UCP government announces new Mineral Advisory Council
Yesterday, the provincial government announced they had appointed a 5-member Mineral Advisory Council to help attract investment in mineral mining.
The hypocrisy of Jason Kenney’s outrage at violence
To Kenney, when racists are the victims, it’s violence, but when racists are the perpetrators, it’s intolerance.
Lethbridge drug crisis worsens
In the second quarter of 2020, Lethbridge had the highest fentanyl death rate in the province and had doubled ER visits and EMS responses.
Royalty rates aren’t a tax
Non-renewable resources are public resources, and companies who extract them for a profit should pay the public for them.
Federal Liberals announce $72M in child care funding for Alberta
The provincial government allocates $6.9 million.
Emergency shelter attendance down 28% in Alberta since 2014
Alberta’s daily average emergency shelter attendance has gone from a high of 3,820 in February 2014 to 2,753 in March 2020.
UCP investing $9 million in AI research institute
Last year, the NDP provided 3 times as much funding to the same organization.
Ottawa to spend over $8M on clean technology start ups in Alberta
The money will help the 3 Calgary-based companies develop technologies in wastewater filtration, well drilling, and well sensing.
UCP spending $6M on “sunshine list” staffers, double what NDP did
The UCP are spending over $6 million on 51 “sunshine list” staffers, compared to the NDP, who spent $3 million on 24.
Increasing minimum wage doesn’t increase unemployment in Alberta
I combed minimum wage and unemployment data going back to 1976 and found no correlation between the two.
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