August 20th is Farmworker Day in Alberta. This day is one to remember farmworkers who have been killed on the job, including many children. These workers do not enjoy the same protection under the law that every other Albertan worker enjoys. Farmworkers are not eligible for workers compensation and their employers are not subject to [...]

The Alberta Liberal Caucus has enjoyed several victories in the legislature this session.
Healthcare dominated the fall session of the legislature, led by our call for a much needed emergency debate on healthcare. The government, continuing to be out of touch with issues of importance to Albertans, limited debate to 75 minutes. It was only after [...]

Recent days in the legislature have focused on health care, and rightly so. We are facing a longstanding crisis in the area of Emergency Rooms. The current system is making the lives of our doctors, nurses, and medical staff extremely stressful. Medical staff has lost confidence in the government and AHS’s ability to run the [...]

Tonight Alberta Health Services CEO Dr. Stephen Duckett offered a bizarre and bewildering response to reporters asking for his comments on the growing emergency room crisis.
You can view the video here: http://bit.ly/9exJ5I
I was frankly shocked to see this kind of behaviour coming from a high-ranking official. I absolutely condemn his disrespectful treatment of [...]

Albertans are lucky to live in a province filled with such natural beauty. Our lakes, rivers, and streams along with the mountains and prairie grasslands make this a stunning place to live and for people to visit. We must ensure that our land, water, and air are healthy for our own benefit and for the [...]

The Stelmach government is pushing through the sale of 16,000 acres of provincial land without a shred of concern for the environmental impact or for the people who live nearby. The buyer of this land has donated to a Conservative candidate and constituency association and is now buying the land for pennies on the dollar. [...]

It’s time to give Alberta’s workers a bigger say.
Over the past weekend, I participated in the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees’ (AUPE) 34th Annual Convention up in Edmonton, and had the opportunity to connect with members one-on-one and hear their concerns about the future of the province.
It is so important for groups like [...]

Yesterday, across Alberta, citizens went to the polls to vote for their municipal representatives. I would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to all elected and re-elected representatives. I would also like to emphasize that all candidates, win or lose, deserve our gratitude for stepping up to run for office. The great interest shown in the [...]

If this government had taken the environment seriously from the outset, Alberta would not be in the middle of an environmental PR battle and would not be straining credibility to prove that they are doing something for the environment. Unfortunately there has been a terrible lack of leadership, investment, and stewardship from this government. [...]

Mr Stelmach indicated yesterday that he had a nice “free-flowing” chat with Nancy Pelosi and Senator Markey on our oilsands problems. No doubt he avoided discussing the uncomfortable science around heavy metals leaching into the Athabasca River, the hundreds of reported and unreported spills, inadequate water monitoring and deficient health studies on the downstream First [...]