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“I realize we live in a world where everyone is struggling in their day to day life but why are healthcare workers, who everyone relies so heavily on, being demonized?” said one LPN.
“This is not responsible economic management. It verges on theft,” AFL President Gil McGowan said of the findings.
When school is in session, Lacombe Composite High School’s greenhouse, goats, and food forest help feed hundreds of students a day.
Alberta’s education system used to be world-class. Now, government underfunding and interference in contract deals means kids are losing out on a quality education.
Over 160 people participated in the event, which called on the UCP to rethink its Mature Assets Strategy.
Canada’s recently launched National School Food Program won’t solve childhood hunger. Alberta Food Matters would like to see homegrown solutions to the problem.
Alberta’s Heritage Savings Trust Fund could have been worth close to $700 billion if the province had planned more strategically. Instead, today it’s worth a meagre $30 billion.
Through years of experimenting, Anne Prins has learned to grow all of her own vegetables. Now, she’s teaching others to do the same.
The situation is no different in Alberta, where some food banks have seen a 400 percent increase in usership.
