The UCP won another majority government in the May 29 Alberta election, confirming late-stage polling projections close to election day. The party took almost all the seats outside of the major urban centres, while losing all ridings in Edmonton, and edged out in a number of Calgary ridings. Some of the biggest losers of the…
Alberta NPD Releases Costed Budget That Would Hike Corporate Tax Rate to 11 Percent
Alberta’s New Democrat Party (NDP) has released a costed budget 13 days ahead of the provincial election on May 29, which commits to net-zero carbon tax targets, increases spending across the board, and raises the corporate tax rate in Alberta from 8 percent to 11 percent. The NDP states the tax increase will increase revenue…
Alberta NDP Releases Costed Budget That Would Hike Corporate Tax Rate to 11 Percent
Alberta’s New Democrat Party (NDP) has released a costed budget 13 days ahead of the provincial election on May 29, which commits to net-zero carbon tax targets, increases spending across the board, and raises the corporate tax rate in Alberta from 8 percent to 11 percent. The NDP states the tax increase will increase revenue…
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…
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 The bill was later repealed by the United Conservative Party (UCP)…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: What UCP and NDP Are Promising
The writ will drop for the Alberta election on May 1, and voters will head to the polls on May 29. But the two top rival parties, the governing United Conservative Party (UCP) led by Danielle Smith and the former governing Alberta NDP led by Rachel Notley, have already been in campaign mode for months. Here’s…
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