This is a page from the 2023 Alberta general election.
Affordability platforms
Here's what the candidates in Edmonton-Glenora, and their parties, are promising.Cell and Internet services
We don't have any UCP policies on Cell and Internet services.
NDP
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Bring high-speed Internet to every Albertan by 2027
Julian Schulz
Green candidate in your district-
The Green Party of Alberta would make fast, reliable, and affordable community broadband available across the province.
Childcare
SM
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Affordable daycare is essential.
UCP
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Provide universal access to $10-a-day daycare by 2026
NDP
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Bring fees down to $10/day by the end of 2024
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Provide $10/day before- and after-school care
Julian Schulz
Green candidate in your district-
The Green Party of Alberta would work with the federal government to implement $10 per day child care while providing supplementary funding to eliminate fees, improve the quality of care, and ensure workers are fairly compensated.
Food prices
SM
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Support our Alberta Farms and create abundance of locally grown food.
We don't have any UCP policies on Food prices.
We don't have any NDP policies on Food prices.
Fuel and transportation costs
SM
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Reduce fuel Taxes
We don't have any UCP policies on Fuel and transportation costs.
We don't have any NDP policies on Fuel and transportation costs.
Pensions
We don't have any UCP policies on Pensions.
NDP
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Keep Alberta in the Canada Pension Plan, and pass legislation preventing future governments from withdrawing from CPP
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Expand private workplace pensions
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Return to a joint-governance model for public pensions
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Allow public school teachers to leave AIMCo
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Remove the Finance Minister's power to direct investment decisions at AIMCo
Poverty and the minimum wage
We don't have any UCP policies on Poverty and the minimum wage.
NDP
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Index the minimum wage to inflation
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Permanently index benefits to inflation
Julian Schulz
Green candidate in your district-
The Green Party of Alberta would introduce a universal basic income, a rent cap, and use a housing first approach to end homelessness.
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The minimum wage would be adjusted higher each year in line with inflation.
Public transit
Seniors' benefits
We don't have any UCP policies on Seniors' benefits.
NDP
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Immediately increase the Seniors Benefit, Income Supports, and AISH payments to match inflation since 2019, then index them to inflation
Student loans
We don't have any UCP policies on Student loans.
We don't have any NDP policies on Student loans.
Julian Schulz
Green candidate in your district-
The Green Party of Alberta would eliminate tuition fees for post-secondary studies at public colleges and universities.
Tax measures and rebates
SM
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Lower taxes
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Tax revenues stay in region where they are generated
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No provincial Sales Tax
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No tax hikes without referandum
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Index all tax brackets to inflation
UCP
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Index all tax brackets to inflation
NDP
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Freeze personal income taxes
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Not bring in a provincial sales tax
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Freeze auto insurance
Julian Schulz
Green candidate in your district-
The Green Party of Alberta would implement a steeply progressive income tax, lowering taxes for low and middle-income Albertans while increasing them for high-income Albertans, especially the highest earners. It would increase the corporate tax rate to 12%. Oil and gas companies would be forced to pay the taxes they owe to municipalities.
Utilities
We don't have any UCP policies on Utilities.
NDP
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Investigate electricity prices to improve competitiveness, reliability, and affordability in the long-term
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Implement a 12 cents/kWh rate cap from to prevent price spikes from July to September