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PDD protesters let province know cuts to funding will mean ‘people being alone and scared’ (0)
By Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald May 15, 2013 Hundreds of people with disabilities, their caregivers and their families protested outside the legislature Wednesday against program and service cuts the government denies are coming. Waving “stop the cuts”... 		May. 16, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news, Human Services & Poverty, Privatization
Opinion: Children First bill should not be rushed (0)
Op-ed by Vice Presient of PIA and Chair of the PIA Task Force, Human Services and Poverty, Lori Sigurdson BY LORI SIGURDSON, EDMONTON JOURNAL MAY 14, 2013 While the new Children First Act appears to contain some steps forward in the oversight of... 		May. 15, 2013 PIA in the news, Childcare, Human Services & Poverty
Cheeky theatre ads target Alberta royalty take (0)
30-second ads playing in movie theatres across the provinceCBC News Posted: May 7, 2013 7:56 AM MT 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... 		May. 07, 2013 Democracy, PIA in the news
Labour video mocks Alberta’s low tax, royalty rates (0)
BY KAREN KLEISS, EDMONTON JOURNAL MAY 7, 2013 12:46 PM EDMONTON - 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... 		May. 07, 2013 Democracy, PIA in the news
Protests mount over oil insider's watchdog role (0)
Sheila Pratt, Edmonton JournalMay 6th, 2013 Energy Minister Ken Hughes stands behind his appointment of former oil executive Gerry Protti to run the province's new energy regulator, despite growing opposition from more than 30 landowner groups, First... 		May. 06, 2013 PIA in the news, Environment
Groups call for former oil exec to step down as Alberta's new energy regulator (0)
Rabble.caBy Brent PattersonMay 6, 2013 The Council of Canadians has joined with more than 30 landowner, labour, environmental and First Nation groups to call on Alberta Premier Alison Redford to remove Gerry Protti, founding President of the Canadian... 		May. 06, 2013 PIA in the news, Environment
Katz Group’s bulk campaign donation legal, says Elections Alberta (0)
By Sarah O'Donnell, Edmonton JournalMay 1st, 2013 EDMONTON - 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... 		May. 01, 2013 Democracy, PIA in the news
Katz Group’s $430,000 ‘bulk donation’ to Redford’s Tories cleared by Elections Alberta (0)
DAWN WALTON AND JOSH WINGROVECALGARY AND EDMONTON — THE GLOBE AND MAILWednesday, May. 01 2013, 9:37 PM EDT A $430,000 “bulk donation” from a company controlled by Edmonton billionaire Daryl Katz and given to Alison Redford’s cash-strapped Progressive... 		May. 01, 2013 Democracy, PIA in the news
Children, poverty and Alberta’s classrooms: We must eliminate child poverty in Alberta (0)
By Bill Moore-Kilgannon, February 28, 2013 It started with transmission problems in her car. Cathy, a single mom with a 10-year-old son, had earned a modest living for years cleaning people’s homes. She could make more money cleaning homes than working a... 		Apr. 18, 2013 PIA in the news, Education, Human Services & Poverty
Oped: Dumping Alberta’s budget ills on seniors (0)
By Noel Somerville, Edmonton Journal To avoid addressing Alberta’s revenue problems, the provincial government apparently has decided to balance its books on the backs of seniors and other vulnerable Albertans. Once again, as then health minister Ron... 		Apr. 17, 2013 PIA in the news, Seniors