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Affordability
Cell and Internet services
Myles Chykerda's promise
An Alberta Party government would partner with major telecoms providers to bring a combination of fiber-optic & 5G internet to every under-served community in Alberta.
Only 12.7% per cent of communities in Alberta have service that meets target speeds set by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. An Alberta Party government will commit to ensuring every community in Alberta meets the CRTC target speeds.
Alberta Party MLAs will promote expedited work on the Provincial Broadband Strategy and push for an additional $250 million over three years.
Alberta Party MLAs such as Greg Clark and Karen McPherson were vocal about the need for rural broadband during the NDP government years. The NDP remained silent on this area until this election.
Childcare
Myles Chykerda's promises
Blanket $10/day promises do not create a progressive system. Much like with a flat tax, fewer lower and middle-income families see benefits than if a means-tested system were implemented.
Alberta Party MLAs will promote solutions that ensure public dollars go first to those that need them.
As in 2019, Alberta Party MLAs will recognize that not every family will choose to send their children to daycare facilities.
Families that do participate in daycare should receive similar assistance in the realm of costs associated with raising children at home.
Poverty and the minimum wage
Myles Chykerda's promise
Some have suggested that rural areas have a lower minimum wage or that certain industries be exempt.
No.
Minimum wage is minimum wage.
They may still in the future!
In the meantime, you can learn more about them on their website.
Biography
Myles Chykerda is a 4th generation rural Albertan born and raised in Stettler and Lacombe. He is part of a family with deep roots in farming, teaching, and the oil and gas industry. Family and community are central aspects of what the Chykerda clan believes in, and Myles has a long history of community engagement and accepting leadership roles in non-profit societies.
But Myles has not lived solely in rural areas and has spent time in Edmonton, Los Angeles, and Athens, Greece. Living abroad allowed him to experience different cultures, but has always increased his appreciation for what we have in Alberta. While attending University of Alberta, he was an early adopter of downtown living, moving into a condo in the heart of Edmonton’s financial district in 2004.
While in Edmonton he met and became friends with numerous people that had been left behind by the boom of the early 2000s.
The last 8 years of government have been full of promise with many left behind.
Myles believes in a balanced society supported by an efficient government. The economy and ensuring Albertans have access to quality jobs is vital, and health care and education paramount, but non-profits and fine arts groups are equally important in the creation of a rich Alberta that can be enjoyed by all.
All his experiences have led Myles to believe in governance via open and transparent processes rooted in facts and logic. Once again stepping up to be the Alberta Party candidate for Lacombe-Ponoka, he wants to champion issues that matter to the area, including pragmatic solutions to rural crime, sustainable improvements to the region’s healthcare system, and building an efficient Government of Alberta that offers needed support to all Albertans.
Myles is a professional archaeologist with Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from UofA and a soon to be completed PhD from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He has worked on projects in Alberta, Italy, and Greece, and focuses on understanding how complex societies form through an interaction of natural landscapes, urban development, and social memory. He also dabbles in museum exhibit design and had his work showcased early this year in the Diachonic Museum of Larissa, Greece.
He currently teaches Classics and Archaeology courses at the University of Alberta and Macewan University in Edmonton.
You can explore Myles' research interests at Academia.edu!
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