Alberta’s my home. It’s where I grew up, went to school, got a job and raised my family.

I love this province. And I want to make it a place where we are all proud to live.

Here’s what I mean.🧵

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I believe that Alberta has the people, businesses, institutions, and entrepreneurial spirit to make this province the envy of the country.

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It’s why I first decided to run for political office: to create a province that takes the best elements of itself to build something better for us all.

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Today, Albertans are experiencing increased financial stress, and taking on more debt to meet household obligations.

One in five Alberta households are experiencing food insecurity. That’s not acceptable.

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Today, every Albertan is paying more—in income taxes, property taxes, utility costs, school fees, tuition, interest on student debt and park fees—and getting back LESS from important programs like the Child and Family Benefit, the Seniors Benefit, Income Support and AISH. #ableg
I believe in an Alberta where we support our neighbours—especially those who are vulnerable and need our help the most.

An NDP government will fund and support the services you rely on.

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We will listen to and work with Albertans, businesses and institutions to make this into the province we know it can be. We will:

📈 Protect Albertans from inflation.
🏡 Make life more affordable for families
💰 Build a diversified and modern economy

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I will always stand for this province. My team and I will work tirelessly to ensure that Alberta is a place where we are all proud to live, work and raise a family. Because that’s what Albertans deserve.

#ableg #yyc #yeg

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Aug 30
🧵Context on today's statement by the Premier:

The UCP government deindexed personal income taxes in their first budget in 2019.

This move increased income taxes on Albertans by more than $300 million dollars. 💸

The UCP then lied about it for three and a half years. 1/5
This tax increase has cost Albertans hundreds of millions in additional taxes during the worst affordability crisis in 40 years.

Today’s announcement fails to give all of that money back to Albertans who need it to afford food, housing, utilities, and car insurance. 2/5
While it’s good to see the UCP’s finally reverse their terrible decision to increase income taxes on Albertans, it’s only one of several ways they have made life more expensive. 3/5
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Jun 24
This is a day many of us hoped we would never see.

The destruction of basic human rights for hundreds of millions of people in what was once one of the world’s great democracies.

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Only a short drive from where I am standing today, our neighbours are being stripped of the right to make decisions about their own bodies.

Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States is abhorrent.

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It destroys generations of hard-won progress towards equality for women, girls, and all people who become pregnant.

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Jun 23
Prices for the basic necessities of life are climbing every month and wages are not. Albertans are feeling real anxiety at the grocery store as the bill to feed their family gets bigger and bigger … and bigger.

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The price of fresh vegetables are up more than 10 per cent over last year, meat is up nine per cent, fish is up nearly 12 per cent and cooking oil is up 30 per cent. Economists are forecasting that this problem will get worse before it gets better.

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Albertans need help now and Alberta’s NDP is ready to work collaboratively to get it done.

If we took action, and adjusted the tax system and benefits to account for the current rate of inflation, the average family of four would get over $350.

#ableg #abpoli
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Jun 20
In 1974, when the Lougheed Conservatives were debating a budget that was flush with cash from high commodity prices, my Dad — the lone NDPer in the House — rose to speak. 

He said, and I QUOTE:

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“The test will not be on the huge sums of money coming in, but rather how we use it to improve quality of life.

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“Not only to provide opportunities for the haves but for the have nots, because ALL PEOPLE should be able to share in the great prospects that lie ahead for the province of Alberta.”

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Jun 20
On Saturday alone, our party ran a ranked ballot contest in a riding with more than 1,000 members, and a second contested nomination with 300 members…

… on a weekend when we’re also holding our Provincial Council…
 
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...topping off a week when we also organized 57 different outreach opportunities.

This kind of momentum is made possible by teamwork...

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To our staff: thank you for growing our party and I promise you will be respected as working people, one of our core values as New Democrats.

To our volunteers: there is no party without you and we will make sure you feel empowered to build this movement together...

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Feb 17
Cold Lake business owner and homeowner Ed Machtmes says that despite putting $50,000 into his house over the past five years to make it as energy efficient as possible, his utilities amount to 25 per cent of his cost of living right now.

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“I’m in a more impoverished shape now than when I was in my 20s,” he said. “With the economic downturn, the pandemic and now th doubling of my utilities for my business and my house, I have had to take out a second mortgage just to stay afloat.

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“Now we work twice as many hours for half the income. My wife has had to take a second job on top of working at our business. I'm 55 years old. We should not be working 12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week just to make ends meet, let alone try to save for a retirement fund.

#ableg
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