RAJESH ANGRAL

Rajesh

Angral

Calgary-North 

Rajesh

Angral

Calgary-North

News

CBC NEWS: “Albertans are expected to go to the polls in May — Williams said that recent polling shows that health care and affordability are the most important issues to voters in the province.”

A large majority of Albertans support the idea of the government providing universal access to free birth control, suggests a new poll from a Calgary-based public relations firm.  ThinkHQ, an...

CALGARY HERALD: “The Alberta NDP has unveiled an economic blueprint it says would rescue the province from its boom-bust rollercoaster.”

An Alberta NDP government would balance the books while using a fixed amount of resource revenues for general revenues to rescue the province from a boom-bust roller-coaster, party Leader Rachel...

All Canadians pay into the Canada Pension Plan, and all Canadians deserve a safe retirement. Sign if you want Danielle Smith to keep her hands off your savings, and your future.

You deserve a secure future. All Canadians pay into the Canada Pension Plan, and all Canadians deserve a safe retirement. But if Danielle Smith gets her way, you’ll be robbed of your future. She wants...

Seemingly from Day 1, the current government sought to hijack public pensions and mused about pulling out of the (CPP) despite widespread polling showing everyday Albertans and businesses alike don’t support that kind of dangerous move.

Alberta’s United Conservative Party-led government was challenged Monday on why affordability programs like the gas tax holiday, utility rebates and targeted cost of living measures are...

Albertans expect a balanced budget — and a balanced budget is exactly what we’ll deliver. It’s time to get off the revenue rollercoaster and present a better plan for the future.

An Alberta NDP government would balance the books while using a fixed amount of resource revenues for general revenues to rescue the province from a boom-bust roller-coaster, party Leader Rachel...

Your Pension is Yours

Your Pension is yours.   Or at least it used to, until actions taken by the UCP government. Shortly after the 2019 election, the UCP under Premier Kenney introduced Bill 22 with no...

CBC NEWS: “Fewer health professionals in public hospitals means longer wait times for surgeries, diagnostics and other procedures.”

There’s a lot of talk these days about an increased role for private health-care clinics in Canada, sparked in part by Premier Doug Ford’s plans to significantly increase the...

Seemingly from Day 1, the current government sought to hijack public pensions and mused about pulling out of the (CPP) despite widespread polling showing everyday Albertans and businesses alike don’t support that kind of dangerous move.

Alberta’s place in the Canada Pension Plan needs to be ratified with legislation to protect it from “rogue political risk,” says NDP Leader Rachel Notley. Notley pledged on Thursday that she would do...

GLOBAL NEWS: “The EPSB believes if enrolment and capital funding stay constant at its current utilization rate, there will be 34,000 more students than spaces in the system in 10 years.”

The Edmonton Public School Board says classrooms are bursting at the seams, and a new report backs that up — saying not enough schools are being built to keep up with enrolment. The school division is...

The numbers go public in April. Chip in to help us win! Every little bit helps—now more than ever. Your contribution means we’ll have the resources we need to secure the victory.

End Danielle Smith’s Chaos, Build A Better Future Danielle Smith’s UCP has failed Alberta’s families. With the election about to begin, we need all hands on deck to beat the UCP and elect an Alberta...

Our proposals will create over 47,000 good-paying jobs and attract an estimated $20 Billion in private sector investment.

We must build on the past and look towards the future with ambition.Alberta has among the slowest wage growth in Canada. Under the UCP, capital investment stalled. We will reinvigorate Alberta’s...

An Alberta NDP government will immediately increase the value of these benefits to where they should be if they had kept pace with the cost of living, and then index to inflation from there.

All Albertans should be able to live in security and dignity. When we were in government, vital benefits were indexed to inflation. In 2019, one of the first things the UCP did was to cut benefits for...

What’s your plan??? It’s a question we’re asked a lot.

Well, we have a new Commitments section on the website that’s just for this! Anything on this site is something we’re committing to do under our government. This section is new on the site...

Competitiveness, Jobs and Investment Strategy

UCP stalled wage growth and investment… We must build on the past and look towards the future with ambition.Alberta has among the slowest wage growth in Canada. Under the UCP, capital investment...

Access to Family Healthcare For One Million More Albertans

Alberta’s NDP will make sure the one million Albertans who need a family doctor, get a family doctor. Today, bad UCP decisions have chased doctors out of Alberta, with no doctors taking new patients...

Notley, Irwin Pledge Free Prescription Contraception For Albertans

Universal access to free prescription contraception across the province… The Alberta NDP will provide Albertans with universal access to free prescription contraception across the province...

New Energy for Downtown Calgary

Calgary’s downtown has long served as a fundamental part of Alberta’s economy. Activity within it has generated tremendous wealth. But today, roughly 30 per cent of downtown office space sits empty...

MOUNTAIN VIEW TODAY: “The Alberta NDP’s candidate felt compelled to run for politics directly as a result of what he described as UCP chaos that is selling short the province’s future through corporate welfare.”

Self-described social democrat and Nordegg resident Vance Buchwald represents the first time Alberta NDP fields candidate from the within riding MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY – An animal biologist from...

All Canadians pay into the Canada Pension Plan, and all Canadians deserve a safe retirement. Sign if you want Danielle Smith to keep her hands off your savings, and your future.

All Canadians pay into the Canada Pension Plan, and all Canadians deserve a safe retirement. But if Danielle Smith gets her way, you’ll be robbed of your future. She wants to scrap your hard-earned...

ST ALBERT GAZETTE: The NDP have committed to bringing back X-ray services to Morinville if elected this spring. In February 2022, the town lost its lab services and the X-ray machine broke in February 2020 but was never repaired.

In February 2022, the town lost its lab services and the X-ray machine broke in February 2020 but was never repaired. The NDP have committed to bringing back X-ray services to Morinville if elected...

We all need to roll up our sleeves and pitch in every way we can to beat the UCP’s big donors once-and-for-all this spring. The stakes are high—higher than they’ve ever been.

Chip in to bring change to Alberta We’re less than three months away from a spring election, and change is in the air. That means one thing: it’s time to clean up Danielle Smith’s chaos. Albertans...

NDP labour critic Christina Gray said she planned to propose amendments to the bill that would mean those protections would be offered retroactively

Bill 9 amended the Workers’ Compensation Act to expand presumptive cancer coverage to all firefighters who served during the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire. Alberta’s governing UCP is rejecting calls...

Simply restarting indexing does not undo the harm done to thousands of Albertans pushed deeper into poverty, during the worst inflation we have seen in generations.

Simply restarting indexing does not undo the harm done to thousands of Albertans pushed deeper into poverty, during the worst inflation we have seen in generations. All Albertans should be able to...

“Public schools just beyond the city limits are bursting at the seams with student growth, but no new construction funding in this year’s budget means further space crunches and crowding, officials say.”

Public schools just beyond the city limits are bursting at the seams with student growth, but no new construction funding in this year’s budget means further space crunches and crowding, officials...

We will reinvigorate Alberta’s investment climate. There are massive job creation opportunities – which the UCP is not seizing.

We must build on the past and look towards the future with ambition.Alberta has among the slowest wage growth in Canada. Under the UCP, capital investment stalled. We will reinvigorate Alberta’s...

Universal access to free prescription contraception in Alberta will ensure that women are more in control of their lives, and more in control of their own economic future.

“Universal access to free prescription contraception in Alberta will ensure that women are more in control of their lives, and more in control of their own economic future,” said Notley...

Smith says Calgary didn’t request dollars for downtown; Gondek sent letter in November

The question of why provincial funds for Calgary’s downtown were left off the latest budget has been answered by Alberta’s premier. But documents from the city refute her reasoning. “It just so...

CALGARY HERALD: “Calgary will get “full construction” funding for only one new school and one modernization as part of the UCP government’s Budget 2023.”

Calgary will get “full construction” funding for only one new school and one modernization as part of the UCP government’s Budget 2023 approvals announced Wednesday. Among the 58 new projects touted...

CHRIS VARCOE: “There’s been a five-alarm fire roaring in downtown Calgary for years, yet the provincial government has done little to help. And there are no clear signs in this week’s provincial budget that aid is on the way.”

#yyc #calgary #ableg The Alberta Emergency Alert test sounded off at least five times on Wednesday, but I wonder if anyone in the UCP government actually noticed. After all, there’s been a five-alarm...

CTV NEWS: “The Initiative also appears to have participated in Smith’s successful campaign to win the United Conservative Party leadership, which she sought after leaving Alberta Enterprise Group, a business group that lobbied in favour of RStar.”

EDMONTON –  Oilpatch support for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s agenda ballooned after she won her party’s leadership and put the so-called RStar program — a plan to give tax...

Premier sets her own political trap with well cleanup plan

With an election (presumably) now less than 100 days away and the UCP showing signs of life in recent polls, it’s a particularly odd time to throw a political lifeline to their chief...

NDP takes aim at health care, affordability ahead of UCP budget presentation

The Alberta NDP is taking early aim at the UCP’s upcoming 2023 budget, set to be tabled next week, saying it’s lacking in supports for a struggling health-care system and rampant affordability issues...

Kathleen Ganley: How to attract investment and create jobs in Alberta

In his recent op-ed, UCP Finance Minister Travis Toews explained how his party is incapable of attracting investment or creating good industrial jobs in Alberta. The failures of the UCP are, in his...

Chip in to flip our battlegrounds

With a provincial election right around the corner, our race against Danielle Smith’s UCP is too close for comfort. For Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP to form the next government, it’s critical to...

Alberta NDP Commits to Red Deer Hospital Expansion

UCP chaos delayed the project… The people of Red Deer and central Alberta deserve their regional hospital to be a priority. The UCP’s handling of the Red Hospital expansion has been chaotic and...

Celebrating Black History Month With Commitments to Anti-Racism

We’ll make Alberta a better place for all… Every Albertan deserves a caring, and competent government. That is what we’re offering to Albertans. To celebrate the beginning of Black History...

NDP will increase Seniors Benefit, Income Supports, AISH payments

All Albertans should be able to live in security and dignity. When we were in government, vital benefits were indexed to inflation. In 2019, one of the first things the UCP did was to cut benefits for...

Competitiveness, Jobs and Investment Strategy

We must build on the past and look towards the future with ambition.Alberta has among the slowest wage growth in Canada. Under the UCP, capital investment stalled. We will reinvigorate Alberta’s...

Access to Family Healthcare For One Million More Albertans

Alberta’s NDP will make sure the one million Albertans who need a family doctor, get a family doctor. Today, bad UCP decisions have chased doctors out of Alberta, with no doctors taking new patients...

Alberta NDP announces health-care plan for easier access to medical care, physicians

The NDP announced a plan Wednesday to connect one million Albertans with a family doctor – part of the party’s “commitment to rebuild and strengthen family health care in Alberta.” The plan is “a...