Your Alberta NDP MLA in Edmonton-Mill Woods & the Official Opposition House Leader. For Alberta. For All of Us.
Jan 9 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
The #ableg Member Services Committee meeting just wrapped up and it was... ridiculous.
The UCP MLAs used their majority to force through a litany of new spending on themselves.
Premier Smith's hand picked committee members decided to:
*Raise MLAs salary, and to index future MLA raises (this from the same UCP that de-indexed assorted benefits for Albertans)
*Give MLAs golden parachutes, so departing MLAs will get up to a half year of salary on exit
Jul 29, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
In the late hours of the night, Jason Kenney and the UCP used the heavy handed #ableg measure known as time allocation to stifle debate and force through final passage of their Bill 30, which opens the door to privatized for-profit big corporate healthcare in #Alberta.
Now they have done the same thing to halt debate on #ableg Bill 32, their new labour law which attacks every worker in #Alberta on many fronts. The UCP's Bill 32 attacks workers in both unionized and non-union work environments.
Aug 26, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Did you know Ontario recently reviewed liquor servers' minimum wage as part of a large labour law review?
After study and consultation they recommended that "The liquor servers' minimum wage should be phased out" p. 166
#ableg#abpoli#yeg#yyc#alberta
There were two phases of consultation including public meetings held in 15 cities, input from a broad range of stakeholders and experts, academic input, and research projects.
They heard over 200 presentations and received over 300 written submissions.
