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Posted:JUL 16, 2020

NDP CALL FOR FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE HEROES TO BE INCLUDED IN REVIEW

EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition will urge a legislative committee to invite frontline healthcare workers to come forward…

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Posted:JUL 16, 2020

REPORT SHOWS UCP CUTS TO CHILDCARE, LACK OF PANDEMIC SUPPORT LEAVES ALBERTA FAMILIES BEHIND

EDMONTON - A nationwide survey shows UCP cuts, and lack of support for the child care system through the pandemic has ranked…

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Posted:JUL 15, 2020

NDP TO CALL ON AUDITOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE UCP ‘WAR ROOM’ OVER CONCERNS OF PARTISAN THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING

EDMONTON - NDP Energy Critic Irfan Sabir today wrote to Alberta’s Auditor General requesting a review of the spending…

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Posted:JUL 15, 2020

DOCTORS LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO LAUNCH AD CAMPAIGN TO COUNTER UCP LIES: NDP

EDMONTON - The NDP Opposition is backing Alberta doctors as they launch full-page newspaper advertisements to correct a…

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Posted:JUL 14, 2020

BILL 30 LAYS GROUNDWORK TO ‘OPEN THE FLOODGATES’ TO PROFIT-CENTRED, AMERICAN-STYLE HEALTHCARE

EDMONTON - Further analysis and consultation by the NDP Opposition confirms that Bill 30, the UCP’s so-called Health Statutes…

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Posted:JUL 13, 2020

NDP CALLS FOR EMERGENCY DEBATE ON DOCTOR EXODUS, PRESSES GOVERNMENT FOR RESPONSE PLAN

EDMONTON -- Alberta’s NDP Opposition is calling for an emergency debate in the legislature in response to the news that…

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Posted:JUL 13, 2020

UCP AGAIN REFUSE TO TAKE STAND AGAINST SEPARATISM

EDMONTON - UCP Members have once again refused to denounce separatism and have left the door open to a referendum on leaving…

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Posted:JUL 12, 2020

NDP WELCOMES COVID-19 REVIEW, RESTATES CALL FOR PUBLIC QUESTIONING OF MINISTERS, CEOs

EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition welcomed news Sunday of a potential review of the Government’s handling of the COVID-19…

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Posted:JUL 10, 2020

OVER THREE-HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND ALBERTANS STILL UNEMPLOYED

CALGARY -- Despite adding jobs last month, Albertans are still struggling to find work, according to new figures from Statistics…

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Posted:JUL 10, 2020

KENNEY’S ATTACKS ARE DRIVING ALMOST HALF OF ALBERTA DOCTORS TO LEAVE

EDMONTON - A new survey of Alberta doctors reveals that 42 per cent are considering leaving the province or have already…

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Posted:JUL 08, 2020

NDP CALLS ON PREMIER, MINISTERS & CEOs TO TESTIFY BEFORE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE, ALSO SEEKS COVID-19 PUBLIC HEARINGS IN IMPACTED COMMUNITIES

EDMONTON - Members of the NDP Opposition on a committee reviewing public health in Alberta are calling on the premier, a…

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Posted:JUL 06, 2020

KENNEY CONTINUES ATTACK ON DOCTORS AND PUBLIC HEALTH CARE

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney continued his war on Alberta doctors and his rush to bring a failed American-style model…

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Posted:JUL 06, 2020

UCP REFUSE TO REJECT SEPARATISM

EDMONTON -- The UCP government has voted against a motion that called on the Legislature to support a united Canada and…

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Posted:JUL 06, 2020

TREATY EIGHT CHIEFS CALL FOR KENNEY TO FIRE HIS RACIST SPEECHWRITER

EDMONTON - Grand Chief Arthur Noskey of Treaty 8 is at the Alberta Legislature today to call on Premier Jason Kenney to…

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Posted:JUL 06, 2020

UCP VOTE TO KILL BILL AIMED TO PROTECT ALBERTANS’ PENSIONS

EDMONTON – Despite public presentations from expert stakeholders arguing in favour of Bill 203: Pension Protection Act,…

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Posted:JUL 03, 2020

UCP ILLEGALLY WITHHOLDS CRITICAL FINANCIAL REPORT ON EVE OF PENSION BILL DEBATE

EDMONTON - The UCP government is withholding the annual report of the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, violating a legal…

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Posted:JUL 02, 2020

CALGARIANS FLOCK TO NDP DRIVE-IN TOWN HALL TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT LACK OF SUPPORT FROM KENNEY GOVERNMENT

CALGARY -- Roughly 200 people attended the NDP’s first ever drive-in town hall in northeast Calgary Thursday evening and…

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Posted:JUL 02, 2020

BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY JOINS WIDESPREAD CALLS FOR KENNEY TO FIRE HIS RACIST SPEECHWRITER

EDMONTON -- The Blackfoot Confederacy is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to fire his racist speechwriter, Paul Bunner, in…

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Posted:JUL 02, 2020

NDP PROPOSES CHILD CARE RECOVERY PLAN TO STIMULATE ECONOMY, SUPPORT ALBERTA FAMILIES

EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition released a child care strategy as a vital component of Alberta's economic recovery.…

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Posted:JUL 01, 2020

NDP TO CALL ON LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT A UNITED CANADA AND REJECT ALBERTA SEPARATISM

EDMONTON - On Canada’s 153rd birthday, Alberta’s NDP Opposition is committing to bringing forward a motion that will…

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