Category: Rachel Notley

UCP Leader Danielle Smith Takes Public Questions, Explains Platform in Facebook Live Event

Alberta’s United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith made a video appearance on the nightly broadcast of the UCP War Room to answer questions from the public about her party’s election platform on the first day of the official campaign. Bruce McAllister, former MLA for Chestermere/Rockyview and former host of the Global News morning show, served…


Alberta NDP Releases Election Promises, Vows to Fix Health Care Crisis

Alberta New Democrat Party leader Rachel Notley said fixing the health care crisis is her top priority. “If you need a doctor, you will get a doctor,” Notley pledged. The party has committed that “within 10 years, up to one million more Albertans will have access to a doctor within a day or two.” “Here…


Michael Zwaagstra: Alberta Election Will Impact Schools in a Big Way

Commentary The Alberta election campaign is now underway. Polls indicate that it will be a tight race between Danielle Smith’s UCP and Rachel Notley’s NDP. With the NDP well ahead in Edmonton and with most of rural Alberta locked in for the UCP, the election will almost certainly come down to Calgary, where the UCP…


Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley Promises to Recruit Doctors, Fund Vaccination If Elected

As the first day of the Alberta provincial election began with the drop of the writ, New Democrat Party leader Rachel Notley was on the campaign trail in Calgary, promising to protect Albertans’ pensions and end the health care crisis. At a news conference on May 1, Notley said if elected on May 29, her…


UCP Questions NDP Leader Rachel Notley’s Husband’s Role in Alberta Election

With an election announcement imminent, Alberta Premier and United Conservative Party (UCP) Leader Danielle Smith is questioning whether NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley’s husband is using union funds to pay for attack ads against the UCP. Notley’s husband, Lou Arab, is a self-described “political field activist, union communicator.” According to his LinkedIn profile, he works…


Alberta Election Campaign to Officially Start on May 1

On the eve of the election writ drop in Alberta, both candidates for premier are firing up political support with campaign-style rallies. As of May 1, the current official opposition New Democrat Party (NDP) and the reigning United Conservative Party (UCP) will have less than 30 days to convince voting-age Albertans whom to elect as the next…


Alberta NDP Leader Would Consider Resurrecting Controversial Legislation to Regulate Farms

With just a few days before the Alberta government drops the writ for an election, Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley said if elected, she would consider resurrecting Bill 6, a controversial bill that was put in place in 2016 to regulate farms and ranches. The bill was later repealed by the United Conservative Party (UCP)…


Alberta Election Writ Days Away, NDP and UCP Pledge No Personal Tax Increases If Elected

EDMONTON—Days away from an expected election writ being dropped in Alberta, both the NDP and UCP have announced they will not increase provincial personal income taxes if elected, in what is shaping up to be a hotly contested leadership race. The United Conservative Party (UCP) and Premier Danielle Smith took that promise one step further…


Alberta’s UCP, NDP Launch Media Access Battles Ahead of Provincial Election

The Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) and the Opposition New Democrat Party (NDP) are each suggesting that the other party is dodging media questions ahead of the provincial election on May 29. Premier Danielle Smith said on April 14 that she would accept just one question from each reporter at news conferences during the campaign…


With Several Closely Contested Seats, Electoral Fate of Alberta in Calgary’s Hands: Pundit

After a tumultuous year that saw Danielle Smith become premier, a spring election is on the horizon for Alberta, and it remains to be seen whether Smith will be returned to power or the NDP’s Rachel Notley will triumph as she did in 2015. One pundit says Calgary will be the deciding battleground. Smith won…