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Corrine Benson
Corrine Benson is the Communist Party candidate in Edmonton-Meadows. She is a retired daycare worker. She began her political carreer demonstrating against the Vietnam War.
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Tax the Rich
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Tax the Rich
Corrine Benson
Communist Party
Edmonton-Meadows
I support this policy.
Jayden Baldonado
Green Party
Calgary-East
Make corporations and wealthy Albertans pay their fair share by increasing corporate taxes and natural resource royalties from 8% to 12%, adjusting provincial tax brackets, and introducing a cap on excess profits.
Jonathan Troutman
Communist Party
Calgary-East
I support this policy.
Naomi Rankin
Communist Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
TAX inflationary windfall profits of corporations that have made record profits by raising prices
Enact progressive tax reform based on ability to pay!
Raise royalties on natural resources to at least average world rates and double the corporat
TAX inflationary windfall profits of corporations that have made record profits by raising prices
Enact progressive tax reform based on ability to pay!
Raise royalties on natural resources to at least average world rates and double the corporate tax rate.
End tax loopholes and shelters; collect deferred corporate taxes and prosecute corporate tax evaders;
Eliminate taxes on incomes below the median Alberta income, (currently $43,000)
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leadership
Push for Socialism
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Push for Socialism
Corrine Benson
Communist Party
Edmonton-Meadows
I support this policy.
Jonathan Troutman
Communist Party
Calgary-East
I support this policy.
Naomi Rankin
Communist Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
I support this policy.
Strong Labour Rights
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Strong Labour Rights
Corrine Benson
Communist Party
Edmonton-Meadows
I support this policy.
Jonathan Troutman
Communist Party
Calgary-East
I support this policy.
Naomi Rankin
Communist Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Roll back prices on food and other basic necessities
Increase the minimum wage and index it to inflation and introduce a guaranteed annual income for all Albertans – a living wage;
Reduce the work week to 32 hours, with no loss in pay or serv
Roll back prices on food and other basic necessities
Increase the minimum wage and index it to inflation and introduce a guaranteed annual income for all Albertans – a living wage;
Reduce the work week to 32 hours, with no loss in pay or services, and eliminate compulsory overtime.
Enact fair wage, full pay and employment equity legislation;
Raise social assistance and disability above the poverty line;
Enforce protection for foreign workers from employer, contractor and agent abuse and call on the federal government to replace the Temporary Foreign Worker Program with a path to citizenship for all migrant and non-status workers;
Strengthen provincial labour laws including repealing all barriers to unionization, institute card-check, ban scabbing and strike breaking, and instituting compulsory arbitration on first contracts within a three month time limit;
Bring all workers, including farm and domestic workers, under the Labour Act; Significantly raise pensions and reduce the retirement age to 60;
Guarantee job retraining for those workers displaced by technological change.
Keep Albertan workers safe -- establish Mandatory Joint Work site Health and Safety Committees, heavy fines for employers with unsafe work sites, and significantly increasing resources for inspectors and prosecutions;
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Ranjit Bath
United Conservative Party
Edmonton-Ellerslie
I support this policy.
Searle Turton
United Conservative Party
Spruce Grove-Stony Plain
I support this policy.
Nathan Neudorf
United Conservative Party
Lethbridge-East
I support this policy.
Jason Copping
United Conservative Party
Calgary-Varsity
I support this policy.
Tyler Shandro
United Conservative Party
Calgary-Acadia
I support this policy.
Heather Sweet
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-Manning
I support this policy.
Cheryl Hunter Loewen
New Democratic Party
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
I support this policy.
Cam Heenan
New Democratic Party
Leduc-Beaumont
I support this policy.
Christina Gray
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-Mill Woods
I support this policy.
Jaelene Tweedle
New Democratic Party
Red Deer-North
I support this policy.
Brooks Arcand-Paul
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-West Henday
I support this Policy.
economy
Universal Childcare
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Universal Childcare
Corrine Benson
Communist Party
Edmonton-Meadows
I support this policy.
Jonathan Troutman
Communist Party
Calgary-East
I support this policy.
Naomi Rankin
Communist Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Establish a publicly financed and administered quality, non-profit child care system based on the Quebec model, with Alberta-wide regulations;
economy
Free Post-Secondary Education
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Free Post-Secondary Education
Corrine Benson
Communist Party
Edmonton-Meadows
I support this policy.
Jayden Baldonado
Green Party
Calgary-East
Finances should not be a barrier to pursuing a higher education. Ensuring that students' basic needs are met through a Universal Basic Income will also be beneficial to mental health, allowing students to focus on their studies and reach their full p
Finances should not be a barrier to pursuing a higher education. Ensuring that students' basic needs are met through a Universal Basic Income will also be beneficial to mental health, allowing students to focus on their studies and reach their full potential.
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Jonathan Troutman
Communist Party
Calgary-East
I support this policy.
Naomi Rankin
Communist Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Put a compulsory cap on classes size in public schools and enforce it;
End all user fees for public education and massively expand public funding;
Ensure ample resources, including smaller class sizes, for special needs students. Ensure that te
Put a compulsory cap on classes size in public schools and enforce it;
End all user fees for public education and massively expand public funding;
Ensure ample resources, including smaller class sizes, for special needs students. Ensure that teachers are prepared to meet the special students' needs.
Travel within a school division is not to be charged to parents, including to and from school by public transit, as well as for field trips etc.
End subsidies, including tax deductions, for private schools. Redirect the money saved to public education;
Guarantee a full time job offer to every Alberta graduating from teacher education training even if some of the including positions are as assistant teachers;
End post-secondary student loans for tuition at profit making private schools. Replace student loans with a system of grants;
End post-secondary tuition fees. Access to post-secondary institutions on the basis of merit, not ability to pay;
Stop exploiting international students. Equalize international students' tuition fees with Albertan students' rates
Expand public funding for amateur sports, recreation and democratic culture and arts for youth and students.
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economy
Support for Affordable Housing
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Support for Affordable Housing
Corrine Benson
Communist Party
Edmonton-Meadows
I support this policy.
Jayden Baldonado
Green Party
Calgary-East
Implement a 1.5% cap on rent increases and embrace non-market housing.
Jonathan Troutman
Communist Party
Calgary-East
I support this policy.
Daniel Heikkinen
United Conservative Party
Edmonton-McClung
I support this policy.
Albert Mazzocca
United Conservative Party
Edmonton-Manning
I support this policy.
Naomi Rankin
Communist Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Lower rents and establish meaningful rent control;
Massively expand public, not-for-profit housing;
Establish a vigorous program of co-op housing and demand the federal government assume and significantly increase its funding responsibility for
Lower rents and establish meaningful rent control;
Massively expand public, not-for-profit housing;
Establish a vigorous program of co-op housing and demand the federal government assume and significantly increase its funding responsibility for social housing;
Provide better social support for people with disabilities to remain in their homes;
Create a provincial land bank for affordable housing;
Ban foreclosures, evictions and utility cut-offs because of job loss;
Ban all forms of discrimination in housing including for indigenous peoples, women, immigrants, people with disabilities and youth;
Expand funding for women's abortion clinics and transition houses;
Lower utility rates and implement ecology pricing for utilities that rewards conservation;
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Astrid Kuhn
United Conservative Party
Calgary-Buffalo
Those without stable housing, with addiction and mental health concerns, are our vulnerable. We must continue to be generous and strategic with our resources as we continue to seek solutions to these concerns.
The other layer to this is often our
Those without stable housing, with addiction and mental health concerns, are our vulnerable. We must continue to be generous and strategic with our resources as we continue to seek solutions to these concerns.
The other layer to this is often our own uncomfortableness and even fear around how to engage with this community. We need to address our honest reaction to these individuals when they are “in our backyard”. Especially when we feel our families and our businesses are at risk. There is a tension between wanting to help and our frustration when all of our helping has only seen this problem continue to grow. We must build our understanding while cultivating opportunities for our vulnerable to give back and feel empowered. “Through reciprocity the gift is replenished. All of our flourishing is mutual.” (Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 2015)
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Lizette Tejada
New Democratic Party
Calgary-Klein
I support this policy.
Lori Sigurdson
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-Riverview
I support this policy.
David Shepherd
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-City Centre
I support this policy.
Sharif Haji
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-Decore
I support this policy.
environment
Protect the Environment
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Protect the Environment
Corrine Benson
Communist Party
Edmonton-Meadows
I support this policy.
Robert Gooding-Townsend
Green Party
Edmonton-Strathcona
I support this policy.
Robin George
Green Party
Edmonton-Riverview
I support this policy.
Jonathan Troutman
Communist Party
Calgary-East
I support this policy.
Naomi Rankin
Communist Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Enforce strict environmental regulations, including pollution and emission standards and banning clear cutting, using heavy fines including criminal charges for corporate executives found responsible. Nationalize or close the worst offending companie
Enforce strict environmental regulations, including pollution and emission standards and banning clear cutting, using heavy fines including criminal charges for corporate executives found responsible. Nationalize or close the worst offending companies.
Draw up new environmental standards and testing/enforcement protocols based on scientific standards;
Adopt emergency legislation to slash greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs through renewable energy and conservation programs, and phase out coal-fired nuclear energy plants with jobs guaranteed for workers at equivalent wages and benefits;
Ban industrial development in Alberta’s parks;
Make Alberta a voice for peace, disarmament and global sustainability;
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Jason McKee
Green Party
Calgary-West
I support this policy.
Jordan Wilkie
Green Party
Edmonton-Rutherford
With ecological wisdom and sustainability two key Green principles, environmental protection lies at the heart of Green Party thinking. A Green Party of Alberta government will beef up every aspect of environmental protection and weave environmental
With ecological wisdom and sustainability two key Green principles, environmental protection lies at the heart of Green Party thinking. A Green Party of Alberta government will beef up every aspect of environmental protection and weave environmental criteria into other policy areas whenever appropriate. For example, when provincial electoral boundaries are next redrawn, the Green Party of Alberta government will urge that ecosystem boundaries be included as a mandatory consideration. A Green Party of Alberta government will keep and maintain all existing parks and protected areas in the Alberta Parks System. A Green Party of Alberta government will continue to expand the Alberta Parks system to fulfill the goal of protecting areas of significant ecological value.
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Steven Maffioli
Green Party
Calgary-Glenmore
I support this policy.
Michael Hunter
Green Party
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
I support this policy.
Kristine Kowalchuk
Green Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
I support this policy.
Kristina Howard
Green Party
Edmonton-West Henday
I support this policy.
Jonathan Parks
Green Party
Calgary-Buffalo
I support this policy.
Evelyn Tanaka
Green Party
Calgary-Hays
I support this policy.
Ernestina Malheiro
Green Party
Edmonton-Gold Bar
I support this policy.
Chitra Bakshi
Green Party
Edmonton-Mill Woods
I support this policy.
Cheri Hawley
Green Party
Edmonton-Whitemud
I support this policy.
Catriona Wright
Green Party
Calgary-South East
I support this policy.
Ahmed Hassan
Green Party
Calgary-Falconridge
I support this policy.
Daniel Birrell
Green Party
Spruce Grove-Stony Plain
I support this policy.
Joel Hunt
Green Party
Taber-Warner
I support this policy.
Heather Morigeau
Green Party
Red Deer-North
I support this policy.
Kenneth Drysdale
Green Party
Calgary-Klein
I support this policy.
Julian Schulz
Green Party
Edmonton-Glenora
I support this policy.
Taylor Lowery
Green Party
Lacombe-Ponoka
I support this policy.
Tyler Beaulac
Green Party
Edmonton-North West
I support this policy.
Shaun Pulsifer
Green Party
Calgary-Peigan
I support this policy.
Daniel Brisbin
Green Party
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
I support this policy.
Tigra-Lee Campbell
Green Party
Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright
I support this policy.
Zak Abdi
Green Party
Edmonton-City Centre
I support this policy.
Vance Buchwald
New Democratic Party
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
I support this policy.
Martin Long
United Conservative Party
West Yellowhead
I support this policy.
Shane Getson
United Conservative Party
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland
I support this policy.
Shannon Phillips
New Democratic Party
Lethbridge-West
I support this policy.
Liana Paiva
New Democratic Party
Peace River
I support this policy.
Danielle Larivee
New Democratic Party
Lesser Slave Lake
I support this policy.
Kyle Kasawski
New Democratic Party
Sherwood Park
I support this policy.
Marlin Schmidt
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-Gold Bar
I support this policy.
Kevin Van Tighem
New Democratic Party
Livingstone-MacLeod
I support this policy.
Shaun Fluker
New Democratic Party
Airdrie-Cochrane
I support this policy.
Janet Eremenko
New Democratic Party
Calgary-Currie
I support this policy.
Sarah Elmeligi
New Democratic Party
Banff-Kananaskis
I support this policy.
Oneil Carlier
New Democratic Party
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland
I support this policy.
Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-Rutherford
I support this policy.
economy
Diversify the Economy
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Diversify the Economy
Corrine Benson
Communist Party
Edmonton-Meadows
I support this policy.
Jonathan Troutman
Communist Party
Calgary-East
I support this policy.
Naomi Rankin
Communist Party
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Move away from dependence on resource extraction to valued added processing using our resources as feed stocks and to give us a competitive advantage;
Bring the energy industry under public control, and use public ownership to diversify into resou
Move away from dependence on resource extraction to valued added processing using our resources as feed stocks and to give us a competitive advantage;
Bring the energy industry under public control, and use public ownership to diversify into resource processing;
Halt new development of the Athabasca bituminous tar sands, phasing-out these operations with jobs guaranteed for workers at equivalent wages and benefits;
Guarantee an apprentice position for all Albertans who successfully complete the necessary education at a public trade school. Require companies to take on their fair share of apprentices;
Enact public auto insurance for Albertans.
Use public ownership to diversify our economy into green technologies including alternative, renewable energy.
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Venkat Akkiraj
New Democratic Party
Calgary-Lougheed
I will strive to bring investments that create jobs in Alberta, create a technology and education hub in Calgary, and protect and invest in our energy sector.
Susan Timanson
Alberta Party
Sherwood Park
I support this policy.
Kevin Todd
Alberta Party
Livingstone-MacLeod
I support this policy.
Janet Jabush
Alberta Party
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland
I support this policy.
Brent Tyson
Alberta Party
Edmonton-Decore
I support this policy.
Jennifer Yeremiy
Alberta Party
Calgary-North West
I support this policy.
Kerry Cundal
Alberta Party
Calgary-Elbow
I support this policy.
Allen Schultz
Alberta Party
Calgary-Edgemont
I support this policy.
Nate Glubish
United Conservative Party
Strathcona-Sherwood Park
I support this policy.
Paul Godard
Alberta Party
Calgary-Bow
I support this policy.
Denis Ram
New Democratic Party
Calgary-Peigan
I support this policy.
Shannon Phillips
New Democratic Party
Lethbridge-West
I support this policy.
Samir Kayande
New Democratic Party
Calgary-Elbow
I support this policy.
Justin Huseby
New Democratic Party
Calgary-South East
I support this policy.
Peggy Wright
New Democratic Party
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
I support this policy.