Sparks fly in testy debate between party leaders as the April 23 election nears
DARCY HENTON AND KELLY CRYDERMAN EDMONTON Sparks flew Thursday as the right and left squared off in a political slugfest over health care, taxation, social issues and school funding, but the biggest...
View ArticleMLA pay and expenses get short shrift at Alberta Member Services Committee
A standing all-party committee skated around motions relating the MLA compensation and expenses Tuesday even though it was expected to report back to the Alberta legislature with recommendations on...
View ArticleRecommendation 15 from Jack Major evaporates into thin air
Premier Alison Redford at first vowed to implement all of Jack Major’s recommendations regarding MLA compensation, sight unseen, but she had second thoughts on a number of them when the report from the...
View ArticlePrentice says there's nothing he can do about rich MLA severance payments
Retiring MLAs will take home more than $5 million in severance pay at a time when the province can ill afford to pay it, but Premier Jim Prentice says there’s nothing he can do about it. Prentice said...
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