Posted on April 16, 2020
Alberta’s NDP Opposition is calling for substantial action to support students and post-secondary institutions and immediately scrap the implementation of the ill-advised performance-based funding model.…
Posted on April 15, 2020
According to new data from Statistics Canada obtained by the NDP Official Opposition, 254,000 Albertans had their income reduced to zero in March. Job losses were initially reported to be 117,000 last…
Posted on April 14, 2020
Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is calling on the UCP government to rehire more than 20,000 educational staff laid off without warning and to provide financial support to parents to purchase supplies…
Posted on April 9, 2020
EDMONTON -- Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is putting forward a short-term plan to immediately protect Albertans’ jobs and support struggling small businesses, charities, and non-profits during…
Posted on April 7, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is calling on the provincial government to immediately provide a centralized response with hazard pay for workers in seniors facilities, priority access…
Posted on April 7, 2020
Edmonton-- NDP Service Alberta Critic Jon Carson has written to the UCP Government outlining multiple amendments to Bill 3, Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, to address the concerns of Albertans…
Posted on April 6, 2020
EDMONTON -- The UCP government has ended its Emergency Isolation Support program, leaving many Albertans without direct financial support from their provincial government during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Posted on April 6, 2020
EDMONTON – Jason Kenney and the UCP should follow British Columbia’s lead and provide additional support to vulnerable Albertans struggling during the pandemic, says the Alberta NDP Official Opposition.…
Posted on April 3, 2020
EDMONTON -- Tyler Shandro must resign as Health Minister, following revelations that he abused his office to obtain the personal phone numbers of doctors in order to call them at night and argue about…
Posted on April 3, 2020
EDMONTON -- Tyler Shandro’s attack on Alberta doctors means fewer doctors in Sundre Hospital’s emergency room and labour and delivery room. Last night, doctors at the Moose and Squirrel Medical…
Posted on April 2, 2020
EDMONTON - Advocates that serve Alberta’s homeless population are sounding the alarm after the UCP government’s decision to block Calgary’s plan to move homeless people into hotel rooms as a way…
Posted on April 2, 2020
EDMONTON - A Ministerial Order signed by Environment Minister Jason Nixon has suspended environmental reporting previously required under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA), the Water…
Posted on April 2, 2020
EDMONTON - The NDP Official Opposition is calling on Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP government to release details about the Keystone XL deal that committed up to $7.5 billion in public dollars to the…
Posted on April 1, 2020
EDMONTON - The NDP Official Opposition is calling on Community and Social Services Minister Rajan Sawhney to release all the data and medical recommendations behind her decision to block Calgary from…
Posted on April 1, 2020
EDMONTON -- Today, disgraced Health Minister Tyler Shandro imposed massive pay cuts and systemic upheavals onto Alberta doctors, disregarding pleas to simply pause his assault until the deadly coronavirus…
Posted on March 31, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition will put forward a motion for an emergency debate under Standing Order 42, on Tuesday afternoon, in response to Jason Kenney’s cold and heartless decision…
Posted on March 31, 2020
EDMONTON - Over thirty thousand Albertans are waiting to get their Emergency Financial Support payments from the UCP government and many who thought they would qualify are being denied. “Jason Kenney…
Posted on March 30, 2020
CALGARY -- Premier Jason Kenney continues to burn Albertans’ tax dollars on his ridiculous energy war room, but has temporarily slowed the waste of money during the pandemic. “Tom Olsen and his…
Posted on March 30, 2020
EDMONTON - The NDP Official Opposition is calling on the UCP to issue an immediate moratorium on children aging out of care during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure they will not lose access to supports…
Posted on March 30, 2020
EDMONTON - Parents, educational staff and the NDP Official Opposition are calling on Premier Jason Kenney to immediately reverse a $128-million cut to Alberta’s schools. The cuts will force more than…
Posted on March 28, 2020
EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney is pushing tens of thousands of Albertans into unemployment amid a deadly pandemic by cutting crucial supports for Alberta students. On Saturday afternoon, the government…
Posted on March 27, 2020
EDMONTON – Premier Jason Kenney legitimized government intimidation on Friday by refusing to fire Health Minister Tyler Shandro and condemn his actions, said Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley. When asked…
Posted on March 27, 2020
EDMONTON -- After more than a week of resisting calls for an eviction ban during the deadly coronavirus pandemic, Premier Jason Kenney finally caved today and brought in protections for renters, making…
Posted on March 27, 2020
EDMONTON – Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley issued the following statement following a report by CBC News regarding the behaviour of Health Minister Tyler Shandro: “Today’s revelations in the CBC…
Posted on March 27, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is calling for surge funding of 20 per cent over monthly operating costs for six months to seniors’ housing providers to prevent and combat the spread…
