Alberta is spending hundreds of millions of dollars less on income support than originally budgeted. And that all changed with the pandemic.

Alberta is spending hundreds of millions of dollars less on income support than originally budgeted. And that all changed with the pandemic.
And underspending while costs increase is essentially a funding cut.
A recent increase to home care funding announced by the UCP isn’t even enough cover increases to inflation.
The UCP government released their latest budget, and it’s not good news for K–12 schools.
In an announcement made by Jason Kenney yesterday, the Alberta government plans to spend nearly $2 billion on the expansion over the decade.
And all Alberta has to show for it is $91 million in shares should the project ever sell off pipeline components.
16 new projects announced by Emissions Reduction Alberta pledge to take 6.8 Mt of emissions out of the atmosphere.
Every year the UCP has been in power, they’ve cut arts-related operating expenses by $4M, on average.
After 15 sessions of bargaining with the faculty association, the U of L board of governors has filed for mediation.
Since last summer, data shows the lowest increases in AISH caseloads numbers over the last 12 years, included 6 months of decreases.