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Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP want all Albertans to enjoy the benefits of the province's prosperity.
Liberals and Conservatives favour the priorities of big corporations over low income Albertans.

No one need starve or be homeless in a province as rich as Alberta. We have the means to ensure that disabled Albertans, and those working in low income jobs have the minimum necessities of life.
- Brian Mason

Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP are on the side of disabled and low income Albertans

By providing security and dignity to the most vulnerable members of our society, we can make a better province for all of us. Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP would take positive steps to reduce poverty.

  • Gradually raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour, and index it to the cost of living thereafter.
  • Implement rent guidelines and close loopholes around condo conversions, so landlords cannot unreasonably put people out on the street.
  • Make sure AISH and social assistance rates allow people to meet the basic necessities of life by tying rates to a Market Basket Measure.
  • Increase Alberta Works earnings exemptions to the same level as those in the AISH program.
  • Ensure provincial contracts and grants enable organizations to provide a living wage to their employees. Work with municipalities to encourage them to establish a similar policy.

    • The Liberals and Conservatives are on the side of large profitable corporations

    • Alberta's economy is growing rapidly, but some Albertans are being left out of the boom.
    • Low wages are still facts of life for many. One in five workers makes less than $12 per hour. For those relying on support from the provincial government, the small amount they receive is not enough to help them break out of poverty.
    • Most recipients of the Alberta Works income support program have jobs. But the money they receive from the government is not enough to make ends meet. If they manage to increase the hours they work or their wage rate, they often find they are no further ahead because any earnings increases are offset by reduction of income-support payments and other benefits. They get neither a hand-out nor a hand-up.
    • While AISH recipients received only a small $50 per month increase in 2006, large corporations received a generous $370 million tax cut. Liberals and Conservatives voted for the tax cut against the Alberta NDP's attempt to cancel it.
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