This last question is about 'HESS.' In my view, every time our provincial government wants to tighten the belt, they start by reducing funding to Health, Education and Social Services! Funding for these three areas is hard enough as it is, but tougher times make it almost impossible.
- Plans for new or upgraded health facilities are put on hold or dropped completely.
- Funds to school divisions are frozen or reduced even though student populations are ever-increasing.
- Health workers, social workers and teachers are asked to accept reduced or frozen salaries even though their jobs are becoming more difficult.
- Funding for new neighborhood school construction is years (sometimes decades!) behind the identified need for the facility.
Question #5: If your party forms Alberta's next government, how will it maintain needed funding to Health, Education, and Social Services while addressing these tough economic times?
