 2020
EDMONTON - The United Conservative Party may have violated Alberta election laws after taking advantage of a loophole that made the party eligible for federal relief funds, says the NDP. “Once again…
Posted on June 2, 2020
EDMONTON -- Without immediate assistance from Jason Kenney’s UCP government, businesses are warning that many may be forced to close. The NDP Official Opposition are renewing their call for Jason…
Posted on June 1, 2020
EDMONTON - Jason Kenney’s UCP government cut funding to groups aimed at ending racism in Alberta by two-thirds last year. “We cannot look at what is happening in the United States as someone else’s…
Posted on May 31, 2020
CALGARY -- A number of high-profile UCP insiders and donors are campaigning against the Green Line, threatening the future of the project and jobs that come with it. The group includes Steve Allan,…
Posted on May 29, 2020
EDMONTON - As Alberta Rural Health Week comes to a close, Premier Jason Kenney’s rural healthcare crisis expands into its 19th community with doctors resigning en masse from the Athabasca hospital.…
Posted on May 27, 2020
EDMONTON -- The NDP Official Opposition are calling on Jason Kenney and his UCP government to join other provinces in endorsing a national sick leave program. On Tuesday, Manitoba, British Columbia,…
Posted on May 26, 2020
EDMONTON - Official Opposition House Leader Heather Sweet promised that the NDP Opposition would continue to hold the UCP to account for their actions and inactions and failures during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Posted on May 26, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition revealed the UCP are responsible for nearly 3,600 job losses, and counting, in one of the largest mass layoffs in Alberta’s post-secondary system. The number is…
Posted on May 26, 2020
EDMONTON - Calgary family physician Dr. Mukarram Zaidi is calling out Premier Jason Kenney for his behaviour, and the behaviour of Health Minister Tyler Shandro and his staff. Dr. Zaidi was in the news…
Posted on May 25, 2020
EDMONTON – Conversion Therapy Working Group co-chair MLA Nicole Goehring and Alberta NDP Critic for Women & LGBTQ2S+ Issues Janis Irwin issued the following statements after Calgary City Council unanimously…
Posted on May 25, 2020
NDP Official Opposition Leader Rachel Notley issued the following statement regarding the UCP’s announcement of a survey soliciting feedback on the federal-provincial commercial rent subsidy: “Our…
Posted on May 25, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta Rural Health Week opens with Premier Jason Kenney deliberately chasing doctors out of 18 rural communities, and counting. Since Kenney tore up the province’s contract with doctors…
Posted on May 22, 2020
CALGARY – Alberta NDP Calgary MLAs Joe Ceci, Kathleen Ganley and Irfan Sabir delivered the following statements following the announcement by Jason Kenney that Calgary and Brooks will enter Phase 1…
Posted on May 21, 2020
EDMONTON – As Alberta’s economy begins to re-open, Jason Kenney and the UCP government must take greater steps to support and protect small businesses working to reopen their doors. According to…
Posted on May 21, 2020
“Today’s review is all about finding someone else to blame for the generational cuts to education imposed by Jason Kenney and the UCP. Firing education assistants, increasing class sizes and hiking…
Posted on May 20, 2020
EDMONTON -- Troubling comments made by prominent members of Jason Kenney’s secretive Economic Recovery Council have shed some light on the advice Kenney is receiving and his long-term plans as Alberta…
Posted on May 20, 2020
EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney’s war on Alberta doctors in the midst of a deadly pandemic has driven two more rural family doctors to close their practices. “I plan to relocate my medical practice…
Posted on May 19, 2020
EDMONTON – Disgraced health minister Tyler Shandro should resign after he waited more than seven weeks to provide extra support to continuing care operators struggling to cover the cost preventing and…
Posted on May 19, 2020
NDP Official Opposition Leader Rachel Notley issued the following statement regarding Joe Biden’s intention to veto Keystone XL: “Keystone XL is an incredibly important project to our oil and gas…
Posted on May 19, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition is calling on the province to provide more support for festivals and the arts as part of Alberta’s COVID-19 economic recovery. The industry contributes $5.3 billion…
Posted on May 19, 2020
EDMONTON - The NDP is calling on the UCP to immediately extend the eviction ban after news surfaced showing that one of their own MLAs, Drew Barnes, is in the process of evicting a tenant over inability…
Posted on May 19, 2020
EDMONTON -- A family physician in Fort McMurray has announced she will be leaving the hard-hit Alberta city, and relocating out of Alberta altogether, due to the healthcare crisis created by Premier Jason…
Posted on May 15, 2020
“Every Calgary Board of Education student who rides the bus is being forced to pay more, as a result of UCP budget cuts. Alberta families are already struggling and now Jason Kenney is making life…
Posted on May 15, 2020
“HALO and other non-profit rescue helicopter organizations provide crucial emergency services to rural Albertans. I’m proud that Rachel Notley’s government provided $1 million in funding to help…
