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The Alberta Government is holding a number of online and in-person consultations around important issues such as provincial affordable housing strategies, the Worker's Compensation Review, and nursing care and home care services.

Public Interest Alberta's Democracy Task force has sent in its submission, Strengthening our Democracy to Alberta's Ethics and Accountability Committee.

The Public Interest Alberta proposal, entitled Strengthening our Democracy, has been submitted to the all-party legislative committee. Democratic reform needs YOU! Those who care about democratic reform in Alberta have the best opportunity in decades to do something about it. Read more and take action now to make a difference in our democracy!

The Canadian Child Care Federation has launched a letter writing campaign to provincial/territorial and federal ministers around child care programs and services across the country.  Please use the text below, provided by the CCCF, to contact the Ministry of Human Services and the Ministry of Families, Children, and Social Development.  Contact information below.

Public Interest Alberta's Seniors Task Force has put together a new MLA Briefing Document to help interested Albertans to meet with their provincial representatives to advocate for changes to seniors' care, including fixing its under-funding, phasing out private, for-profit care, and ensuring care is properly regulated and monitored. 

Just a few days ago we launched a new campaign called "Post-Secondary Education is the Answer" to call for increased government investment in post-secondary education (PSE). PSE can provide the answers to many of the important questions our society is facing today, like how we improve our health care and education systems, how we diversify and strengthen our economy, and how we deal with the growing environmental challenges our province faces. Please attend one of these meetings to hear about the public advocacy campaign and to share your ideas about the importance of post-secondary education. These meetings will all take place from 12:00 PM (noon) to 1:30 PM. Lunch will be provided.

Dear Public Interest Alberta supporters: In the 2012 election, the Alberta PC Party promised it would fund full-day kindergarten for all Albertans. To date, it has failed to follow through on its promise and is now saying Alberta cannot afford it. The 30-second video below shows how making our tax system more fair would give Alberta the revenue we need for the government to follow through on its promise.

EDMONTON—A rally was held in front of MP Peter Goldring’s office today, International Human Rights Day, to demand answers to why the Conservative government is pushing through legislation that will allow provinces to deny refugee claimants access to social services. “Historically, Canada has had a reputation of helping vulnerable populations get back on their feet, so we were shocked when Peter Goldring asked why the families could not just go to a homeless shelter,” said Bill Moore-Kilgannon, Executive Director of Public Interest Alberta. “Given refugee claimants must already demonstrate great need in order to qualify for provincial income assistance and that it takes months for refugee claimants to get work permits, it is cruel to deny them the support they need to survive when they first arrive in Canada.”

Public Interest Alberta, the Edmonton Social Planning Council, and the Alberta College of Social Workers’ released a new provincial report, No Change, on child and family poverty on Monday, November 24th. The day was the 25^th anniversary of the unanimous commitment in the House of Commons to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. We are encouraging Albertans to e-mail their MLAs, as well as the Premier and Minister of Human Services, to demand they take immediate action to fulfill their promise made in the last election to eliminate child poverty.

We have a new handout for our Alberta Could campaign! Check out the media section of our "Alberta Could" website, where you can download the handout and check out other materials from the campaign for fair taxation in Alberta.