Earlier this week, the Alberta government sold a quarter section of Crown land near Taber to an “anonymous” bidder.
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Service Canada received nearly 1 million applications last week for employment insurance, which is 33 times more than the same week in 2019. I haven’t seen the numbers broken down for Alberta, but given that Alberta has 12% of Canada’s population, there’s a good chance that a significant number of those applications came from Alberta.
If you’re on Twitter, you’ve probably seen the following image by now.
It’s an image shared by Tyler Shandro, Alberta’s health minister, as you can see in this tweet below:
Tax cuts are job cuts: a running total
On 20 February 2019, Jason Kenney, then the Official Opposition leader, said in a press conference that if elected, a UCP government would conduct a performance review of Alberta Health Services within 30 days of taking office.
“With the most expensive health system in Canada, I believe we can find some savings to do things more efficiently without affecting front-line services.”
Jason Kenney, as reported by Dustin Cook. “Jason Kenney calls for Alberta Health Services review, says UCP will not make cuts to health care”. Edmonton Journal. 20 February 2019.
He reiterated in the press conference, “If we can find the money, there will be increases in the health budget. There will be no cuts.”