Jobs & the Economy platforms
Here's what the candidates in Calgary-East, and their parties, are promising.Arts and entertainment
SM
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We need to revitalize our arts and entertainment industry.
Calgary
Economic diversification
NDP
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Reinstate the Alberta Investor Tax Credit and the Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
Forestry
UCP
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Expand the Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit to forestry
Oil & petrochemicals
Research and development
SM
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We need to utilize Alberta's world-class facilities like the Alberta Research Council to help our innovative Albertans get their ideas off the ground.
Retention
UCP
Startups and small businesses
SM
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Small business will need a boost to recover from the conditions brought on by the way our government handled the "pandemic". We will look into ways to hasten recovery and revitalize our local economy through limited and audited government spending.
UCP
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Give an additional $100 million to the Alberta Enterprise Corporation to attract more venture capital investment
NDP
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Consult on expanding the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation to more sectors and projects
Tourism
UCP
Trades
UCP
Unions
UCP
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Consult with unions to amend Bill 32 to reduce "red tape" on union charitable donations
"Alberta’s United Conservative Party will change Alberta’s labour legislation to reduce red tape for charitable giving by union locals. The UCP will work with Alberta’s private sector unions to find ways to reduce the red-tape aspects of “Bill 32.”
The UCP continues to support the intent of the legislation to give union members more say over how their union dues are spent, but it is also sensitive that “Bill 32” changes made it unduly onerous for unions to make charitable donations to community and human service charities.
“It was never the government’s intent to prevent unions from supporting the Christmas Bureau or providing relief during disasters, or in other ways supporting community charities,” said Brian Jean, the UCP candidate for Fort McMurray Lac La Biche. “We are supportive of unions efforts to be a positive force in the communities where they work. We recognize that the changes in “Bill 32” created red tape for activities that the government has no concerns about.”
The UCP will consult with Alberta unions to make amendments to the legislation and regulations so that there is better alignment between the original intent and the legislation." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-25
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NDP
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Repeal Bills 2 and 32
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Reinstate Bills 17 and 30
Working conditions
NDP
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Restore presumptive PTSD for injuries in a traumatic event in the workplace