The UCP hope you forget about their track record of cuts & privatization. They hope you’ll forget about the past 4 years of blunders and chaos.
Well, we didn’t forget.
We’ve collected over 350 examples of their damage to our province.
🧵 Mega thread below, updated daily ⬇️
Well, we didn’t forget.
We’ve collected over 350 examples of their damage to our province.
🧵 Mega thread below, updated daily ⬇️
The UCP was given the dubious honour of being Canada's most secretive provincial government.
mylethbridgenow.com/9478/news/albe…
mylethbridgenow.com/9478/news/albe…
The UCP de-indexed AISH and other income supports, slashing the income of some of the most vulnerable people in the province already living far below the poverty line.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP dropped class size reporting, removing transparency and accountability. Class sizes in Alberta are up to 50% larger than they should be for optimal outcomes.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
One of the UCP advisors on the Alberta social studies curriculum updated called the inclusion of First Nations perspectives "a fad" and wrote that colonialism exercise "brainwashes children."
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP gave property tax exemption to oil and gas companies, even as rural municipalities are owed millions of dollars in unpaid taxes.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/propert…
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/propert…
The UCP attack doctors' pay and working conditions, causing brain drain and doctors leaving Alberta altogether.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The number of doctors who left Alberta tripled in 2021. 568 left, compared to 87 in 2020 and 54 in 2019.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
Deaths from opiods spiked after the UCP shut down safe injection sites and harm reduction services.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP set up a "tip line" to report other Albertans in their failed public inquiry into environmental campaigns.
calgary.ctvnews.ca/province-s-new…
calgary.ctvnews.ca/province-s-new…
The UCP removed the cap on auto insurance rates, making life less affordable for Albertans.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2019/11/15/ins…
edmonton.citynews.ca/2019/11/15/ins…
The UCP cuts funding to Alberta Innovates, a business-supporting agency that aims to stimulate tech startups. AI lays off 125 people.
globalnews.ca/news/6194079/a…
globalnews.ca/news/6194079/a…
The UCP lift the tuition fee freeze. Tuition fees have risen by an average of 20% over the past 3 years.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP axes two child care subsidies, forcing parents (especially mothers) to choose between paying for daycare and continuing to work.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP change the application process for AISH, adding barriers to access for vulnerable Albertans.
braceworks.ca/2020/06/01/ins…
braceworks.ca/2020/06/01/ins…
The UCP cuts 100% of provincial funding to the John Howard Society of Alberta, a provincial non-profit that researches criminal justice issues.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
The UCP slashed Program Unit Funding (PUF). PUF is designed to provide early intervention for children with disabilities and delays as they enter the school system
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP lifted the cap on tuition fees. The average tuition in Alberta has risen by 20% over the past 4 years, and students in Alberta graduate with the most student debt in the country.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP lays off dozens of workers, including agricultural scientists and researchers.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP cut two child care subsidies, forcing parents (especially mothers) to choose between working and care for their kids.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP changed the application process for AISH, making it more burdensome and costly for disabled Albertans to receive income support.
braceworks.ca/2020/06/01/ins…
braceworks.ca/2020/06/01/ins…
The UCP cut 100% of the provincial funding to the John Howard Society, a non-profit that researches criminal justice issues.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
The UCP cut funding to Alberta Innovates, a tech start-up support agency, which lead to 125 layoffs.
globalnews.ca/news/6194079/a…
globalnews.ca/news/6194079/a…
MacEwan University hikes tuition by about 10% in a single year due to UCP budget cuts. The university also drops several online and evening courses.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP evicted the Nechi Institute, an Indigenous learning centre that provides counselling and therapeutic training services, specializing in helping people with addictions, family violence and prescription drug abuse.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/indigenous-lea…
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/indigenous-lea…
The UCP axed the Seniors Advocate. Seniors face a unique set of challenges and needs, and deserve a dedicated advocate.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP axed the Alberta Sports Connection which helped to fund Special Olympics Alberta and the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation which provided support to museums.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2019/11/19/two…
edmonton.citynews.ca/2019/11/19/two…
Costs for bussing skyrocketed after UCP cuts to K-12 education transferred more cost to individual families.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/government-rol…
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/government-rol…
Elk Island Public Schools cut 87.5 jobs after brutal cuts from the UCP government.
sherwoodparknews.com/news/local-new…
sherwoodparknews.com/news/local-new…
The UCP funded the "war room" for $30 million, and refused to specify how it would spend that exorbitant amount of money. They attacked journalists and activists.
thestar.com/news/canada/20…
thestar.com/news/canada/20…
The UCP reduced the minimum wage for youth, and made changes to overtime, holiday pay and votes for union certification.
globalnews.ca/news/5320719/a….
globalnews.ca/news/5320719/a….
The UCP privatized social housing, and sold off the scant stock of affordable, public housing to the market.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP fired the Election Commissioner in the middle of an investigation into allegations of illegal donations in the 2017 leadership race.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/election-commi…
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/election-commi…
The UCP allowed bankrupt oil and gas companies to short rural municipalities millions in unpaid taxes.
calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…
calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…
The UCP closed the McCullough Centre, a treatment centre for homeless men.
albertaworker.ca/news/alberta-c…
albertaworker.ca/news/alberta-c…
The UCP gutted the Alberta Child Benefit Program by $100 million a year.
albertaworker.ca/news/ucp-guts-…
albertaworker.ca/news/ucp-guts-…
The UCP sought to roll back nurses' wages by 3% after the stress and burnout wrought by the pandemic.
cbc.ca/amp/1.6092590
cbc.ca/amp/1.6092590
Danielle Smith said the unvaccinated are the most discriminated against group she's ever witnessed.
https://twitter.com/cspotweet/status/1579946052647780352?t=4atjGvDQDE0FoLY9f5gNFA&s=19
The UCP attemped to cut the Insulin Pump Therapy Program. They backed down due to the efforts of advocates and activists.
globalnews.ca/news/8806032/a…
globalnews.ca/news/8806032/a…
Decreased the cut off age for support for some of Alberta's most vulnerable youth.
thestar.com/edmonton/2019/…
thestar.com/edmonton/2019/…
The Calgary Board of Education cut 70 per cent of its school bus attendant positions due to UCP cuts to education.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
The UCP cut 75% of the funding to the Alberta School Councils' Association.
albertaschoolcouncils.ca/about/board-of…
albertaschoolcouncils.ca/about/board-of…
The UCP misled workers at the start of the pandemic, promising paid sick days that never materialized.
afl.org/ucp_misled_alb…
afl.org/ucp_misled_alb…
Jason Kenney's campaign manager was hired as VP of Alberta Energy Regulator. He is an outspoken climate change denier.
cbc.ca/amp/1.5649972
cbc.ca/amp/1.5649972
The UCP cut the Seniors Drug Benefit Plan was $72 million. The UCP cut off seniors' dependents from coverage.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP cut the Special Needs Assistance for Seniors program, which helps low-income seniors buy items like foot orthotics and lift chairs.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP rolled back occupational health and safety on construction sites.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP cut grants for early childhood educators, including the Staff Attraction Incentive and the Benefit Contribution Grant, meaning more precarity for this already critically underpaid workforce.
globalnews.ca/news/6304093/a….
globalnews.ca/news/6304093/a….
The UCP tried to make their balance sheet look more favourable by changing the date disabled Albertans received their AISH payment.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP cut funding to an emergency homeless shelter in Fort McMurray.
fortmcmurraytoday.com/news/local-new…
fortmcmurraytoday.com/news/local-new…
The UCP eliminated the education tax credit and the tuition tax credit.
calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…
calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…
The UCP ditched accreditation standards for child care operators with zero input from the sector.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP hired former federal conservative party official who was tied to a scandal involving using money for personal expenses.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
UCP cuts closed down a Red Deer recreation centre that offered no-cost or low-cost music, drama and art programming for all community members, including Albertans with disabilities.
reddeeradvocate.com/news/many-red-…
reddeeradvocate.com/news/many-red-…
The UCP blocked the fired election commissioner investigating the leadership race from presenting to the Democratic Accountability Committee.
globalnews.ca/news/6189426/a…
globalnews.ca/news/6189426/a…
The UCP lead the country in not-budgeted COVID relief money, making examining their spending less transparent.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP did not renew funding for a Calgary mobile palliative care team that cared for terminally ill people experiencing homelessness.
globalnews.ca/news/6600549/p…
globalnews.ca/news/6600549/p…
Under the UCP, Alberta led the country in excess death rates during the pandemic.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
Remember the "best summer ever"? It ended with an overwhelmed medical system.
ualberta.ca/news/in-the-ne…
ualberta.ca/news/in-the-ne…
The UCP slashed the corporate tax rate by one-third to 8%, blowing a multi-billion dollar hole into provincial revenue.
globalnews.ca/news/5327743/a…
globalnews.ca/news/5327743/a…
Under the UCP, the U of A Law Program proposed a 45% tuition hike.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
The UCP's proposed curriculum changes included removing all mention of equity and residential schools.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Speaking of the absolute disaster that is the curriculum review, the UCP appointed a Koch-funded researcher who supported right-wing American-style education reforms to subsidize private religious schools with public tax dollars.
pressprogress.ca/kenney-governm…
pressprogress.ca/kenney-governm…
Under the UCP, $45 million was lent to an oil company that paid outits shareholders then couldn't make the interest payments.
theprogressreport.ca/aimco_loaned_a…
theprogressreport.ca/aimco_loaned_a…
The commissioner of the Inquiry into alleged anti-Alberta energy campaigns claimed to "not have time to fact-check."
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP cut $32 million from the Calgary Board of Education. They also abolished three grants: Class Size Funding, Classroom Improvement and School Fee Reduction.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Because of UCP cuts, the Calgary Board of Education cut 300 temporary teacher contracts.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Under the UCP, public sector pensions were used to prop up struggling oil companies, especially small energy firms — a sector plagued with bankruptcy and bad debts.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP poured money into the for-profit seniors care system while these predatory companies slashed jobs and reduced quality care.
calgarysun.com/news/local-new…
calgarysun.com/news/local-new…
The UCP has relentlessly attacked the public sector, threatening thousands of jobs.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP eliminated the STEP program, a summer employment program for post-secondary students.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Under the UCP, communities across the province have seen major reductions in health services, including temporary closures of emergency and acute care departments.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/the-system-is-…
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/the-system-is-…
The UCP ripped up contracts with doctors and unilaterally imposed a new contract.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP refused to take action to address the insidious practice of conversion therapy.
friendsofmedicare.org/ucp_must_conti…
friendsofmedicare.org/ucp_must_conti…
Under the UCP, AHS froze a $3-million fund for medical lab testing equipment just as machines key to diagnosis broke beyond repair.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP privatized surgery, despite overwhelming evidence that this has no impact on reducing wait times.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP paid $2 million dollars to consultants to conduct a review of AHS. The consultants were tasked with focusing on economics, rather than best health outcomes for Albertans.
alberta.ca/alberta-health…
alberta.ca/alberta-health…
Hundreds of doctors signed a letter warning that the UCP's "short-sighted decisions can inflict untold, avoidable harm to Albertans."
https://twitter.com/runsfrombear/status/1235718571067465730
The UCP introduced healthcare privatization with Telus' Babylon App. The app was not compliant with privacy laws.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
Under the UCP, Physicians are no longer be able to submit Good Faith Claims for patients without ID, a move that left vulnerable populations without access to health care.
friendsofmedicare.org/now_more_than_…
friendsofmedicare.org/now_more_than_…
The UCP moved to sell native grasslands, breaking a promise not to sell any crown land.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP refused to close the Cargill plant in southern Alberta, leading to deaths and illness in the mostly temporary foreign worker workforce.
thestar.com/opinion/contri…
thestar.com/opinion/contri…
The UCP refused to promise to keep the minimum wage at $15 per hour. The minimum wage has been frozen for nearly 5 years.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/kenney-…
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/kenney-…
The UCP limited debate on bill to strip public sector bargaining rights
globalnews.ca/news/5405298/a…
globalnews.ca/news/5405298/a…
The UCP used public pensions to buy an 85% stake in a pipeline with no consultation.
bnnbloomberg.ca/tc-energy-sell…
bnnbloomberg.ca/tc-energy-sell…
The UCP has refused to properly fund EMS services, and looked to taxis and shuttles to cover their gap left by their neglect.
globalnews.ca/news/9365863/a…
globalnews.ca/news/9365863/a…
Under the UCP, hundreds of medical clinics are laying off staff or considering closing. Here's an updated list of communities losing doctor care from @kim_siever.
albertaworker.ca/news/a-list-of…
albertaworker.ca/news/a-list-of…
Death rates from the drug crisis have skyrocketed under the UCP. People have died in treatment centres due to the controversial "Alberta model" of forced abstinence.
theprogressreport.ca/foip_reveals_m…
theprogressreport.ca/foip_reveals_m…
Under the UCP, real wage and income in Alberta have declined by 3.6% on average since 2019, while it has increased by 3.3% nationwide in the same time period.
albertacentral.com/insights/econo…
albertacentral.com/insights/econo…
Under the UCP, Alberta farmers lost the carbon credit program that compensated producers for beneficial cropping practices.
producer.com/news/alberta-f…
producer.com/news/alberta-f…
The UCP cut a transportation benefit that helped chronically ill Albertans get to medical appointments.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP cut the Regional Collaboration Services Delivery (RCSD) grant, making schools accessing supports like mental health therapists and speech pathologists more difficult.
everythinggp.com/2020/03/02/sch…
everythinggp.com/2020/03/02/sch…
The UCP denied a funding increase to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, forcing a regional office to close.
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-new…
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-new…
The UCP changed the rules for students to be able to safely access gay-straight alliances at schools.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
The school boards were forced to take a brave stand and refuse to pilot the disastrous UCP curriculum.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
The UCP created a teacher registry which outed trans teachers and potentially put domestic abuse victims at risk.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Under the UCP, AIMCO made huge and risky investments into conservative donors' companies.
pressprogress.ca/alberta-pensio…
pressprogress.ca/alberta-pensio…
With the UCP in power, over 40% of doctors were looking to leave the province.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
The UCP forced seniors to pay out-of-pocket for medical exams needed to get a driver’s licence.
globalnews.ca/news/6576642/a…
globalnews.ca/news/6576642/a…
The UCP dismantled a working group for banning conversion therapy.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP's commissioned review of AHS deemed procedures for women "unnecessary" and "of limited clinical value."
globalnews.ca/news/6518385/r…
globalnews.ca/news/6518385/r…
The UCP dragged their feet on the implementation of the national $10-a-day child care program and was one of the last provinces to strike a deal with the federal government.
globalnews.ca/news/7769665/f…
globalnews.ca/news/7769665/f…
The UCP cut funding for Parent Link Centres that provide early learning for children and parenting classes.
bowislandcommentator.com/news/2019/12/0…
bowislandcommentator.com/news/2019/12/0…
The UCP excluded AISH recipients from receiving benefits from COVID relief.
livewirecalgary.com/2020/03/27/ais…
livewirecalgary.com/2020/03/27/ais…
The UCP cut a grant to Medicine Hat College which resulted in layoffs.
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-new…
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-new…
The UCP Energy Minister said that the pandemic was an opportunity to ram through pipeline construction. She said “Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can’t have protests of more than 15 people.”
globalnews.ca/news/6984664/a…
globalnews.ca/news/6984664/a…
Alberta's Auditor General found that the war room lacked sufficient oversight and financial documentation.
cbc.ca/amp/1.5791540
cbc.ca/amp/1.5791540
Due to UCP budget cuts, Red Deer College laid off about two-thirds of its administrative staff.
reddeeradvocate.com/news/more-layo…
reddeeradvocate.com/news/more-layo…
The UCP cut financial assistance to young adults transitioning out of involvement with Child Intervention Services.
globalnews.ca/news/6119431/a…
globalnews.ca/news/6119431/a…
The UCP said they were maintaining education funding; however, a FOIP request from the Alberta Teachers' Association showed that they were cutting funding by $136 million.
globalnews.ca/news/6533781/a…
globalnews.ca/news/6533781/a…
The UCP has maintained funding to exclusive private schools, starving the public school boards of necessary funding. Some of these schools charge 5-figure yearly tuition.
supportourstudents.ca/press-room/ucp….
supportourstudents.ca/press-room/ucp….
The UCP consistently uses biased surveys to engineer the results they want from public consultation.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
The UCP denied the chief electoral officer's request for a four-month extension in a complex investigation into alleged election wrongdoing.
cbc.ca/amp/1.5829838
cbc.ca/amp/1.5829838
The UCP let their members who broke COVID travel restriction rules off the hook.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-ken…
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-ken…
The UCP's failed anti-energy witch hunt published a report that denied climate change.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Due to UCP cuts, the University of Lethbridge cut their hockey program.
calgary.ctvnews.ca/u-of-l-players…
calgary.ctvnews.ca/u-of-l-players…
The UCP removed the cap on utility prices, causing costs for Albertans to soar.
fortisalberta.com/about-us/our-c…
fortisalberta.com/about-us/our-c…
The UCP did not put in renter protections during the economic hardship of the pandemic.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
The UCP failed to register as a third party advertiser in the federal election and campaigned against Justin Trudeau.
globalnews.ca/news/7184864/u…
globalnews.ca/news/7184864/u…
A top advisor and conservative insider to Kenney was given an appointment to a new Invest Alberta corporation.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
Doctors in Central Alberta resigned after the UCP ripped up their contracts.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/red-deer/centr…
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/red-deer/centr…
UCP cuts to education forced rural school boards to hike bussing costs.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
Kenney caused outrage with callous comments about seniors' life expectancy during the outbreak of COVID. Kenney also downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic.
calgary.ctvnews.ca/concern-arises…
calgary.ctvnews.ca/concern-arises…
The UCP continue to try to privatize public health care and hand over money to private surgical clinics.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
After handing over $3.7 million to consultants, the UCP eyed replacing the governance model and consolidating the boards of Alberta's post-secondary institutions, threatening local autonomy and transparency.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Premier Smith axed the Ministry of the Status of Women, Housing, and Labour ministries.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
The UCP cut funding to some of Alberta's biggest attractions such as the Calgary Stampede, many provincial museums, and world heritage sites.
calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…
calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…
Due to UCP cuts, the Parkland School Division had to cut early education classes.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/parkland-schoo…
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/parkland-schoo…
The Edmonton Public School Board was forced to permanently lay off 178 teachers and 434 support staff due to UCP cuts.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed….
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed….
The UCP commited $7 billion to the Keystone XL pipeline, which was ultimately cancelled.
calgaryherald.com/business/varco…
calgaryherald.com/business/varco…
The UCP tried to privatize public recreation areas, camp grounds, and provincial parks.
calgary.ctvnews.ca/province-seeks…
calgary.ctvnews.ca/province-seeks…
The UCP looked to strip protections for the southwestern that had been in place since 1976 and open them up to coal mining.
globalnews.ca/news/6970786/a…
globalnews.ca/news/6970786/a…
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