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Daniel Birrell
Green candidate for Spruce Grove-Stony Plain
I want to help everyone in Spruce Grove and Stony Plain feel safe and secure in their jobs and communities.
Je veux aider tout le monde à Spruce Grove et Stony Plain à se sentir en sécurité dans son travail et dans sa communauté.
Affordability
Childcare
Daniel Birrell's promise
Maintain 10-dollar-a-day childcare for all Albertans
Food prices
Daniel Birrell's promises
Ban food producers and providers from throwing out or purposely spoiling food that is edible or could be used as animal feed.
Help farmers and food producers market their food by encouraging competition, and increasing training to butchers, millers, bakers and processors.
Poverty and the minimum wage
Daniel Birrell's promise
Introduce a universal basic income, allowing Albertans to have more freedom as to what career they choose and making sure they are not living paycheck to paycheck.
Public transit
Daniel Birrell's promise
Support and fund better public transportation, and make public transportation more accessible and affordable.
Student loans
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate and work to develop solutions to reduce costs to students.
Tax measures and rebates
Daniel Birrell's promise
Introduce a progressive income tax, allowing lower-income Albertans to save money on their taxes, and have the rich pay their fair share.
Climate Change & the Environment
Active transportation
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate and work with municipalities to encourage active transportation solutions.
Climate adaptation
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will work with the municipal government to ensure proper adaptations are made as the effects of climate change are felt.
Energy generation
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will facilitate the construction of solar power stations to help create jobs and reduce the strain on the oil industry.
Green construction and retrofits
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will facilitate new construction to be zero emissions by 2030 with as much engagement, buy-in and participation of local communities as possible.
Green tech
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate and assist this and future governments in helping Alberta diversify into researching and creating new green tech to aid in our day-to-day lives.
Public transit
Daniel Birrell's promise
Support and fund better public transportation, and make public transportation more accessible and affordable.
Education
Indigenous learning
Daniel Birrell's promises
I will take proactive steps to have indigenous learning, and truth and reconciliation introduced into our curriculum.
I will work to have educational institutions show they are sincere about truth and reconciliation in Alberta.
K-12 funding
Daniel Birrell's promises
I will strongly advocate for additional funding for public school funding at all times.
I will fight for additional funding to secure more staff for schools.
Learning needs
Daniel Birrell's promises
I will advocate for teaching tolerance, good citizenship and sustainable, healthy living that includes human sexuality.
I will fight for a class size limit in schools, allowing students more 1-1 time and giving them better learning conditions.
Post-secondary costs and tuition
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will research and put work into reducing tuition costs for post-secondary students.
School construction and upgrades
Daniel Birrell's promises
I will advocate for funding for additional schools within Stony Plain and Spruce Grove, including another high school.
I will advocate for funding to modernize public schools to give teachers and students their best opportunities for learning.
Student mental health
Daniel Birrell's promises
I will advocate for funding for additional counsellors in school.
I will talk with parents, school boards, staff and the minister of education about allowing mental health days for students who are experiencing stressors at school.
I will advocate for the banning of seclusion rooms in schools and encourage the use of sensory rooms instead.
Health & Healthcare
Drugs and addiction
Daniel Birrell's promise
As mentioned before, universal basic income and universal mental health care are both strategies I will implement to solve the root problems of addiction.
Gender-affirming care
Daniel Birrell's promises
I will advocate for the use of gender-affirming care for people of all ages.
I will educate and teach about what gender-affirming care is and how it is used in society now and how it can be used in the future.
Mental health
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will fight for universal mental health care, ensuring all Albertans can get access to the help they may need.
Prescription drugs and pharmacare
Daniel Birrell's promises
I will advocate for coverage of prescription drugs under current Alberta Health Care.
I will advocate for prescription drugs being covered under the Alberta health plan.
Housing & Homelessness
Affordable housing
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate for municipalities to review bylaws, regulations and procedures so as to remove barriers to meeting the need for co-housing or cooperatives.
Home construction and supply
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate and fight for more sustainable and energy-efficient new builds.
Homelessness
Daniel Birrell's promise
The Green Party of Alberta plan for universal basic income, along with affordable housing strategies and reduced discrimination in employment will help Albertans currently facing houselessness get back on even ground and reintegrate into proper living situations.
Jobs & the Economy
Agriculture
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate for agroecological practices to help farmers and ranchers, benefitting them and aiding in the biodiversity crisis.
Oil & petrochemicals
Daniel Birrell's promises
I will advocate for proper union representation of oilfield workers so they can earn their fair share and not be pushed around by big oil companies.
I will fight for oil companies to clean up orphan wells on their own dollar, creating many jobs and aiding in the cleanup of the environment.
Tourism
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate keeping our parks as they are while expanding the area protected to areas of significant ecological value.
Society & Government
Government ethics
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will personally advocate for public acknowledgement and apologies for mistakes or purposeful lies made by standing MLA's and candidates. No matter the party.
Policing
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate for non-violent crisis intervention and mental health training for police.
Racism and diversity
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will stand firm against racism and intolerance within Alberta, it has no place here.
Reconciliation
Daniel Birrell's promise
I will advocate for open discussion and education about truth and reconciliation and the history of the indigenous community.
Biography
submitted by the candidate or their team
Daniel Birrell is a father of two who worked as an educational assistant and disability support worker until the pandemic hit. Since then he's been a stay-at-home dad and staunch advocate for public education and mental health in Alberta.
Je m'appelle Daniel Birrell, j'ai grandi à Sherwood Park et j'ai déménagé à Stony Plain en 2015 lorsque je me suis marié. Je vis avec ma femme depuis 8 ans, nos deux enfants et notre chien, Chewie.
Reason for running
submitted by the candidate or their team
I'm running so I can help the constituency have a government that accurately reflects its views. I love where I live and I want to help Albertans see positive change.
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