NDP energy critic Kathleen Ganley claimed to reporters Saturday the budget that will be tabled on Tuesday will increase government spending as the UCP attempts to “buy back votes” with surplus revenue generated by high oil prices.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
But the NDP alleges this budget may be a step toward making people pay out of pocket to see their family doctors, an idea Smith has raised in the past through the use of a health spending account. “I want to find a way to facilitate us being able to help people pay for those things that they have to pay 100 per cent for, so that’s the context of why I want to bring in a health spending account,” said Smith. “We’re still working out the details of how it would work, but it’s to enable more comprehensive coverage so that we’re helping to defray the costs of things that people have to pay for out of pocket.
“The cost of living is the highest it’s been in 40 years. Yet, under their plan. Alberta has the slowest wage growth in the country. There are fewer businesses open today than when the UCP took office, even as Ontario, B.C. and Quebec have seen growth post-pandemic,” she said.
Too bad that the UCP is controlling the narrative with announcements every day with very weak NDP responses. Action is speaking loudly.
Soros soldiers to stab back Albertan. This is how I look at them.
Give all the union workers raises cause we all know that’ll fix everything
That's all they got to cry about lol