By Kristy Koehler, February 27 2021—
The United Conservative Party (UCP) tabled Budget 2021 in the legislature on Feb. 25 and Alberta’s Official Opposition is not very pleased with cuts to post-secondary education.
NDP leader Rachel Notley spoke out against … Read the rest
By Kristy Koehler, January 28 2020—
The United Conservative Party announced a change to the funding model for Alberta’s post-secondary institutions on Jan. 20. A new, performance-based funding model will begin April 1.
The Gauntlet spoke with Minister of Advanced … Read the rest
By Kristy Koehler, November 8 2019—
The United Conservative Party’s recently-tabled budget has sparked worry, confusion and even anger among Alberta’s post-secondary students. The budget includes an increase in interest fees on Alberta Student Loans, cuts to the Campus Alberta … Read the rest
By Kristy Koehler, October 24 2019—
The United Conservative Party released its first budget this afternoon. The 2019–20 budget contains three key priorities — getting Albertans back to work, making life better for Albertans and standing up for Alberta.
As … Read the rest
By Kristy Koehler, October 17 2019—
The University of Calgary held a town hall the morning of Oct. 16 to pre-emptively address concerns surrounding the upcoming United Conservative Party budget. University president Ed McCauley, provost and vice-president academic Dru Marshall … Read the rest
By Kristy Koehler, September 20 2019—
The United Conservative Party appointed an independent panel of experts to review and evaluate the state of Alberta’s finances and economy. The Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances released a report and a series … Read the rest
By Kristy Koehler, August 19 2019—
The United Conservative Party has appointed an expert panel to evaluate the impact of supervised consumption sites.
The committee is set to “to evaluate the social and economic impacts of current and proposed supervised … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, April 25 2019 —
With the dust settled and ballots counted from the 2019 Alberta election, Rachel Notley’s New Democratic Party goes down in history with an unenviable distinction — being the only party in Alberta’s history to fail to win a second … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, April 10 2019 —
An on-campus Alberta election forum on April 9 posed questions about post-secondary issues to candidates from five provincial parties.
Calgary-Varsity candidate Anne McGrath (New Democratic Party), Calgary-Elbow candidate Doug Schwietzer (United Conservative Party), Calgary-Varsity candidate Beth Barberree (Alberta Party), … Read the rest
April 5 2019 —
The Alberta election is under two weeks away. The election boils down to a race between the current New Democratic Party government and opposing United Conservative Party, both of which have now released their platforms.
One … Read the rest
