Day four campaign wrap up
Posted Mar 29, 2012 4:05 pm.
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The party leaders are in Edmonton and central Alberta Thursday.
NDP leader Brian Mason is promising affordable, quality education.
“Alberta’s New Democrats want to build a supportive, quality education system from a toddler’s first day at daycare to a university graduate’s first day on the job,” Mason says. “Conservatives have let schools close. Parents are paying hundreds in school fees. University students are deep in debt. We must make Alberta’s prosperity work for them, because Alberta and its future belong to them.”
He is also standing fast on his party’s refusal to return money for sitting on a legislature committee that doesn’t meet.
The PC’s Alison Redford is calling on MLA’s to pay back that money.
“MLA Compensation has been broken for a long time. That is why I asked former Supreme Court Justice John Major to take a comprehensive look at how MLA’s are paid. At that time I made clear that we must move to a system in which elected officials are paid the way Albertans are paid,” said Redford.
She is also calling out the Wildrose on it’s child tax credit, saying that party did not account for the estimated 176 million in its budget.
Wildrose leader Danielle Smith is promising a tax break for families with young children. Smith says if her party is elected April 23, it will create a child tax credit that would mean an extra $200 a year per child in a family.
“Wildrose believes that families are the cornerstone of our province and they face unique costs associated with raising children. With the rising cost of living, we recognize that families are having a tough time making ends meet, and that is why the Wildrose Family Pack focuses on making life more affordable for Alberta families,” said Smith. “For a family of four, the Wildrose Child Tax Credit means they can count on an additional four hundred dollars per year to help manage their household budget.”
The Liberal’s Raj Sherman is promising a full enquiry into healthcare.
“There is no way to fix our health care system without finding out who is behind the bullying of doctors, nurses and other front-line health care workers,” says Sherman. “Political interference has to be looked at as well. It is a major reason for the bullying of doctors especially, and the resulting climate of fear that exists now.”
