Media releases

EDMONTON—Public Interest Alberta has learned from a reliable source that the long running Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP) will be cut in the upcoming provincial budget. This program provides seed funding for non-profit community groups across Alberta to hire students from May to August.

EDMONTON—The Alberta government’s Water Conversation survey of just 15 questions that was launched this week, fails to give Albertans the opportunity to meaningfully participate in the direction of water policy in the province, say groups working on provincial water issues.

EDMONTON—Today, on the day Parliament resumes, the federal Conservative agenda will be faced by the uniting of an unprecedented assembly of social movements. Idle No More grassroots founders and organizers from across Canada stand in solidarity with Common Causes, an assembly of social movements dedicated to defending democracy, social justice, the environment and human rights, working to achieve a common goal: to unite people and communities for the common good.

EDMONTON Leaked Alberta government documents released today by the Our Water Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) Network outlining plans for a million-dollar “Water Conversation (WC)” with Albertans indicate that long-awaited public consultations about Alberta’s water allocation system will amount to little more than a public relations effort.

Seniors To Challenge Health and Seniors Ministers