Democracy

"On May 15th at noon, Public Interest Alberta joined the Protest against cuts to programs for People with Disabilities at the Alberta legislature.It was an amazing turnout by disabled Albertans, their supporters and those that attended for those that couldn't displaying signs, 'now you see me.'"

"A 30-second commercial running in theatres that pokes fun at what Alberta charges oil companies for royalties contains a serious message, says the ad's creator. 'We are trying to use humour to start a conversation about how do we pay for our public services,' said Gil McGowan, president of the the Alberta Federation of Labour. The ad was launched by Better Way Alberta — a coalition including Public Interest Alberta and the AFL — in response to the latest provincial budget cuts."

"A 30-second political spot running in Alberta movie theatres features a silver-haired man in a decadent office feasting on gold-sprinkled ice cream and thanking Albertans for making him rich. The $50,000 advertisement, produced for the Alberta Federation of Labour, has been playing in Alberta movie theatres for a month as part of the organization’s Better Way Alberta campaign."

"With less than two weeks left before last spring’s provincial election, Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz stepped in with an offer to help the Progressive Conservative party.According to an investigation released by Elections Alberta Wednesday, Katz contacted Calgary businessman and veteran PC fundraiser Barry Heck, an old acquaintance, and agreed to collect donations from work associates and friends."

"A $430,000 'bulk donation' from a company controlled by Edmonton billionaire Daryl Katz and given to Alison Redford’s cash-strapped Progressive Conservatives during last year’s election campaign was not a violation of Alberta’s $30,000 donation limit, an independent investigation has found."

EDMONTON—Public Interest Alberta has selected the Global Café at Jasper Place High School to receive this year’s Public Interest Award for Northern Alberta.

By Josh Marcellin, Vue WeeklyIf corporations are people, as some would say, then they're not the kind of people you'd want to fight; a corporation is big, faceless and prohibitively powerful.

EDMONTON—Public Interest Alberta has selected Evelyn Schuler from Medicine Hat to receive this year’s Public Interest Award for Southern Alberta.

Please join us for a celebration of the achievements of two phenomenal advocates.The award ceremonies will take place on April 10th and 12th as part of PIA’s 7th annual advocacy conference. We hope to see you there.

EDMONTON A new poll from Environics shows that 64% of Edmontonians disagree with the decision to turn over operations of the proposed South East LRT to a private corporation.A coalition of labour groups, public interest organizations and citizens are starting a public advocacy campaign in the lead up to the October municipal elections to challenge City council’s decision to privatize the maintence and operations of new LRT line and the Harper government’s funding condition that the LRT operations must be privatized.