Category Archives: Community

Are you having trouble making sense of the five immigration questions posed by the UCP government in the upcoming October 19 referendum? If you answered yes, you are not alone. Collectively called the “immigration questions,” the first five questions on the ballot actually represent separate issues. The first question asks Albertans if the province shouldContinue reading “Understanding the immigration questions”

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation allows us to acknowledge the harms caused to Canada’s Indigenous peoples by the residential school system and to reflect on how we, as ordinary Canadians, can contribute to reconciliation. In the early years of Confederation, Canadian government policy toward Indigenous peoples was characterized by land dispossession, suppression of languageContinue reading “Acts of Reconciliation: Big and Small”

Alberta’s healthcare system is heading down the slippery slope from universal access for all to priority access for those who can pay. Recent changes to the provincial healthcare system accelerated this process. On September 1st, Alberta’s new dual practice model came into effect allowing approved physicians to split their working time between seeing patients inContinue reading “Saving Alberta’s Healthcare System”

Albertans are proud, pragmatic, and fiercely independent. We believe in the freedom to live according to our values, the right to make personal decisions, and in parents’ responsibility to guide their children. We also believe that the best decisions are often made close to home by people who know their neighbours and communities. Yet legislationContinue reading “Reclaiming Our Rights and Freedoms”

Wheat from our fields. Energy from our land. Athletes on podiums. Every day, Alberta and Albertans make Canada proud — feeding the country, fueling the economy, and bringing home hard-won medals. We strengthen this nation. We are essential to its prosperity. We are fiercely Albertan and proudly Canadian. Alberta’s influence in Canada is considerable andContinue reading “Albertans Are Proud Canadians”

Universal access to publicly-funded healthcare is a source of national pride and a social policy that Canadians are willing to go to great lengths to defend.  But are we equally prepared to stand up for our public education system? Recent events in Alberta put that question to the test. Last month, Danielle Smith’s UCP governmentContinue reading “Standing up for public education”