All Albertans should be able to live in security and dignity.

When we were in government, vital benefits were indexed to inflation. In 2019, one of the first things the UCP did was to cut benefits for seniors and vulnerable Albertans; the Seniors Benefit, Income Supports and AISH payments were no longer increased to keep in line with the cost of living.

This cruel decision pushed already financially vulnerable Albertans further into poverty.

Simply restarting indexing does not undo the harm done to thousands of Albertans pushed deeper into poverty, during the worst inflation we have seen in generations.

An Alberta NDP government will immediately increase the value of these benefits to where they should be if they had kept pace with the cost of living, and then index to inflation from there.

For an Albertan receiving AISH, that means an immediate monthly increase of $135.

We will always be focused on keeping more money in your pocket.