The Alberta legislature is set to reconvene today, with the government’s new budget to be tabled Thursday.<\/p>\n
Premier Danielle Smith announced Monday some of the first details of the budget expected to be filled with red-ink, saying the province would be boosting its spending on doctors by 22 per cent.<\/p>\n
The premier said her United Conservative Party government is working to make the health system sustainable, but the Opposition NDP says it has only become worse since Smith took office.<\/p>\n
Government house leader Joseph Schow is scheduled to hold a news conference this morning to share details about the government’s legislation plans.<\/p>\n
The spring session is set to end in May, just after the deadline for a petition that aims to force a vote on Alberta separating from Canada.<\/p>\n
NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says he plans to make separatism a key debate and denounce it during the session, something he says Smith’s United Conservatives should do as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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