Forty-six days after the provincial government released their budget, the opposition NDP has revealed their shadow document..The NDP version cancels $4.7-billion in tax breaks for corporations over the next four years and claims anyone earning less than $315,000 a year would pay less in taxes..“Under Jason Kenney, Albertans are paying more and getting less, with the exception of those running big corporations,” said NDP Finance Critic Shannon Phillips in a release..“We would fund school enrolment growth, we would limit tuition fee increases to inflation, we would re-index AISH and seniors’ benefits, and we would absolutely not fire thousands upon thousands of frontline healthcare workers as our population grows.”.Provincial government plans show they are going to get rid of at least 6,400 jobs across Alberta. The UCP budget on Oct. 24 included cuts to universities and cities but increased spending in health..The NDP says their shadow budget comes from town halls and “tens of thousands of emails and handwritten letters from Albertans concerned about Jason Kenney’s cruel budget..“We would continue to reduce school fees instead of hiking them, we would maintain the cap on insurance and the cap on electricity bills, instead of letting companies run those costs up, and we would not download a $200-million bill for policing onto municipal councillors who then will be left with no choice but to hike property taxes,” said Phillips..“The budget maintains a credible path to balance that will eliminate the deficit by 2023-24,” Phillips said..You can read the entire NDP’s shadow budget here..The UCP’s budget is here..dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: @Nobby7694
Forty-six days after the provincial government released their budget, the opposition NDP has revealed their shadow document..The NDP version cancels $4.7-billion in tax breaks for corporations over the next four years and claims anyone earning less than $315,000 a year would pay less in taxes..“Under Jason Kenney, Albertans are paying more and getting less, with the exception of those running big corporations,” said NDP Finance Critic Shannon Phillips in a release..“We would fund school enrolment growth, we would limit tuition fee increases to inflation, we would re-index AISH and seniors’ benefits, and we would absolutely not fire thousands upon thousands of frontline healthcare workers as our population grows.”.Provincial government plans show they are going to get rid of at least 6,400 jobs across Alberta. The UCP budget on Oct. 24 included cuts to universities and cities but increased spending in health..The NDP says their shadow budget comes from town halls and “tens of thousands of emails and handwritten letters from Albertans concerned about Jason Kenney’s cruel budget..“We would continue to reduce school fees instead of hiking them, we would maintain the cap on insurance and the cap on electricity bills, instead of letting companies run those costs up, and we would not download a $200-million bill for policing onto municipal councillors who then will be left with no choice but to hike property taxes,” said Phillips..“The budget maintains a credible path to balance that will eliminate the deficit by 2023-24,” Phillips said..You can read the entire NDP’s shadow budget here..The UCP’s budget is here..dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: @Nobby7694
