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Toronto School Board attacked by mainstream media over misunderstood French cuts

Although no final decision has been made and won’t be until Aug. 4, the Toronto District School Board and Ford Provincial government have recently taken heat in the mainstream media for the stated reason that the TDSB may cut some French education programs in the coming school year. On the surface level, this appears as […]

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New Changes on the rise to Ontario Education

In the midst of a time where many societal changes are taking place, the Ontario government announced several major modifications to the education system last week. The province is planning to destream Grade 9 classrooms, and eliminate suspensions from Kindergarten-Grade 3 for non-serious incidents. Both of these changes come as an effort to eliminate racist […]

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Conservatives, where are our morals?

“Funding is expected to come out of the school board budgets, money that school boards are struggling to come up with from their limited budgets.” To put it plainly, all these programs were designed to assist children who have severe disabilities or delays to help them operate in a more open environment. This early intervention will have lifelong benefits that cannot be taught at a later age. 

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B.C. Conservative Debate – Three Candidates to Debate Eight Issues

A leadership debate is expected to occur July 8th with three of the four Conservative candidates participating. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the debate will be hosted online over the video conferencing service Zoom. Leslyn Lewis, Erin O’Toole and Derek Sloan have all accepted the invitation to the debate, although Peter MacKay will not be making an appearance.

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Innovation Employment Grant will provide a refundable tax credit

On Monday, June 29th, the United Conservative Party of Alberta launched its Recovery Plan with a commitment by the premier to “implement sector-specific strategies to drive diversification, including in agriculture and forestry, tourism, technology and innovation, aviation, finance and financial technology, and creative industries.”

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Alberta government labour costs rapidly increasing while wages decrease

The bloating of labour costs is also not only restricted to municipalities, as even the province’s own labour costs have climbed 12.7 percent in spite of most private sector workers experiencing decreasing compensation or even job losses. 

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The Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta is now Official

Under a banner of unity, “Today’s merger is a clear indication that we’ve passed the tipping point with this movement,” says Flett. “After 105 years, Albertans finally have a voice with the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta. Change is coming and every Albertans will be so much better for it.” According to sources from within party ranks, over 75 per cent of FCP membership and 96.1 per cent from Wexit supported the merger.

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Fort McMurray likely to Request Federal and Provincial Support in Rebuilding Post-Flood

Although there are no official timelines released yet, Yurdiga said he anticipates the council will make a formal request for financial aid from the Provincial and Federal governments to buy out damaged properties and/or invest in flood mitigation. 

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Saskatchewan government calls out Liberals for hoarding tourism relief for the East

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe ripped into the Liberal Party today over a spending increase of $46 million for Quebec and Atlantic Canada’s tourism industries hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MLA Drew Barnes: I am an Alberta Patriot

I was born a Canadian, and I wish to save a Canada that includes an equal and prosperous Alberta. I sincerely wish to build a reformed Canada that treats all of its people equally and fairly. In fact, this is another opportunity for Albertans to lead the way, for by finding equality and fairness for ourselves, we can create the framework for others to find the same. Ultimately, this will help to build a stronger, freer, prosperous, and more united Canada. But if this is not possible, the majority of my constituents in Cypress-Medicine Hat and from across Alberta have made clear that we must seek another relationship, as a sovereign people.

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