Alberta Greens - 2008 Platform

2008 Platform

In the party’s last election platform, the Alberta Greens highlighted subsidized housing and paid tuition for health-care students in the launch of their 2008 election platform.

To tackle affordable housing in the province, the Greens proposed a model of subsidized housing used in Vancouver. In Vancouver they built subsidized housing and then they've given it to housing co-operatives or non-profit organizations to maintain.

On health care, the Greens said they would pay the tuition of those studying to become health-care professionals — if they promise to remain in the province for seven years after they graduate.

The party proposed to institute a province-wide transportation plan focusing on rail lines, including light-rail transit between Calgary and Edmonton, and an upgrade of the rail line to Fort McMurray because they use 20 per cent less fuel than vehicles on roads.

Other platform promises included:

• Increasing the number of doctors in the province (thus decreasing hospital waiting times) by paying the university tuition feess for health care workers who stay in the province for seven years.
• Diversifying Alberta's energy economy by supporting renewable resource technology such as solar, wind and geothermal energy.
• Ensuring the lowest post secondary tuition fees in Canada.
• Establishing fixed dates for provincial elections and the right to recall MLAs.

The theme for the campaign was 'Making Albertans Happier, Healthier and Wealthier'.