Peace River's candidates' promises on Society & Government

Budgets

NDP

Maintain a balanced or surplus budget
Decrease the net debt to GDP ratio over the next 4 years

UCP

Keep the provincial budget balanced

Community spaces and facilities

NDP

Create a new programme, increase grant funding, and provide a new $100M annual capital investment funding stream, to build and improve local community facilities

"Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP are announcing a new program called “Hometown Alberta” to build and improve local community facilities, like hockey rinks, in every corner of the province." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-22

"Our Hometown Alberta program will create 1,500 jobs over three years and build stronger communities by supporting municipalities and non-profits to build, repair, renovate, upgrade or expand local community facilities, including sports, recreational, religious, cultural and other public-use spaces.

Hometown Alberta would help build or improve community halls, legion halls, non-profit spaces, seniors centres, recreation centres, museum, art and culture centres, playgrounds, or places of worship.

Building off the current Community Facility Enhancement Program, we would increase grant funding available and add a new $100-million annual capital investment funding stream, so communities can build new spaces to gather at and enjoy!" — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-22

UCP

Create an infrastructure fund with $80M over four years to build mid-sized recreation facilities, especially in rapidly growing communities

Government ethics

Conrad Nunweiler

Independent candidate in your district

Justice, Accountability & Transparency - Elected Justices need to be beholden to the people of Alberta, basing decisions on the rule of law, as written , honoring Individual Rights and Freedoms.
Parents and Guardians must have the right to make decisions for their own children.
Accountability: public servants found guilty of corruption should be discharged of their duties and prosecuted.
Elected Representatives will have the right and duty to vote based on their conscience and the will of their constituents. NO party whip. NOT controlled by the WHO, WEF or UN.

We don't have any NDP policies on Government ethics.

We don't have any UCP policies on Government ethics.

Immigrant settlement

NDP

Improve funding for settlement services, education, and language programmes

We don't have any UCP policies on Immigrant settlement.

Policing

NDP

Keep the RCMP in Alberta

We don't have any UCP policies on Policing.

Public safety

NDP

Hire 150 more police officers, paired with 150 social workers, mental health workers, addictions counsellors, and community navigators

"The Alberta NDP will hire 150 more police officers and pair them with 150 social workers, mental health workers, addictions counsellors and community navigators to improve public safety and provide support."
Invest $10M in Rural Crime Reduction Units
Hire more probation officers, and invest in post-release programmes
Create a Hate Crimes Unit
Create community liaison programmes
Create a long-term agreement with municipalities for predictable police funding and expectations for provincially-provided services such as affordable housing

"Establish a long-term agreement with municipalities to support: stable and predictable police funding and an increased use of integrated police-community service teams; Indigenous partnerships; and provincial accountability for services such as affordable housing." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-20

UCP

Add 100 more patrol officers on city streets

"Adding 100 police officers to Edmonton and Calgary to address chronic and worsening crime issues, particularly in the downtown cores and on transit." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-09
Continue deploying sheriffs alongside police in Calgary and Edmonton

"Extending the downtown sheriff redeployment pilot program until at least the end of 2023, and longer if necessary." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-09
Provide $4M more over four years for Internet and Child Exploitation teams, funding education and door-knocking for low-risk cases

"Increasing support for the Internet and Child Exploitation (ICE) teams.

Funding an engagement team that could deliver education, presentations, and in-person door knocks on low-risk files." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-09
Start an electronic monitoring programme of "possible violent reoffenders" out on bail

"Initiating an ankle bracelet program for violent and/or sexual offenders on bail.

Establishing a 24/7 electronic monitoring program to help protect Albertans against possible violent reoffenders who are out on bail.

Providing further options for courts to impose electronic monitoring as a condition of bail." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-09
Increase funding to ALERT regarding gang violence, including expanding a cyber-crime unit, DNA lab, and monitoring of gang connections to catalytic converter theft

"Increasing funding for ALERT for suppressing gang violence.

   Initiatives we would look to expand under ALERT include:

   •   Provincial Cyber Crime Unit;

   •   Provincial DNA lab; and

   •   Increased monitoring of the gang connections to the skyrocketing rates of catalytic converter theft." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-09

Racism and diversity

NDP

Pass legislation on anti-racism and race-based data collection
Establish an anti-racism office to address racial inequalities
Add a Minister Responsible for the Status of Women and Gender Equity

We don't have any UCP policies on Racism and diversity.

Social services

NDP

Increase funding for Family and Community Support Services by 50%

We don't have any UCP policies on Social services.

Sovereignty and Independence

NDP

Repeal the Alberta Sovereignty Act

We don't have any UCP policies on Sovereignty and Independence.