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Posted:MAY 25, 2020

CALGARY CONVERSION THERAPY BAN SENDS STRONG MESSAGE TO UCP

EDMONTON – Conversion Therapy Working Group co-chair MLA Nicole Goehring and Alberta NDP Critic for Women & LGBTQ2S+ Issues…

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Posted:MAY 25, 2020

NOTLEY RESPONDS TO RELEASE OF COMMERCIAL RENT SURVEY

NDP Official Opposition Leader Rachel Notley issued the following statement regarding the UCP’s announcement of a survey…

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Posted:MAY 25, 2020

ALBERTA RURAL HEALTH WEEK STARTS WITH DOCTORS FLEEING 18 COMMUNITIES

EDMONTON - Alberta Rural Health Week opens with Premier Jason Kenney deliberately chasing doctors out of 18 rural communities,…

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Posted:MAY 22, 2020

JASON KENNEY FAILS TO SUPPORT CALGARY REOPENING

CALGARY – Alberta NDP Calgary MLAs Joe Ceci, Kathleen Ganley and Irfan Sabir delivered the following statements following…

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Posted:MAY 21, 2020

NDP CALLS FOR COMMERCIAL EVICTION BAN FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

EDMONTON – As Alberta’s economy begins to re-open, Jason Kenney and the UCP government must take greater steps to support…

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Posted:MAY 21, 2020

Statement: NDP Education Critic Sarah Hoffman responds to Calgary Board of Education audit

“Today’s review is all about finding someone else to blame for the generational cuts to education imposed by Jason Kenney…

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Posted:MAY 20, 2020

KENNEY’S ‘FISCAL RECKONING’ RISKS DEEPER RECESSION FOR ALBERTA

EDMONTON -- Troubling comments made by prominent members of Jason Kenney’s secretive Economic Recovery Council have shed…

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Posted:MAY 20, 2020

KENNEY’S RURAL HEALTHCARE CRISIS EXPANDS AS FAMILY DOCTORS CLOSE PRACTICES IN PONOKA AND CLARESHOLM

EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney’s war on Alberta doctors in the midst of a deadly pandemic has driven two more rural…

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Posted:MAY 19, 2020

TYLER SHANDRO WAITS SEVEN WEEKS TO HELP SENIORS

EDMONTON – Disgraced health minister Tyler Shandro should resign after he waited more than seven weeks to provide extra…

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Posted:MAY 19, 2020

NOTLEY STATEMENT ON KEYSTONE XL

NDP Official Opposition Leader Rachel Notley issued the following statement regarding Joe Biden’s intention to veto Keystone…

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Posted:MAY 19, 2020

ARTS SECTOR MUST BE PART OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY: NDP

EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition is calling on the province to provide more support for festivals and the arts as part…

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Posted:MAY 19, 2020

UCP NEED TO RENEW EVICTION BAN TO PROTECT TENANTS FROM THEIR OWN MLA

EDMONTON - The NDP is calling on the UCP to immediately extend the eviction ban after news surfaced showing that one of…

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Posted:MAY 19, 2020

UCP DRIVES FORT MCMURRAY DOCTOR OUT OF ALBERTA

EDMONTON -- A family physician in Fort McMurray has announced she will be leaving the hard-hit Alberta city, and relocating…

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Posted:MAY 15, 2020

Statement: NDP Education Critic Sarah Hoffman regarding CBE bus fees

“Every Calgary Board of Education student who rides the bus is being forced to pay more, as a result of UCP budget cuts. Alberta…

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Posted:MAY 15, 2020

David Shepherd, NDP Opposition Critic for Health, made the following statement regarding HALO services in southeast Alberta:

“HALO and other non-profit rescue helicopter organizations provide crucial emergency services to rural Albertans. I’m…

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Posted:MAY 15, 2020

UCP BUDGET CUTS FORCE CLOSURE OF CALGARY OUTREACH SITE FOR VULNERABLE YOUTH

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange must stop attacking education. Alberta’s most vulnerable…

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Posted:MAY 15, 2020

Lori Sigurdson, NDP Opposition Critic for Seniors and Housing, made the following statement regarding delays to the government’s health care aide wage top-up:

“Minister Tyler Shandro was very slow to recognize the deadly crisis developing in Alberta’s continuing care facilities,…

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Posted:MAY 14, 2020

UCP SHOULD REIMBURSE BUSINESSES AFTER CANCELLING MAY LONG REOPENING

EDMONTON – Jason Kenney and the UCP should reimburse businesses in Calgary that have incurred unrecoverable costs from…

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Posted:MAY 13, 2020

NOTLEY CALLS ON UCP TO PROVIDE REAL RELAUNCH SUPPORTS FOR BUSINESS

EDMONTON – Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley issued the following statement following the announcement that Phase 1 relaunch…

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Posted:MAY 13, 2020

NDP CALLS ON UCP TO STEP UP AND SUPPORT DISABILITIES WORKERS AS ECONOMIC RELAUNCH APPROACHES

EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP Opposition is calling on Jason Kenney and the UCP to do more to support and protect Albertans…

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