This Week In Alberta June 16, 2023

This Week New Deputy Minister’s Council: Following Premier Smith’s cabinet announcement last week, Cabinet appointed senior officials to Deputy Council. The complete list of the Deputy Ministers’ Council can be found here. Federal Sustainable Jobs Legislation: In response to the federal government’s proposed ‘Sustainable Jobs Act’, the Premier highlighted Alberta’s Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. The Premier requested mandatory […]

This Week In Alberta June 2, 2023

This Week Alberta held its 30th provincial election on Monday. Unofficial results give the incumbent UCP government 49 seats, returning the UCP to government with a majority. The NDP increased their seat count to 38, the largest Official Opposition in Alberta’s history. One of the elected UCP candidates will sit as an independent in the Legislature, […]

Alberta Votes Day Twenty-Five

Day 25  Election Day: May 29, 2023  Latest Polls  Overview  As the parties look to seal the deal with prospective voters, both have made announcements outlining their proposed legislative agenda. Yesterday, UCP Leader and Premier Danielle Smith announced that her first piece of legislation, if successful in the election, would be Bill 1 the Taxpayer […]

Alberta Votes Day Twenty-Four

Day 24  Election Day: May 29, 2023  Latest Polls  Overview  A record-breaking 161,000 Albertans voted on the first day of advance voting. As of this afternoon, that number increased to a total of 268,000 ballots cast. Today, both parties are making their final case to voters as UCP and NDP party leaders made media appearances […]

Alberta Votes Day Twenty-Three

Day 23  Election Day: May 29, 2023  Latest Polls  Overview  Advanced polls are now open. Both the UCP Leader and NDP Leader cast their ballots early. Electors can vote at any of the advance voting locations between today and Saturday, May 27. As of this afternoon, over 106,000 ballots are already cast. In the 2019 […]