Posted on May 14, 2021
EDMONTON - It’s time for Jason Kenney to listen to Albertans and scrap his botched curriculum, after Alberta school districts have overwhelmingly refused to pilot it. “Alberta students deserve a modern…
Posted on May 14, 2021
EDMONTON — After more than a year of the live event industry begging the UCP government for pandemic support, the Government has announced a project-based grant that will leave venues on the hook for…
Posted on May 13, 2021
EDMONTON - Jason Kenney and the UCP have once again allowed Alberta’s contact tracing system to be overwhelmed, leaving small business owners responsible for their own contact tracing, according to…
Posted on May 12, 2021
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP opposes Jason Kenney’s plans to keep the Alberta Legislature closed for at least another week beyond what he originally told Albertans, while critical responses to the pandemic…
Posted on May 12, 2021
EDMONTON - NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on Jason Kenney to show up as Premier of Alberta and advocate for Line 5 as the Governor of Michigan continues her attempts to shut the pipeline down. …
Posted on May 12, 2021
EDMONTON - A tech company that chose Halifax over Calgary as the site of its second headquarters after citing concerns about Western separatism and cuts to Alberta’s tax credits is now expanding after…
Posted on May 12, 2021
EDMONTON — Despite driving significantly less during the pandemic, Alberta drivers continue to pay substantially more for auto insurance under the UCP government. Alberta’s largest insurance provider…
Posted on May 11, 2021
“The UCP government promised their downtown working group months ago after the Finance Minister initially said there would be no help for Calgary’s struggling downtown. Now it will be several more…
Posted on May 11, 2021
EDMONTON – The Alberta NDP is proposing to bring forward legislation to provide protection for essential workers who become infected with COVID-19 while on the job. “For more than a year now, the…
Posted on May 11, 2021
CALGARY - Calgary NDP MLAs have written a letter to Calgary city council in support of increasing fines for mask bylaw violations and urged council to implement the larger fines before anti-mask rallies…
Posted on May 10, 2021
EDMONTON – Justice Minister Kaycee Madu must immediately apologize for accusing Alberta journalists and the Opposition of wanting to see the province’s healthcare system collapse under the stress…
Posted on May 10, 2021
EDMONTON – All 24 Alberta NDP MLAs have now received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and continue to call for a blanket endorsement of the safety and effectiveness of these shots from all 87 Members…
Posted on May 7, 2021
EDMONTON - Alberta’s university instructors are starting to pull their pension out of AIMCo, while the Kenney government continues to force K-12 teachers to move their pension into the underperforming…
Posted on May 7, 2021
RED DEER – Geothermal energy drilling will expand in central Alberta and construction will begin on the Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion under a future NDP government, committed Leader Rachel Notley.…
Posted on May 7, 2021
EDMONTON - Almost 13,000 jobs were lost in April as Alberta became the COVID-19 hotspot in Canada and the United States, according to numbers released by Statistics Canada today. The Labour Force Survey…
Posted on May 7, 2021
EDMONTON – Alberta’s NDP is calling on the UCP to provide Early Learning and Child Care programs immediate support that will ensure programs don’t shut down because of the third wave of the pandemic,…
Posted on May 7, 2021
EDMONTON - Almost 13,000 jobs were lost in April as Alberta became the COVID-19 hotspot in Canada and the United States, according to numbers released by Statistics Canada today. The Labour Force Survey…
Posted on May 6, 2021
CALGARY - Alberta’s NDP is calling for immediate support for restaurants and bars, and other small businesses who invested thousands of dollars to follow the previous health orders, and are now being…
Posted on May 6, 2021
CALGARY - Jason Kenney must put real action behind his recent promise to enforce public health orders, as numerous events are already being planned to violate the measures that keep Albertans safe. “Alberta…
Posted on May 5, 2021
EDMONTON – Alberta’s NDP is calling for the Premier to apply COVID-19 public health orders consistently and bring in effective enforcement. The Official Opposition also continues to call for support…
Posted on May 4, 2021
EDMONTON – In an address to the province that did not allow for the media to ask questions, Premier Jason Kenney announced confusing public health restrictions that left Albertans with more questions…
Posted on May 4, 2021
CALGARY - Alberta’s NDP are calling on the UCP government to enforce existing public health restrictions after it was revealed that police agencies across the province had been instructed not to charge…
Posted on May 4, 2021
EDMONTON – In the Public Accounts Committee today, the Deputy Minister of Labour and Immigration revealed that Alberta Labour was never instructed to complete policy work to deliver on Jason Kenney’s…
Posted on May 3, 2021
“Albertans have lost trust in Jason Kenney, and he failed them again today. He claimed his approach is working, but everyone knows that is not true. Albertans can see the rising case numbers, hospitalizations,…
Posted on May 3, 2021
EDMONTON – Alberta’s NDP is calling for fines issued to individuals violating COVID-19 public health orders to be tripled, a guideline on enforcement to be issued and a streamlined court process as…
