Rachel Notley speaks during the NDP campaign kickoff in Calgary. Photo courtesy YouTube

By Jeff Henson

NDP ELECTION 2023

A better future for Albertans the focus of NDP campaign

May 1, 2023 | 3:03 PM

NDP leader Rachel Notley says she will provide strong and stable leadership if her party is elected to form the next Alberta government.

Speaking at a campaign kickoff in Calgary, the NDP leader said her party’s campaign will focus on a better future for Albertans, which she says starts with better health care.

“Better health care means having hospitals that are open, hospitals that are staffed, where patients get beds that are in rooms and not in hallways. Hospitals that can actually conduct surgeries and deliver babies in our communities, not 300 km down the road.”

Notley adds the Family Health Teams proposed by her party will bring more doctors back to Alberta.

“We will take the pressure off of acute care and reduce the number of people waiting in pain, and we will do more surgeries sooner. Our commitment to you through Family Health teams is to connect you with health care professionals all across the province so that one million more Albertans have access to a family doctor.”

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Notley added their plans also include investing in front-line healthcare workers and services, and includes undertaking the largest healthcare recruitment and retention campaign ever seen in Alberta.

The NDP leader said a number of other factors will lead to a brighter future for Albertans, including better education.

“It means building new schools in growing neighborhoods, schools with more teachers and more educational assistants, so our kids have smaller class sizes and more one-on-one attention. And our students will have a modern curriculum that helps them understand the world around them and actually prepares them to lead it.”

Notley added an NDP government would freeze university tuitions, would not increase income taxes, and would grow the economy and diversify within the oil and gas sector, creating more jobs and allowing for more energy products to be made in Alberta.