ENG: The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). From the mid-1980s to 2004, the party abbreviated its name as "New Democrats" or "ND".
Leader: Brian Mason
Founded: 1940 (contested first election; first formed in Alberta in 1932)
Ideology: Social Democracy / Democratic Socialism
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FRA: Le Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Alberta est un parti politique social-démocrate provincial en Alberta (Canada). Il est affilié au Nouveau Parti démocratique fédéral. D'abord fondé comme branche albertaine de la Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), il devient le NPD en ...
CALGARY — The Alberta NDP released a new health care report on the 1st February weekend.
The report, called "What People Want," is the result of public hearings the NDP held in seven communities across the province last fall.
The 37-page report touches on two main themes the NDP says Albertans feel are crippling the health care system: a shortage of long-term care beds and the effects of that shortage such as increased wait times.
The report also includes 37 recommendations.
It will be handed out to every MLA just ahead of the legislature reconvening this week.
NDP Leader Brian ...
martina - in poll Alberta New Democratic Party EDMONTON - Alberta's opposition parties joined Wednesday to argue against what they say is an unfair allotment of time in question period.
Earlier this week, Speaker Ken Kowalski assigned the number of questions each political party can expect to ask during daily question period.
Under the terms of the letter, the NDP and Wildrose Alliance would both get two questions. But their second questions come as either the 17th or 18th questions of the day.
According to the Wildrose, those questions get asked less than 63 per cent of the time because of time constraints.
While the minutiae of ...
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