Posted on March 26, 2020
EDMONTON -- In the midst of a deadly pandemic and a public health emergency, Alberta’s front-line family doctors are still being attacked by UCP Health Minister Tyler Shandro. In a March 25 letter,…
Posted on March 26, 2020
Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is calling for immediate government funding for Alberta child care centres at risk of closing permanently during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many private and non-profit…
Posted on March 25, 2020
EDMONTON -- Alberta moved another day closer to an eviction crisis as the province sheds thousands of jobs amid a deadly pandemic and Premier Jason Kenney refuses to ban evictions for non-payment of rent.…
Posted on March 24, 2020
EDMONTON – Albertans need legislated protection from being evicted for inability to pay their rent during the COVID-19 pandemic, says both the NDP Official Opposition and residents facing the potential…
Posted on March 23, 2020
EDMONTON – The NDP Official Opposition is calling on Jason Kenney and the UCP to address privacy issues and other concerns raised by physicians in relation to a new telehealth tool announced last week…
Posted on March 23, 2020
EDMONTON – Jason Kenney and the UCP government are putting thousands of public workers at risk by failing to implement a work-from-home plan, said Alberta NDP Labour Critic Christina Gray. On March…
Posted on March 17, 2020
EDMONTON -- Health Minister Tyler Shandro today restored parts of the contract with Alberta doctors that he tore up in February. His planned cancellation of “complex modifier” billing codes has been…
Posted on March 17, 2020
EDMONTON -- Today the NDP Official Opposition will provide its Question Period questions to the government in advance and in writing, in hopes that UCP ministers will provide real answers to Albertans.…
Posted on March 16, 2020
EDMONTON – After promising Albertans the government would provide paid sick days to Albertans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP government backtracked Monday, shirking…
Posted on March 16, 2020
EDMONTON - By ramming through changes to physician compensation, Health Minister Tyler Shandro is weakening Alberta’s pandemic response, according to a senior intensive care doctor. Dr. Darren Markland…
Posted on March 15, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition will put forward a motion seeking an emergency debate in the Legislature on Monday on the UCP government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a…
Posted on March 13, 2020
EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney and his cabinet ministers must respond to key unanswered questions related to the province’s readiness to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. “I have the greatest…
Posted on March 12, 2020
EDMONTON – The Alberta NDP Caucus is in full support of today’s decision to limit the size of public gatherings, but urges Jason Kenney and the UCP government to do more. “All Albertans have a role…
Posted on March 12, 2020
EDMONTON – Even UCP MLAs are begging Health Minister Tyler Shandro to back down on his war with doctors as the UCP’s changes “obliterate” physician recruitment and retention in rural Alberta.…
Posted on March 11, 2020
EDMONTON - The Alberta Teachers’ Association says cuts in Jason Kenney’s 2020 broken promise budget could see 1,400 teachers fired and the Official Opposition is calling for the Premier to come clean…
Posted on March 11, 2020
LETHBRIDGE - The Alberta NDP Official Opposition is pressing on Jason Kenney and the UCP to halt mass layoffs and structural changes in Alberta hospitals as the province confronts the coronavirus pandemic.…
Posted on March 10, 2020
Jason Kenney and the UCP must introduce new protections for Alberta workers who are forced to self-isolate and miss work due to coronavirus, says the Alberta NDP Opposition. Albertans are being directed…
Posted on February 18, 2020
Parents of students with complex needs are calling on UCP Education Minister Adriana LaGrange to maintain PUF per-pupil funding and fund growing student enrolment. “My son’s school went from 4-5 EAs…
Posted on February 10, 2020
Minister Adriana LaGrange cut funding to Alberta’s schools to more than $136 million below 2018 levels, according to government documents released through a Freedom of Information Act request. “Minister…
Posted on February 7, 2020
Albertans are suffering another loss of 19,000 jobs in January despite the UCP’s $4.7 billion corporate handout. “Premier Kenney and his UCP government promised to create jobs. They’ve failed.…
Posted on February 6, 2020
Without warning, Jason Kenney and the UCP have cut off transportation funding for Albertans dealing with serious medical conditions. Income Support payments received last month were cut by $97 per adult,…
Posted on February 5, 2020
Premier Jason Kenney will devastate seniors’ healthcare by kicking 60,000 Albertans off the Seniors Drug Benefit Program, laying off more than 2,300 Registered Nurses, downgrading seniors care beds,…
Posted on February 4, 2020
“We are very pleased the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. We know that this project is a vital plank in the plan to reconstruct Alberta’s economy…
Posted on February 3, 2020
A review of Alberta Health Services released today by UCP Health Minister Tyler Shandro lays the groundwork for wage cuts, job losses, Americanization and cuts to rural services. “Albertans expect their…
Posted on January 31, 2020
“It’s downright insulting that Finance Minister Toews is musing about layoffs for Alberta’s hard working and dedicated civil servants. “Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP are handing out $4.7 billion…
