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An Open Letter to Premier Stelmach on Tory MLA Behaviour

On March 16, David Swann delivered an open letter to Premier Stelmach regarding the behaviour of government MLAs during the Motion 504 debate. 

16 March 2010 Read More...
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Finance

Where’s the $2.3 million meant for the new Grande Prairie Care Centre?

Edmonton – Official Opposition Leader David Swann is wondering what happened to the $2.3 million the Tories granted Chantelle Management to begin construction on a 60-bed long-term care facility. The money was handed over in 2006 through the government’s Affordable Supportive Living Initiative (ASLI), but construction has yet to begin.

16 March 2010 Read More...
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Human Rights and Social Justice

Kevin Taft and PAAFE challenge sexual exploitation in Alberta

Edmonton – Statistics surrounding sexual exploitation in Alberta are startling. Over the past 27 years, there have been 31 verified murders of vulnerable women in the Edmonton area alone, with only five of those cases being solved. 

16 March 2010 Read More...
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Health and Wellness

MacDonald’s Motion 504 aims to make schools safer for students with life-threatening allergies

Edmonton – Hugh MacDonald, Alberta Liberal MLA for Edmonton-Gold Bar, will ask MLAs to support his Motion 504 today in the Legislature. MacDonald’s motion is designed to make schools safer for students with life-threatening allergies to common substances such as certain foods, latex, or the venom of insect stings.

15 March 2010 Read More...
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Under the Radar: Question Period items you may have missed for the week of March 8-11, 2010

Every day the Legislature is convened, Alberta Liberal MLAs ask between seven and nine questions to the Premier and his ministers.

12 March 2010 Read More...
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Education

Children of PC elite sent to private schools abroad while Alberta’s public schools face closure

Edmonton – As up to one hundred schools in the urban cores of Edmonton and Calgary face possible closure due to budget cuts, the Stelmach administration continues to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to send former PC Cabinet Minister Gary Mar’s children to exclusive private schools on Vancouver Island and in Washington, DC.

11 March 2010 Read More...
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Education

Swann asks Stelmach to stop destroying urban cores with school closures

Edmonton – During Question Period today, David Swann, Leader of the Official Opposition, will demand Premier Stelmach stop hurting Calgary and Edmonton by forcing school boards to close schools in urban cores. 

10 March 2010 Read More...
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David Swann: Amazed in Grande Prairie

Edmonton – After spending just a day with the athletes at the 2010 Arctic Winter Games, Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann is proud to say he was a part of this international event hosting nearly as many athletes as the Vancouver Olympics. Thousands of local volunteers gave heart and soul to make this a fabulous sports and cultural event.

10 March 2010 Read More...


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