Here is the transcript for the speech I delivered in the Legislature this afternoon in response to yesterday’s budget announcement. In it I address: the announced cuts to children’s services, public supports and education; the half hearted attempt to remediate healthcare; and the overall incompetence in financial management and planning being demonstrated by the [...]

The Alberta Liberal Caucus’ website, liepertmustgo.ca, continues to attract over 200 visits per day and has now received close to 1000 submissions from Albertans who are sharing their experiences with Alberta Health Services under the current Minister.
The Liberal Caucus has appealed last week’s order by the Legislature Assembly Office to take down the site, [...]

Two Tory back-benchers jumped to the WRA today, raising the stakes for Mr Stelmach’s government. While I don’t have much interest in getting into ‘domestic disputes’ (these are disenchanted Tories) this opens up the sensible center where the Alberta Liberals stand. People are hungry for moral government with a business-like approach to financial management, resource [...]

The Stelmach administration’s latest quarterly financial update is short on details but paints a compelling picture of Conservative leadership failures.
The update claimed $430 million in savings, but noted $575 million in new expenditures. It also notes that over half the Stelmach administration’s cuts are to core public services, which are vital to Alberta’s [...]

This week, the Stelmach administration will attempt to ram Bill 50 through the Legislature. Bill 50 takes away the rights of Albertans to have a say over the construction of new electricity infrastructure. Not only is the Premier taking away your say – the Stelmach administration’s plans to build billions of dollars worth of new [...]

As leader of the Official Opposition, I’m calling on Ron Liepert to resign, or be fired.
 
Thousands of high-risk Albertans who should be inoculated against H1N1 have not had access to the potentially life-saving vaccine. After days of six-hour line-ups and inconsistent messages from both the Premier and the Health minister, the Stelmach administration abruptly [...]

I’ve been speaking to the media about Bill 50 over the last few days.

Here is what was said:

The Calgary Herald

The Calgary Sun

CBC News

As an Albertan, what are you most concerned about on this issue?

David

My colleagues and I at the Alberta Liberal Caucus are committed to fighting the Stelmach administration’s attempt to significantly increase Albertans electricity bills.

This fall, MLAs will debate Bill 50, which mandates the construction of a number of power lines between Edmonton, Calgary and Fort McMurray while cancelling the public interest hearings that would normally be [...]

The Stelmach administration is a new kind of administration for Alberta – one that governs by doing nothing and crossing its fingers, hoping for better times to magically appear. This is a time of great economic turmoil all over the world, and the Premier, having squandered Alberta’s wealth, just doesn’t know how to deal with [...]

Here are a couple of articles in the news today about issues that are important to me.
Please let me know what you think!
Senior’s longterm care
Accountable government