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Aug 24, 2011 Op-Ed printed in the Toronto StarAugust 12, 2011
By Edmund Pries
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Aug 23, 2011 Globe & Mail
PARIS— Reuters
Some of France’s richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L’Oreal SA and the head of oil major Total SA, urged the government to tax them more to help solve the country’s financial problems.
In a petition... |
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Aug 16, 2011 Op-Ed printed in the New York TimesAugust 15, 2011
By Warren E. Buffett
OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too,... |
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Jun 23, 2011 Media ReleaseJune 23, 2011
Join Together Alberta holds Edmonton Town Hall to save education, health and social services
EDMONTON - Join Together Alberta (JTA) is holding a town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton to challenge cuts to education, health care... |
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Jun 16, 2011 By Ryan Cormier, Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - After a day in which 326 Edmonton teaching positions were likely lost, school boards say they desperately need consistent funding.
Both Edmonton school boards passed versions of their budgets Tuesday that... |
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Jun 15, 2011 Media ReleaseJune 15, 2011
Join Together Alberta holds Calgary Town Hall to save education, health and social services
With 331 jobs set to be lost in Calgary’s public schools alone, Join Together Alberta is holding a Town Hall meeting tonight in Calgary... |
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Jun 14, 2011 Bid to balance budget will see class sizes grow
By Matt McClure, Calgary Herald
Calgary's public school board plans to eliminate 331 positions next year -including those of 171 classroom teachers -as it struggles to balance its budget amid reductions... |
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Jun 03, 2011 Parkland Institute Media ReleaseJune 2, 2011
EDMONTON – In recent months both the Premier’s Council for Economic Strategy and former Premier Peter Lougheed have emphasized the need for Alberta to stop relying on volatile energy revenues to fund public... |
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May 26, 2011 Media ReleaseMay 26, 2011
Join Together Alberta launches campaign to save education, health and social services
EDMONTON – A coalition of hundreds of thousands of Albertans is gathering to force the Conservative government to fix its broken revenue... |
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Feb 25, 2011 The provincial government released its budget for 2011/12 fiscal year today and, as expected, Alberta’s schools will be adversely affected by inadequate increases and, in some jurisdictions, actual reductions in the funding transferred from the province... |
