Alberta NDP takes jabs at upcoming provincial budget promises
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Alberta’s UCP government is set to table its provincial budget on Tuesday as opposition critics continue to take jabs at pre-elections spending promises.
Alberta’s UCP government is set to table its provincial budget on Tuesday as opposition critics continue to take jabs at pre-elections spending promises.
NDP energy critic Kathleen Ganley addressed reporters Saturday suggesting Premier Danielle Smith is taking aim at crucial programs and increasing costs for Alberta families.
She highlighted affordability as a top concern, touching on a cost of living that has seen its highest spike in 40 years and as Alberta is seeing the slowest rate of wage growth in the country.
“Meanwhile, the UCP have done generational damage to the services that Albertans rely on. The health care budget is $1.7 billion short of where it would have been if they had simply tracked inflation and population,” said Ganley
“The UCP has a war on doctors, especially family doctors, and has left tens of thousands without a family doctor, impacting health burdens and driving people into the acute care system.”
Ganley also voiced concerns over a UCP education budget that she says is “underspent by $1 billion over two years” and was critical of “a plan to hand $20 billion to oil companies to clean up wells they’re already legally obligated to clean up.”
She was also critical of the UCP plan to de-index payments for AISH and other social benefits.
