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Posted:MAY 01, 2020

GOVERNMENT MUST EARN PUBLIC TRUST TO MAKE TRACING APP WORK

Heather Sweet, NDP Opposition Critic for Democracy & Ethics, made the following statement regarding the introduction of…

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Posted:MAY 01, 2020

NDP SUPPORTS CARGILL WORKERS COMPLAINT OF UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE

EDMONTON - The NDP Official Opposition expresses full support for the Unfair Labour Practice Complaint filed by workers’…

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Posted:MAY 01, 2020

DOCTORS FILE PRIVACY COMPLAINT AGAINST SHANDRO’S STAFF

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association has asked Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate…

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Posted:MAY 01, 2020

EXPIRATION OF EVICTION BAN COULD THREATEN ALBERTANS’ HEALTH AND SAFETY

EDMONTON -- The expiration of the UCP government’s eviction ban could see some Albertans without a home in the middle…

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Posted:APR 30, 2020

ECONOMIC REOPENING MUST INCLUDE PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS, SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS: NDP

EDMONTON - Jason Kenney’s re-opening strategy leaves working people behind, charges the NDP Official Opposition. Over…

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Posted:APR 30, 2020

ANOTHER MASS RESIGNATION OF DOCTORS FROM A RURAL HOSPITAL, PARENTS AND STUDENTS PROTEST, AS HEALTHCARE CRISIS SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL

Alberta’s NDP Official Opposition is again calling for the resignation of Health Minister Tyler Shandro as 18 doctors…

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Posted:APR 29, 2020

CARGILL REOPENING DOES NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF WORKERS

EDMONTON – Alberta NDP Labour Critic Christina Gray issued the following statement on reports that the Cargill plant will…

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Posted:APR 29, 2020

PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FURIOUS AT EDUCATION MINISTER FOR LYING ABOUT FUNDING CUT

EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP is calling on the UCP to apologize for lying to parents of children with disabilities and reverse…

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Posted:APR 29, 2020

UCP ABANDONED 33,000 ALBERTANS WHO ASKED FOR HELP—THEN LIED ABOUT IT

EDMONTON – Jason Kenney and the UCP left more than 33,000 Albertans without emergency financial support payments at the…

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Posted:APR 28, 2020

UCP REUSING BROKEN WEB PORTAL TO HELP FORT MCMURRAY EVACUEES

EDMONTON – The following is a statement from Alberta NDP Labour Critic Christina Gray: “I am glad to see the province…

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Posted:APR 28, 2020

UCP CUTS TO FIREFIGHTERS AND LIFTING OHV BAN PUT COMMUNITIES AT RISK

EDMONTON -- The UCP government's cuts to the Wildland Firefighter Rappel Program (RAP) and lifting of the off-highway vehicle…

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Posted:APR 28, 2020

SHANDRO’S CUTS LIMIT ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE FOR SOME OF ALBERTA’S MOST MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN

EDMONTON -- An Edmonton pediatric clinic that serves some of Alberta’s most medically fragile children will be forced…

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Posted:APR 27, 2020

STATEMENT FROM RACHEL NOTLEY ON OVERLAND FLOODING IN RMWB

EDMONTON – Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley issued the following statement regarding the mandatory evacuations and local…

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Posted:APR 27, 2020

MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT HOMELESS, SHELTER EMPLOYEES FROM COVID-19

CALGARY - Not enough is being done to protect people experiencing homelessness, particularly in Calgary where an outbreak…

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Posted:APR 27, 2020

STATEMENT FROM HEATHER SWEET REGARDING BILL 22 CONFLICT

EDMONTON – Alberta NDP Critic for Democracy and Ethics Heather Sweet issued the following statement on the Ethics Commissioner’s…

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Posted:APR 27, 2020

SHANDRO’S RURAL FIASCO EXPLANATION DOESN’T ADD UP

EDMONTON -- Tyler Shandro’s attempt to explain away his decision to strip 141 Alberta communities of their rural designation…

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Posted:APR 26, 2020

COVID-19 CASES IN CALGARY DROP-IN CENTRE A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP BY UCP

EDMONTON - News today of two positive COVID-19 cases at the Calgary Drop-In Centre raise concerns about how those experiencing…

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Posted:APR 24, 2020

Statement: NDP Agriculture & Forestry Critic Lorne Dach on High River-area COVID-19 cases

“Two workers have now died as a result of COVID-19 at the JBS plant in Brooks. Our hearts go out to the families of these…

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Posted:APR 24, 2020

SHANDRO KNIFES RURAL ALBERTA IN THE BACK, OFFERS BANDAID

EDMONTON -- Today, Health Minister Tyler Shandro revealed his too-little, too-late response to the crisis in rural healthcare…

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Posted:APR 24, 2020

JASON KENNEY TAKES TO FACEBOOK TO ADMIT THE NDP WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG ON BILL 10

EDMONTON -- Jason Kenney admitted Thursday in a Facebook live event that NDP Opposition concerns about the UCP government’s…

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