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Prominent Canadian economist Pierre Fortin, who Public Interest Alberta hosted at an event in Calgary on May 20th, was on CBC's Alberta at Noon talking about the economic benefits of affordable childcare. Have a listen.

EDMONTON—The results of the Alberta government’s survey clearly shows that the majority of Albertans do not want the government to cut public services and instead are calling for a progressive income tax and an increase to corporate taxes. “By rejecting any increase to corporate taxes out of hand, the Minister is clearly showing he is not listening to the priorities of Albertans,” says Bill Moore-Kilgannon, Executive Director of Public Interest Alberta.

"The advocacy group Public Interest Alberta says the province could reap $2-billion annually by raising the tax rate to 13 per cent on those who make between $100,000 and $150,000, and 15 per cent on those above that income."

"The Catholic and public school boards in Edmonton want Premier Alison Redford to do more to reduce child poverty in Alberta.Both boards have passed motions endorsing a report written by social agencies on the need for better programs to help the poor."

"The daughter of an 84-year-old Calgary dementia patient is speaking out about how her mother was “warehoused” in acute care hospitals for almost a year, because she couldn’t get long-term care in a public or private facility.“It’s been horrific for her,” said Dallas Diamond, whose mother Margaret was admitted to the Peter Lougheed Centre on Dec. 12, 2012."

"Alberta's chief justice has ruled that a landmark lawsuit against the Alberta government and the energy giant Encana Corporation over groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracking can finally proceed to court. But in the same lengthy 41-page ruling, Justice Neil Wittman also struck the province's energy regulator from the lawsuit."

"94% of the 36 municipal election candidates who responded to survey questions feel that the federal government should not have forced City Council to privatize the new LRT line by tying financial support to a design, build, finance, maintain and operate P3 (DBFOM)."

Coverage of Grandparents' Day from Radical Citizen Media, video in the link.

Find out who benefits most from Alberta's flat tax. in a new video from a Community Service Learning Volunteer, Flat Tax Jeopardy. (The answer may surprise you…)