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No matter how you look at the opinion polls, it’s obvious that Premier Jason Kenney’s UCP government is deep in the tank.
A Leger poll done for Postmedia shows the NDP ahead among decided voters by 40 per cent to 20 per cent.
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This may not be nearly as dramatic as it looks, because the poll also shows a large cluster of undecided voters, many of whom are leaning toward the UCP.
At issue is control of the $19.3-billion teachers retirement fund, which has nearly 84,000 members.
In 2019, thousands of teachers were outraged when the United Conservative Party government passed a bill requiring the ATRF to use the Crown corporation Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) to manage investment of the fund.
Members of the NDP caucus deliver letters and emails to the premier s office in July 2020 from people opposed to changes to public sector pension plan control and who want Alberta to stay in the Canada Pension Plan.(Janet French/CBC)
The government, which pays about half of teachers pension contributions, said the move would save investment management fees. Toews has said that ATRF would retain ownership of the fund and keep its ability to decide the strategy of how the billions of dollars should be invested.
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Mayor Gale Katchur has said the City is “disappointed” with the 2021 provincial budget.
Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews tabled the UCP government’s third budget earlier this month, which projected a record-breaking $18.2-billion deficit. The government was hit with both the COVID-19 pandemic and low oil prices this past year, which affected the budget significantly.
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Most notably for the City of Fort Saskatchewan, municipal infrastructure was cut by nearly 25 per cent.
“The City is disappointed that funding for critical infrastructure programs is being reduced and while we do understand the challenges the province is experiencing and why they need to reduce funding, it’s still going to have a significant impact on our city as well as all municipalities,” Katchur said.
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