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AUPE News & Updates
For immediate release: Apr. 8, 2003
AUPE president available to comment on budget speech
EDMONTON – Alberta Union of Provincial Employees President Dan
MacLennan will be available to media at the Legislature this afternoon
to comment on the Alberta budget.
The government’s budget will be read by Finance Minister Pat Nelson
starting at 3:30 p.m. and MacLennan can be contacted on his cellular
phone after that time to comment on the details. MacLennan’s cellular
phone number is 780-910-8392.
In response to media reports that the budget may contain tax cuts, MacLennan
said this morning he hopes any tax changes come in the form of reductions
to Alberta health care premiums.
"Tax cuts, much like the federal government’s increases to
RSP ceilings, tend to benefit higher income groups more than middle-class
taxpayers," MacLennan said. "A reduction in health care premiums
would benefit the greatest number of people, including Albertans who
need help the most and who might not benefit from other forms of reductions."
MacLennan also said he hopes the budget will include adequate funding
for post-secondary institutions, government programs including boards
and agencies, and health care.
AUPE is Alberta’s largest union, with approximately 53,000 members.
For more information, contact:
Dan MacLennan, President, AUPE, 780-930-3301 or 780-910-8392 (cellular
phone)
David Climenhaga, Communication Director, AUPE, 780-930-3311 or 780-717-2943
(cellular phone)
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