Don Getty backs Doug Horner, as Ralph Klein endorses Gary Mar in Tory ...Calgary Herald - Deborah Tetley, Don Braid - 17 Aug, 2011Two former Alberta premiers stepped out Tuesday in support of two different candidates running for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party. ... |
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Alberta Tory blasts cellphone roaming feesToronto Sun - Tanara Mclean - 17 Aug, 2011A BlackBerry is seen with City Hall in the background in Edmonton. (Tom Braid, QMI Agency file photo illustration) EDMONTON - Cellphone companies are gouging Albertans, says Alberta Tory leadership hopeful Alison Redford. In a release Tuesday, ... |
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Private care an opportunity: MarEdmonton Journal - Karen Kleiss - 17 Aug, 2011Alberta Conservative leadership candidate Gary Mar says the province must offer private health-care options for wealthy baby boomers or risk losing an economic opportunity. "The thickness of your wallet ... |
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Alberta's mess of its own makingNational Post - 17 Aug, 2011Though Alberta's public finances are on a stronger footing than they were in the 1980s and 1990s, the province's books leave a lot to be desired. The Tory government of Ed Stelmach doesn't like to talk about that, and for a very simple reason: The ... |
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Alberta Tory leadership hopeful Mar touts private health careEdmonton Journal - Karen Kleiss - 17 Aug, 2011Provincial Conservative leadership candidate Gary Mar spoke to the Edmonton Sun editorial board Monday about the need for Alberta to provide private health-care options to those who can afford it. ... |
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Former Alberta premier backs Doug Horner for party leadershipGlobe and Mail - Josh Wingrove - 17 Aug, 2011A former Alberta premier has endorsed one of the six candidates vying for the Progressive Conservative party leadership â€" and it's not his former cabinet colleague. Don Getty, who was premier from 1985 to 1992, is backing former deputy premier Doug ... |
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Explore user-pay health-care options, Mar urgesCBC.ca - 17 Aug, 2011Beginning of Story Content Alberta Tory leadership candidate Gary Mar says while he doesn't want to go down the path of the US health system, user-pay options must be explored in the province. In a blog posting on his website, Mar says if Albertans are ... |
Alberta Tory leadership candidate Gary Mar urges look at user-pay health optionWinnipeg Free Press - 17 Aug, 2011EDMONTON - Tory leadership candidate Gary Mar says while he doesn't want to go down the path of the US health system, user-pay options must be explored in Alberta. In a blog posting on his website, Mar says if Albertans are travelling to other ... |
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Tory hopefuls support quick Senate electionsMontreal Gazette - Jason Fekete - 17 Aug, 2011Alberta is poised to elect new senators-in-waiting as early as this fall, with nearly all the Tory leadership candidates promising a Senate nominee election to coincide with the next provincial vote. ... |
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History may be about to repeat itselfEdmonton Journal - Graham Thomson - Aug 16, 2011Just two weeks left until the Tories celebrate their 40th anniversary - and the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta is a party without a party, so to speak. Aug. 30 will mark 40 years since its ... |
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Tax breaks not a boon for AlbertaEdmonton Journal - Aug 16, 2011Alberta politicians have a phobia about taxes. They see nothing wrong in having more government programs than can be paid for by corporate and personal taxes. Alberta is full of natural resources, so why should Albertans, like other Canadians, ... |
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Can outcast Tory help Liberals paint post-Stelmach province red?Globe and Mail - Dawn Walton - Aug 15, 2011It's a horse race with a clear front-runner. Candidates are jockeying to replace a leader who announced this year he would step down in favour of new blood to invigorate a tired party in anticipation of a provincial election, which could come as early ... |
Alberta PC hopeful pledges more money for educationCANOE - Tanara McLean - Aug 15, 2011EDMONTON â€" Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Gary Mar said the province erred by not adequately funding the education budget. "You cannot download that responsibility on school boards," said Mar, ... |
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We need a few Senators who will stand up for EdmontonEdmonton Journal (blog) - David Staples - Aug 15, 2011The Canadian Senate quite rightly has little power, as it is the most undemocratic legislature in the country. It's full of patronage appointments and its allotment of seats to Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario is profoundly out of whack. ... |
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Senate elections are overdueCalgary Herald (blog) - Aug 15, 2011It's encouraging to hear candidates for the Tory leadership agree Alberta should hold an election for the province's Senate seats the next time we go to the polls. The last time Senate elections were held was in 2004. That will be eight years ago when ... |
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Alberta poised to elect new senators in waitingVancouver Sun - Jason Fekete - Aug 14, 2011In this file photo, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach (left) hugs Alberta Treasurer Lloyd Snelgrove after he delivered the 2011-12 provincial budget in the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, Alta. ... |
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No new taxes or royalties, most Alberta Tory leadership hopefuls sayCalgary Herald - Jason Fekete - Aug 14, 2011Most of the six candidates vying to replace Ed Stelmach as Tory leader and premier are pledging no new taxes and vow not to increase energy royalties from oil and gas development on Crown land. ... |
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Former Alberta premiers weigh in on PC leadership race660 News - Kevin Usselman - 17 Aug, 2011In one month, members of the Alberta Progressive Conservative party will vote for the person they want to see succeed retiring Premier Ed Stelmach. Former Premier Ralph Klein , who is arguably the province's most popular leader of all time, ... |
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Private Health Care “Boon for Economy”, Says Tory leaderFrench Tribune - Annabel Tautou - 17 Aug, 2011Tory leadership contender Gary Mar has publicized that he has no problem with wealthy people purchasing private health insurance for Medicare services. He has also recommended the concerned authorities to allow the private health-care options for ... |
Mar: private care an opportunityEdmonton Sun - Mindelle Jacobs - 17 Aug, 2011Gary Mar, who hopes to be elected as the new leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, speaks to the Sun editorial board at the Sun's offices in Edmonton on Monday, August 15, 2011. (CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN) ... |
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Local runs for PC candidacySherwood Park News - Ben Proulx - Aug 15, 2011Since Premier Ed Stelmach announced he would not be running for his provincial position in the upcoming election, candidates for the Alberta PC party have been stepping up to the plate and Sherwood Park is getting a taste of ... |
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Report shows Tory mismanagement: Wildrose criticCalgary Sun - Michael Wood - Aug 15, 2011Opponents to Alberta's reigning Tories are calling a new Fraser Institute report an indictment of fiscal stewardship that is sinking the ship. Wildrose Party finance critic MLA Rob Anderson said the think tank's report, ... |
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The Alberta PC leadership: Redford finds Alberta's PCs at a crossroadsTroy Media Corporation - Aug 15, 2011EDITOR'S NOTE: Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party is one of the great success stories of Canadian politics, boasting more than 40 years of uninterrupted provincial election success. But as the energy-rich province grows in national influence and ... |
Alberta Tory blasts cellphone roaming feesCANOE - Tanara Mclean - 17 Aug, 2011In a release Tuesday, Redford charges that Canadians are paying the world's highest roaming fees, and she's on a roll to stop it. "Many Albertans travel to the United States, and when they return home they face cell phone ... |
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Would-be Alberta premier touts private health careMontreal Gazette - Karen Kleiss - 17 Aug, 2011EDMONTON, ALBERTA: JUNE 23, 2011 - Alberta Progressive Conservative Party leadership candidate Gary Mar attended a campaign breakfast in Edmonton June 23, 2011. (Photo by Larry Wong/Edmonton Journal) ... |
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Once again, our province must face up to its bad fiscal karmaEdmonton Journal - Mark Milke - Aug 16, 2011Those who don't believe in reincarnation might wish to reconsider, because Alberta provides useful examples of those trapped in bad karma from decades past-"fiscal karma" in this case. ... |
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Alberta Tory blasts cellphone roaming feesBancroft This Week - Tanara Mclean - 17 Aug, 2011A BlackBerry is seen with City Hall in the background in Edmonton. (Tom Braid, QMI Agency file photo illustration) By TANARA MCLEAN, QMI Agency EDMONTON - Cellphone companies are gouging Albertans, says Alberta Tory leadership hopeful Alison Redford. ... |
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Alberta Tory leadership candidate Gary Mar urges look at user-pay health optionMetroNews Canada - 17 Aug, 2011The race to become the next premier of Alberta took a turn Tuesday down the politically dicey path of user-pay health care. Gary Mar, a former health minister, now running for the top job, announced on his blog that it's time to explore private care ... |
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Alberta's 1980s-style fiscal karma is backTroy Media Corporation - Aug 16, 2011CALGARY, AB, Aug. 16, 2011/ Troy Media/ â€" Those who don't believe in reincarnation might wish to reconsider, because Alberta provides useful examples of those trapped in bad karma from decades past -”fiscal karma” in this case. ... |
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