The wildcat strikes occurring across Alberta are deeply concerning. Like all Albertans, our Caucus believes patient safety must always be the top priority.

#ableg #abhealth
Jason Kenney’s proposal to privatize the work of 11,000 front line healthcare workers in the middle of a pandemic will absolutely result in poorer quality healthcare for Albertans.
His suggestion that this can be done without compromising care defies common sense. For the sake of Alberta patients and the people who care about them, this reckless plan must stop.
The UCP has repeatedly introduced illegal pieces of legislation designed specifically to attack frontline healthcare workers. In contrast, our NDP Government maintained labour peace over our four-year term while containing costs.
It is Jason Kenney who has caused widespread chaos in our healthcare system — the responsibility for this lays squarely at his feet. His illegal acts started before the pandemic and he has persisted in the face of mounting opposition and public concern.
The UCP must stop his deliberate attack on public health care and get back to the table with frontline healthcare heroes.

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23 Oct
Our NDP Children’s Services Critic @pancholi_rakhi and I were so pleased to be joined by Phil Fulton, a father of two children in #Calgary, who talked about his family's struggle to find child care that was available, affordable, of good quality and close to their home and work. ImageImageImage
In Calgary, the average cost of full-time child care is $1,000 per month, making it the third most expensive city in Canada for child care. #yyc
We're calling for a comprehensive workforce strategy as part of a new proposal for universal, quality, affordable and accessible early learning and child care.

#abed #ablabour
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23 Oct
We're calling for a comprehensive workforce strategy as part of a new proposal for universal, quality, affordable and accessible early learning and child care.

#abfuture #canlab #abecon #canfem Image
When fully implemented, the proposal, released Friday at AlbertasFuture.ca would put at least 42,500 people back to work and would increase Alberta’s GDP by nearly $6 billion.
The single most effective economic strategy we can implement to get people back to work and grow our economy, is to offer universal, affordable early learning child care.
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13 Oct
Jason Kenney’s Health Minister Tyler Shandro revealed plans today to destroy 11,000 jobs at AHS, spread confusion and chaos across the province’s hospitals, and impose new out-of-pocket costs onto Alberta patients and families.

#ableg #cdnhealth #abhealth
Jason Kenney’s plans are completely irresponsible. These plans will cause harm to patients, harm to communities - particularly rural ones - and they will harm our chances for an economic recovery.
The AHS Performance Review Proposed Implementation Plan, finalized in mid-August and released publicly today, calls for the “reconfiguring” rural ERs; contracting out of housekeeping, food services, and laundry services; and new charges and co-pays for seniors in long-term care.
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30 Sep
CERB recipients and our Official Opposition Caucus have been calling for an apology since the video surfaced Tuesday in which UCP MLA for Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland Shane Getson claimed that CERB recipients used the money to purchase “cheezies”, watch “cartoons” and do drugs.

#ableg
After his comments surfaced, Getson issued a public statement in which he doubled down on his comments.

NDP Labour Critic Christina Gray noted the #UCP itself accessed a federal wage subsidy program to keep its party office running during the pandemic.
“The Albertans struggling during this pandemic, who were rightly offended by these hurtful comments, deserve an apology from Jason Kenney and Shane Getson.”
- @ChristinaNDP, NDP Labour Critic
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29 Sep
Jason Kenney and the UCP gave TC Energy $7.5 billion dollars with no strings attached.

Now TC Energy itself is laying people off.

This isn’t a good sign for Alberta.

And we don’t know how many are being laid off — and that’s not ok.

#ableg #yyc
Canada’s natural resource sector has seen 43,000 people lose their jobs.

Now even more people are wondering how they’re going to pay their bills, put food on their table, and support their families.
@jkenney needs to immediately instruct his Labour Minister, @JasonCoppingAB, to release the number of people laid off today.
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29 Sep
Jason Kenney should have given you a bold vision for economic recovery. Instead, he’s doubling down on his failed corporate handout.

His new economic recovery plan doesn’t help struggling workers. You deserve a better plan – here’s your chance to demand one.
One year ago, Jason Kenney introduced a massive corporate handout. He promised Albertans that his plan would create jobs.

It hasn’t. In fact, his failed policy saw the loss of 50,000 jobs just before the pandemic hit.
Even worse, the UCP are warning Albertans again that they’ll be paying for austerity cuts. Why is it a “fiscal reckoning” and job loss for you while UCP insiders get a big payday? It’s not right, and we need to demand better.
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