Media Release December 10, 2019 UCP JOBS STRATEGY A PROVEN FAILURE, SAY GREENS EDMONTON – The Green Party of Alberta says the loss of 18,000 jobs in November proves that the UCP are failing at basic economic management. “The UCP are creating a recession just so that their corporate friends can get a tax cut,” …
Media Release December 3, 2019 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY JEOPARDIZED BY UCP’s NURSING CUTS, SAY GREENS EDMONTON – The cutting of at least 750 front-line nurses will put the health care system in Alberta on life support according to the Green Party of Alberta. Will Carnegie, the GPA’s Interim Leader, calls the action ill-advised and …
Media Release November 25, 2019 GREEN PARTY OF ALBERTA LEADERSHIP RACE OPENS EDMONTON – It’s now official, the Green Party of Alberta are accepting applications from those wishing to seek the party’s leadership. A deadline of January 28, 2020 has been affixed to the process but those who submit successful applications can begin campaigning immediately. …
Media Release November 19, 2019 ALBERTA GREENS TO ADAPT CO-LEADER FORMAT RED DEER – In what is a Canadian first, members of the Green Party of Alberta have voted to create a Co-Leader system of party leadership. The motion was voted upon at the party’s annual convention in Red Deer and passed with an overwhelming …
Media Release November 14, 2019 DAVID MERNER TO SPEAK AT GREEN PARTY OF ALBERTA CONVENTION EDMONTON – Green Party of Canada Justice Critic David Merner will speak at the Green Party of Alberta Convention this coming Saturday, November 16, 2019. Merner and the Greens finished second in the British Columbia riding of Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke in the …
Media Release November 12, 2019 GREEN PARTY GEARS UP FOR PIVOTAL CONVENTION IN RED DEER EDMONTON – Members of the Green Party of Alberta will converge in Red Deer this coming Saturday, November 16, 2019 in what promises to be a pivotal convention. The gathering is the first to feature the Annual General Meeting …
Media Release November 5, 2019 GREEN PARTY TO UCP: “KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF PENSIONS” EDMONTON – This province’s Green Party wants the UCP government to back off making fundamental changes to the way pension plans are administrated for teachers, health care professionals, police officers, and other workers in Alberta. Green Party of Alberta Interim …
Media Release October 31, 2019 NEW CARBON TAX BOTH INEFFECTUAL AND PREFERENTIAL, SAY GREENS EDMONTON – Calling the carbon tax scheme introduced by the UCP flawed and favouring the province’s highest emitters, the Green Party of Alberta has indicated its opposition. “What this plan does is let the largest polluters virtually dictate the terms of …
Media Release October 29, 2019 ALBERTA GREENS DECRY TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS INHERENT IN UCP BUDGET EDMONTON – The recent budget brought forth by the UCP government has the Green Party of Alberta rejecting both its premise and details. Will Carnegie, Interim Leader of the GPA, says “This is a budget that is a return to the …
Media Release October 24, 2019 DIMINISHED WATER FLOWS FROM THE ATHBASCA RIVER A CONCERN, SAY GREENS EDMONTON – A new report released by Parks Canada underscores the overall seriousness of deterioration of water flows of the Athabasca River, say this province’s Green Party. Green Party of Alberta Interim Leader, Will Carnegie, says the report’s findings, …