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Nov 13 • 12 tweets • 11 min read
I want to take a moment to speak directly to all of the young Albertans who are considering making the choice to leave our province.

🧵#ableg #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #abpoli
I know things look bleak under the UCP. From cutting the youth minimum wage to raising the cost of your tuition, they have trampled on the opportunities this province once presented for you to build your future.

But I promise you change is coming. #ableg #yyc #yeg
The @albertaNDP will make it a core priority to undo the UCP government’s attacks on young people—and to build up our province so that young people want to move HERE instead of move away. #ableg #yyc #yeg
We’ll start by undoing the UCP’s cut to the youth minimum wage, because we know that equal work deserves equal pay. #ableg #yyc #yeg
We will support post-secondaries by providing funding, stability and support so that young people can get a world class education right here in Alberta. #ableg #yyc #yeg albertasfuture.ca/albertas-futur…
We’ll directly fund union skills training centres so that every young person who wants to learn a trade can do so. #ableg #yyc #yeg albertasfuture.ca/economic-blog/…
We will support affordable childcare, so that young people can raise their families AND enjoy meaningful careers at the same time. #ableg #yyc #yeg albertasfuture.ca/albertas-futur…
We will work to bring renewed vitality to our cities. #ableg #yyc #yeg albertasfuture.ca/albertas-futur…
We will support our PUBLIC healthcare system and end the UCP’s march towards privatization.
And we will make sure that our schools have a modern curriculum that prepares kids for the future. #ableg #yyc #abhealth
And, trust me, we won’t tell you that diversification is a “long-term luxury”. It will be an @albertaNDP priority from day one, so that young people can rely on good jobs in Alberta for decades to come. #ableg #yyc #yeg albertasfuture.ca/albertas-futur…
I love Alberta, and I know that young Albertans feel the same. It breaks my heart that so many feel they have to leave.
#ableg #yyc #yeg
My message to you is this: hold on. If the @albertaNDP forms government next May, we will work WITH you, not against you. We will help you to build your future right here. #ableg #yyc #yeg

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Nov 12
We have the largest oil and gas reserves in North America — and the fastest-growing market for wind and solar power in Canada.

There is so much opportunity to keep this going, and expand it further. 🧵

#ableg #yyc #yeg
We can use our expertise in drilling to convert abandoned oil and gas wells into geothermal wells, turning a blight on the landscape into a new asset.

#ableg #yyc #yeg
We can use our abundance of natural gas to come out ahead in the global race to produce hydrogen fuel — both blue AND green.
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Oct 31
We depend on tradespeople to build everything from roads and hospitals to pipelines and refineries. Yet skilled trades training centres don’t get a penny of provincial funding, even as Alberta faces a skills shortage.

The @albertaNDP will change that. 🧵 #ableg
I have announced that we will scale up the number of Albertans who can seek meaningful employment in a trade by directly funding skilled trades training centres. #ableg
We’ll start with $3 million, but if demand is met, we’ll double our support. And if that demand is met, we’ll double it again. #ableg
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Oct 30
Albertans are looking for a resilient jobs economy.
One of those Albertans came up to me just the other day. 🧵
#ableg #yyc
She was a young woman working in a coffee shop, over in Bankview, and she waved at me just as I was leaving.
And she said, “I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be voting for you.”

#ableg #yyc
And I said, “thank you … that’s very kind.”
And … she burst into tears.
So, we went outside and she told me how much the tuition for her university degree program had gone up — and now she’s getting hit with all these extra fees just to take her exams.

#ableg #yyc
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Sep 12
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.🧵

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

#ableg #yyc #yeg
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.

#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.

#ableg #yyc #yeg
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.

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

#ableg #yyc #yeg
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