Post-Secondary Education organizations highlight the need for affordable post-secondary education, accountable governance, and stable funding
EDMONTON – Members of Public Interest Alberta’s Post-Secondary Education Task Force held a meeting with the Honourable Marlin Schmidt, Minister of Advanced Education, earlier today to discuss priorities for Alberta’s post-secondary education system.
Read more“Revenue Reno” event in Red Deer calls for more tax revenue to protect and revitalize public services
RED DEER – Public Interest Alberta hosted a public discussion in Red Deer for its Revenue Reno campaign, which aims to stimulate a broad public conversation in the province about the government’s revenue shortage and the quality of public services.
Read moreAlberta budget problems and omissions the result of inferior tax system
The Alberta government has released its 2018 budget, which includes effective cuts to most areas of public services, as spending fails to keep pace with inflation and population growth.
“The piecemeal cuts to public services in the budget take Alberta in the wrong direction, but the striking thing is what is not in the budget,” said Joel French, Executive Director of Public Interest Alberta. “Absent are many things Albertans need, like improved classroom conditions in schools and addressing the shortage of long-term care beds for seniors.”
School board policies need big changes to effectively support LGBTQ students, staff, and families before March 31 deadline
A new report on four school boards’ policies and procedures on sexual and gender minorities points to the need for substantial changes in order to properly protect students and their rights, according to Public Interest Alberta.
Read moreNew "Revenue Reno" campaign calls for Alberta to raise more tax revenue to protect and revitalize public services
EDMONTON – Public Interest Alberta has launched a new campaign called Revenue Reno to encourage a public conversation in the province about the government’s revenue shortage and the quality of public services. The campaign emphasizes Alberta’s need to renovate its tax system with changes to personal income tax rates and the introduction of a sales tax to protect and revitalize public services.
Read moreOrganizations Propose Private School Funding be Reallocated to Improve Classroom Conditions
EDMONTON – Public Interest Alberta joined with 16 other organizations today to urge the provincial government, in Budget 2018, to reduce public funding of private schools, exempting special needs schools, and reallocate the funds to improve classroom conditions in Public, Catholic, and Francophone schools.
Read moreBudget 2018 should focus on fair taxation to revitalize public services: Public Interest Alberta
EDMONTON - Public Interest Alberta is attending a Government of Alberta consultation regarding the 2018 provincial budget in order to encourage major changes in the province’s approach to revenue and spending.
Read moreGreater Role for Public Sector in Hinton Continuing Care Applauded
Friends of Medicare and Public Interest Alberta welcomes a change in continuing care today with the announcement from Alberta Health that they will now be operating the Mountain View Centre supportive living services in Hinton. The facility is currently operated by the private not-for-profit Good Samaritan Society.
Read moreNew PAC legislation makes Alberta’s electoral system more fair and democratic, but further action is required
The Government of Alberta has announced they will introduce legislation to regulate Political Action Committees (PACs), or so-called “dark money,” in Alberta’s political system. Public Interest Alberta welcomes the changes as a necessary and important contribution to further strengthening democracy in the province.
Read moreNew Report Urges Government to Keep Investing in Alberta’s Children
The Edmonton Social Planning Council, Public Interest Alberta, and the Alberta College of Social Workers released a new report, Keep Investing in Alberta’s Children: The Government’s Role in Ending Child and Family Poverty.
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