EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition leader told her Edmonton constituency nomination meeting on Saturday there was a time right after her party was defeated in…
NDP Leader Rachel Notley’s one-term government had come to an end in the election that gave the United Conservatives a majority government, and Notley says she considered whether new blood was needed.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The UCP government said it did not support automatic parental notification, but that the NDP’s legislation was too blunt an instrument and school staff should be able to use their judgement in certain cases.Article content “This is how your UCP government celebrated the decision to end protections against bullying for children who just needed to feel safe,” Notley said, comparing a photo of the UCP members to the opening credits of the TV show “Friends.”
Notley also told the meeting the UCP “dragged Alberta backwards” by “refusing climate action” and funding “useless war rooms,” a reference to an arm’s-length agency instituted to counter environmental groups.
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