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Environment & Sustainable Resource Development
Logging in the Castle threatening grizzlies
Edmonton – Laurie Blakeman, Official Opposition Critic for Sustainable Resource Development (SRD), says logging in the Castle Crown Special Management Area further threatens Alberta’s tiny population of grizzly bears – a species already listed as “Threatened” under Alberta’s Wildlife Act.
| 02 February 2012 | Read More... |
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Finance
Trust and Accountability
The Warlords of Alberta, Part Three: County of Camrose
In Alberta, important public servants such as city councillors, school boards and university officials are routinely invited to donate taxpayer money or participate in partisan political fundraisers for the governing Progressive Conservative Party. These public servants feel immense pressure to comply for fear of losing provincial government support for their communities. In effect, powerful government MLAs are acting as warlords, intimidating local officials to toe the party line.
| 01 February 2012 | Read More... |
Health, Seniors & Community Support
Municipal Affairs
Bed bugs biting Alberta seniors
Edmonton – Official Opposition Leader Raj Sherman and Edmonton-Centre MLA Laurie Blakeman say the state of some publicly funded seniors’ accommodations is unhealthy and an affront to the human dignity of Alberta’s seniors.
| 31 January 2012 | Read More... |
Energy
Environment & Sustainable Resource Development
Statement: Sherman on pipelines
Yesterday interim federal Liberal leader Bob Rae suggested that he does not approve the construction of the Northern Gateway oil pipeline. Alberta Liberals respect Mr. Rae, but he is on the wrong side of this issue.
| 31 January 2012 | Read More... |
Finance
Trust and Accountability
The Warlords of Alberta, Part Two: Big Lakes
In Alberta, important public servants such as city councillors, school boards and university officials are routinely invited to donate taxpayer money or participate in partisan political fundraisers for the governing Progressive Conservative Party. These public servants feel immense pressure to comply for fear of losing provincial government support for their communities. In effect, powerful government MLAs are acting as warlords, intimidating local officials to toe the party line.
| 27 January 2012 | Read More... |
Environment & Sustainable Resource Development
Sherman calls on government to listen to Albertans and make the Castle Crown a provincial park
Edmonton - While PC Ministers spread out across the province to supposedly consult with the public on decisions that they have already made, Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman asks why the government isn’t listening to Albertans when it comes to clear cut forestry in southwestern Alberta.
| 26 January 2012 | Read More... |
Trust and Accountability
The Warlords of Alberta, Part One: Athabasca
In Alberta, important public servants such as city councillors, school boards and university officials are routinely invited to donate taxpayer money or participate in partisan political fundraisers for the governing Progressive Conservative Party. These public servants feel immense pressure to comply for fear of losing provincial government support for their communities. In effect, powerful government MLAs are acting as warlords, intimidating local officials to toe the party line.
| 25 January 2012 | Read More... |
Health, Seniors & Community Support
Code Red crisis and weak ministerial response prompts Official Opposition to activate health hotline
Call 1-888-886-2834 to improve ambulance and emergency service in Alberta
Calgary – Official Opposition Health Critic David Swann has been following the Code Red crisis – the dangerous shortage of ambulances, paramedics, and backlogged emergency rooms– very carefully. The stories from paramedics and other front-line staff coupled with today’s response from the Minister of Health have prompted the Official Opposition to activate a hotline so that Alberta’s health care professionals and their patients can share their stories and help convince the government that urgent action is required to fix the system
| 24 January 2012 | Read More... |