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Willing to pay the price?
Letter to the Editor Policy
It's been nearly one year since Albertans were hit with an increased carbon tax at $30 per
tonne on January 1, 2018. The controversial, and some say nefarious, tax is now two years old.
With this spike in the cost of living we now pay more for everything from home heating bills PAGE 6 MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018 THE WEEKLY ANCHOR The Weekly Anchor welcomes Letters to the
and gasoline, to groceries, rent, and consumer goods. Editor The Weekly Anchor
There are rebates for mid-low income households, but as with any rebates, they never keep All letters are published at the discretion of
pace with the inflation caused by the rising prices of consumer goods. And frankly, when the Your Local Independent Newspaper
gas bill is due, waiting for a quarterly rebate has not bee much comfort for many financially THE WEEKLY ANCHOR MONDAY MARCH 11, 2019 PAGE 11 the editor-publisher who reserves the right to
struggling households. edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters
So for our pain and suffering it's time to take a look and what this has 'bought' us in real T he Weekly ANCHOR published do not necessarily reflect the 6,292 Audited Circulation
terms.
75% of Canadians believe governments should take action on climate change according to a policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221
recent survey. But they also say any plan shouldn't drive up the cost of living too much. letters must bear the name of the writer and
A carbon tax attempts to reduce emissions by making everything more expensive. It's a Comment include the address and telephone number, SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS!
forced attempt to solicit lifestyle changes through cost increases. OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
In real terms, are Albertans willing to pay $20 more for a tank of gas or willing pay 15% or which will not be published. Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
even 20% more for groceries? Most would answer: NO! DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call
The simple fact is even at Trudeau's $50 per tonne mandate by 2022 it's nowhere near enough CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon
to have any significantly measurable effect on carbon or climate change. Environment Canada One hurdle at a time...
has stated the figure would have to be close to $300 per tonne to reach emission targets (adding Member of the Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd. Canadian
Media Circulation
roughly 70 cents to a litre of gas) —political suicide. Letter to the Editor Policy Edson & District 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Audit
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
So why has Alberta's NDP government been so far ahead of the federally mandated minimum stakeholders about safety and the federal and provincial stone just yet, as opponents of the The Weekly Anchor Welcomes Letters to the Editor Telephone: (780) 723-5787
Fax: (780) 723-5725
Alberta
carbon price of $20 per tonne for 2019? From the marine protection are also governments. pipeline expansion are already All letters are published at the discretion of the editor-publisher who Chamber of Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net Weekly Newspapers
More tax dollars out of hardworking Albertan's pockets, for no significant results —plain and Publisher’s Desk underway. Simply put, the Trans Mountain planning legal challenges, protests, reserves the right to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters published do Commerce Website: www.weeklyanchor.com Association
simple. Dana McArthur not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All letters
Trans Mountain's expansion Expansion Project will help ensure and other delay tactics if the must bear the name of the writer and include the address and telephone
encompasses approximately 980 Canada gets full value for its project does resume construction. number, which will not be published.
To the relief of many Albertans, km of new pipeline, 73 per cent of energy resources, and help build Despite the federal government's
on February 22 the National which will use the existing right- the economy of the entire nation. lack of will and the provincial
Energy Board (NEB) released its of-way. It will be capable of The federal cabinet now has a government's lack of effectiveness,
report and recommendations on transporting 890,000 barrels per 90-day deadline to decide whether this news offers some hope of
the Reconsideration Hearing for day. the project should proceed. building the pipeline, albeit one Dana McArthur Common Cindy Weisser Cassie Deanna
Sue Ann
Kushniruk
the stalled Trans Mountain This report is an important step Unfortunately, nothing is set in hurdle at a time. Publisher/Owner Sales Representative Graphics/Layout Reporter/Office Asst. Mitchener
Reporter
Expansion Project. in a broader process that will
The NEB decided the Trans include 156 conditions enforced
Mountain Pipeline expansion by the NEB —which demonstrates
project is in the public interest of the rigour and detail that will go
Canadians and should go forward, into every stage.
subject to conditions. As one of Currently, nearly all the oil
two reports that will be produced in Western Canada goes
Riding Update: considered, it provides for specific to the United States Midwest.
and achievable conditions for the
However, there's simply a limit to
project to move ahead. how much oil this market will
Open Letter: "This report is an important take. This is why Canada has
element of the broader process received such a low dollar for its
that remains underway, which energy resource.
includes the federal government's If the project is completed,
Misadventures consultation with Indigenous independent estimates conclude
communities," stated Ian
oil producer revenues will
Anderson, President and CEO of
Trans Mountain. Consultations increase by $73.5 billion over 20
years of operations and Canada
and engagements with federal will earn $46.7 billion in
agencies and departments, and additional taxes and royalties to Rachel Notley’s social licence agenda
Letter to the Editor
Child poverty about choices...
Media Release:
Open Letter: by Rachel Notley classrooms and public services that Albertans need Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit, helping Letter to the Editor Policy
every day. 185,000 low-income families with a credit of up to Jim Eglinski The Weekly Anchor welcomes
Poverty is a lack of choices. Albertans want choices. That's why we need to $2,064. In hard times, these decisions have given letters to the editor
My A single mother parks her child in front of the keep fighting for a stronger, more diversified families on the edge a little bit of breathing room. MP Yellowhead
ViewPoint TV to work a second shift. A family scraping economy. Instead of cutting frontline services to and snacks to 30,000 kids in schools across the All letters are published at the discretion of
We didn't stop there. We provided daily lunches
together rent sends their kids to school hungry.
balance budgets a year or two earlier, we can
by Adrienne Tait These are not choices. They are excruciating choose to keep investing in affordable housing and province. We capped electricity rates. We brought the editor-publisher who reserves the right
to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters
moments. long-term care beds. Instead of delaying in consumer protections from pay-day loans. We published do not necessarily reflect the
I went into politics to help build this province, to construction of schools and bridges, we can build increased minimum wage, which had long been the
help the Albertans who need it the most. That's and hire. This isn't just how we fight poverty. It's lowest in Canada. policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All
why I ran to become Premier - and that's how our how we plot a course for the future. The new Statistics Canada figures show that our letters must bear the name of the writer
government has set its priorities. Choosing austerity will only make things worse. strategy is working. They're more than just stats. and include the address and telephone
New Statistics Canada numbers show the power I watched the aftermath of the 2008 global Cutting child poverty in half means 44,000 fewer number, which will not be published.
of our choices. Between 2015 and 2017, child economic meltdown. Child poverty rates soared to children are going to school with an empty
poverty in Alberta fell from 10 per cent to five. 15 per cent in Alberta. As non-profits will tell you, stomach, living in overcrowded or unsafe settings,
Over the same two-year period, poverty rates for that crisis was keenly felt at food banks, in shelters or having to make do without basic necessities.
children of single mothers dropped from 36 to 17.6 and at community agencies. Donations dried up. It's a testament to all Albertans that our province
per cent. Despite an abundance of need, charities had few could cut poverty in the midst of the biggest
These numbers should catch our attention. They choices about who they could help. recession in a generation. It is clear evidence that
tell a compelling story about priorities. When you When people need help, a government that steps we can choose a path forward that is guided by an
MLA consider the choices Alberta could have made, it's back instead of stepping up is failing people. insistence that we've got each other's back. Views & News
If we stay on this path, Alberta's best won't be in
We refused to make that choice. In the fall of
Eric Rosendahl even clearer. 2015, we introduced the Alberta Child Benefit, the nostalgic past, but in an optimistic and hopeful by Deanna Mitchener
Alberta's last provincial election wasn't called
because the economy was rosy. Global oil prices which helped nearly 135,000 families last year future.
collapsed in the latter half of 2014, slipping more with credits of up to $2,820. We boosted the I'm fighting for that future - and I'm not willing
than $30 a barrel in just a few months. By to take away choices to get there.
December 2014, Premier Jim Prentice warned the
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce that Alberta The Weekly Anchor 6,292 Audited Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd. Canadian
Media Circulation
faced a $7-billion revenue hole. Over the next 18 Your Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Audit
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
months oil plummeted even further, hitting a low Local Independent Newspaper SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS! Telephone: (780) 723-5787 Weekly Newspapers Sonia Roy
OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Fax: (780) 723-5725
Alberta
Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Front Desk
Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net
at just under $30 a barrel. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon Website: www.weeklyanchor.com Association Administration
DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call
The next election will give Albertans an even
clearer choice. My opponent argues that the only Member of the
way to deal with low oil prices is by refusing to Edson & District
CORRECTION keep up with Alberta's growing population. This Chamber of
Apologies on my behalf to the Edson Cycling Association for a means increased pressure on emergency rooms, Commerce Dana McArthur Sue Ann Cindy Weisser Cassie Deanna
misqoute of projected full cost build of the new Bike Park that is Publisher/Owner Sales Representative Graphics/Layout Reporter/Office Asst. Mitchener
Common
Kushniruk
Reporter
going in out at Willmore. In the last issue my article incorrectly said
$350,000 when actually it is a $624,000 projected cost for the full
build. Please accept my apologies and I take full blame, not the
Weekly Anchor. Deanna Mitchener
Deanna has a new photo
Jim Eglinski
MP Yellowhead
Letter to the Editor Policy
It's been nearly one year since Albertans were hit with an increased carbon tax at $30 per
tonne on January 1, 2018. The controversial, and some say nefarious, tax is now two years old.
With this spike in the cost of living we now pay more for everything from home heating bills PAGE 6 MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018 THE WEEKLY ANCHOR The Weekly Anchor welcomes Letters to the
and gasoline, to groceries, rent, and consumer goods. Editor The Weekly Anchor
There are rebates for mid-low income households, but as with any rebates, they never keep All letters are published at the discretion of
pace with the inflation caused by the rising prices of consumer goods. And frankly, when the Your Local Independent Newspaper
gas bill is due, waiting for a quarterly rebate has not bee much comfort for many financially THE WEEKLY ANCHOR MONDAY MARCH 11, 2019 PAGE 11 the editor-publisher who reserves the right to
struggling households. edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters
So for our pain and suffering it's time to take a look and what this has 'bought' us in real T he Weekly ANCHOR published do not necessarily reflect the 6,292 Audited Circulation
terms.
75% of Canadians believe governments should take action on climate change according to a policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221
recent survey. But they also say any plan shouldn't drive up the cost of living too much. letters must bear the name of the writer and
A carbon tax attempts to reduce emissions by making everything more expensive. It's a Comment include the address and telephone number, SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS!
forced attempt to solicit lifestyle changes through cost increases. OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
In real terms, are Albertans willing to pay $20 more for a tank of gas or willing pay 15% or which will not be published. Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
even 20% more for groceries? Most would answer: NO! DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call
The simple fact is even at Trudeau's $50 per tonne mandate by 2022 it's nowhere near enough CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon
to have any significantly measurable effect on carbon or climate change. Environment Canada One hurdle at a time...
has stated the figure would have to be close to $300 per tonne to reach emission targets (adding Member of the Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd. Canadian
Media Circulation
roughly 70 cents to a litre of gas) —political suicide. Letter to the Editor Policy Edson & District 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Audit
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
So why has Alberta's NDP government been so far ahead of the federally mandated minimum stakeholders about safety and the federal and provincial stone just yet, as opponents of the The Weekly Anchor Welcomes Letters to the Editor Telephone: (780) 723-5787
Fax: (780) 723-5725
Alberta
carbon price of $20 per tonne for 2019? From the marine protection are also governments. pipeline expansion are already All letters are published at the discretion of the editor-publisher who Chamber of Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net Weekly Newspapers
More tax dollars out of hardworking Albertan's pockets, for no significant results —plain and Publisher’s Desk underway. Simply put, the Trans Mountain planning legal challenges, protests, reserves the right to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters published do Commerce Website: www.weeklyanchor.com Association
simple. Dana McArthur not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All letters
Trans Mountain's expansion Expansion Project will help ensure and other delay tactics if the must bear the name of the writer and include the address and telephone
encompasses approximately 980 Canada gets full value for its project does resume construction. number, which will not be published.
To the relief of many Albertans, km of new pipeline, 73 per cent of energy resources, and help build Despite the federal government's
on February 22 the National which will use the existing right- the economy of the entire nation. lack of will and the provincial
Energy Board (NEB) released its of-way. It will be capable of The federal cabinet now has a government's lack of effectiveness,
report and recommendations on transporting 890,000 barrels per 90-day deadline to decide whether this news offers some hope of
the Reconsideration Hearing for day. the project should proceed. building the pipeline, albeit one Dana McArthur Common Cindy Weisser Cassie Deanna
Sue Ann
Kushniruk
the stalled Trans Mountain This report is an important step Unfortunately, nothing is set in hurdle at a time. Publisher/Owner Sales Representative Graphics/Layout Reporter/Office Asst. Mitchener
Reporter
Expansion Project. in a broader process that will
The NEB decided the Trans include 156 conditions enforced
Mountain Pipeline expansion by the NEB —which demonstrates
project is in the public interest of the rigour and detail that will go
Canadians and should go forward, into every stage.
subject to conditions. As one of Currently, nearly all the oil
two reports that will be produced in Western Canada goes
Riding Update: considered, it provides for specific to the United States Midwest.
and achievable conditions for the
However, there's simply a limit to
project to move ahead. how much oil this market will
Open Letter: "This report is an important take. This is why Canada has
element of the broader process received such a low dollar for its
that remains underway, which energy resource.
includes the federal government's If the project is completed,
Misadventures consultation with Indigenous independent estimates conclude
communities," stated Ian
oil producer revenues will
Anderson, President and CEO of
Trans Mountain. Consultations increase by $73.5 billion over 20
years of operations and Canada
and engagements with federal will earn $46.7 billion in
agencies and departments, and additional taxes and royalties to Rachel Notley’s social licence agenda
Letter to the Editor
Child poverty about choices...
Media Release:
Open Letter: by Rachel Notley classrooms and public services that Albertans need Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit, helping Letter to the Editor Policy
every day. 185,000 low-income families with a credit of up to Jim Eglinski The Weekly Anchor welcomes
Poverty is a lack of choices. Albertans want choices. That's why we need to $2,064. In hard times, these decisions have given letters to the editor
My A single mother parks her child in front of the keep fighting for a stronger, more diversified families on the edge a little bit of breathing room. MP Yellowhead
ViewPoint TV to work a second shift. A family scraping economy. Instead of cutting frontline services to and snacks to 30,000 kids in schools across the All letters are published at the discretion of
We didn't stop there. We provided daily lunches
together rent sends their kids to school hungry.
balance budgets a year or two earlier, we can
by Adrienne Tait These are not choices. They are excruciating choose to keep investing in affordable housing and province. We capped electricity rates. We brought the editor-publisher who reserves the right
to edit for clarity, length and libel. Letters
moments. long-term care beds. Instead of delaying in consumer protections from pay-day loans. We published do not necessarily reflect the
I went into politics to help build this province, to construction of schools and bridges, we can build increased minimum wage, which had long been the
help the Albertans who need it the most. That's and hire. This isn't just how we fight poverty. It's lowest in Canada. policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All
why I ran to become Premier - and that's how our how we plot a course for the future. The new Statistics Canada figures show that our letters must bear the name of the writer
government has set its priorities. Choosing austerity will only make things worse. strategy is working. They're more than just stats. and include the address and telephone
New Statistics Canada numbers show the power I watched the aftermath of the 2008 global Cutting child poverty in half means 44,000 fewer number, which will not be published.
of our choices. Between 2015 and 2017, child economic meltdown. Child poverty rates soared to children are going to school with an empty
poverty in Alberta fell from 10 per cent to five. 15 per cent in Alberta. As non-profits will tell you, stomach, living in overcrowded or unsafe settings,
Over the same two-year period, poverty rates for that crisis was keenly felt at food banks, in shelters or having to make do without basic necessities.
children of single mothers dropped from 36 to 17.6 and at community agencies. Donations dried up. It's a testament to all Albertans that our province
per cent. Despite an abundance of need, charities had few could cut poverty in the midst of the biggest
These numbers should catch our attention. They choices about who they could help. recession in a generation. It is clear evidence that
tell a compelling story about priorities. When you When people need help, a government that steps we can choose a path forward that is guided by an
MLA consider the choices Alberta could have made, it's back instead of stepping up is failing people. insistence that we've got each other's back. Views & News
If we stay on this path, Alberta's best won't be in
We refused to make that choice. In the fall of
Eric Rosendahl even clearer. 2015, we introduced the Alberta Child Benefit, the nostalgic past, but in an optimistic and hopeful by Deanna Mitchener
Alberta's last provincial election wasn't called
because the economy was rosy. Global oil prices which helped nearly 135,000 families last year future.
collapsed in the latter half of 2014, slipping more with credits of up to $2,820. We boosted the I'm fighting for that future - and I'm not willing
than $30 a barrel in just a few months. By to take away choices to get there.
December 2014, Premier Jim Prentice warned the
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce that Alberta The Weekly Anchor 6,292 Audited Published by: 422247 Alberta Ltd. Canadian
Media Circulation
faced a $7-billion revenue hole. Over the next 18 Your Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta Audit
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
months oil plummeted even further, hitting a low Local Independent Newspaper SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON & YELLOWHEAD COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS! Telephone: (780) 723-5787 Weekly Newspapers Sonia Roy
OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Fax: (780) 723-5725
Alberta
Fri.: 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Front Desk
Email: anchorwk@telusplanet.net
at just under $30 a barrel. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Tuesday, Noon Website: www.weeklyanchor.com Association Administration
DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES: Call
The next election will give Albertans an even
clearer choice. My opponent argues that the only Member of the
way to deal with low oil prices is by refusing to Edson & District
CORRECTION keep up with Alberta's growing population. This Chamber of
Apologies on my behalf to the Edson Cycling Association for a means increased pressure on emergency rooms, Commerce Dana McArthur Sue Ann Cindy Weisser Cassie Deanna
misqoute of projected full cost build of the new Bike Park that is Publisher/Owner Sales Representative Graphics/Layout Reporter/Office Asst. Mitchener
Common
Kushniruk
Reporter
going in out at Willmore. In the last issue my article incorrectly said
$350,000 when actually it is a $624,000 projected cost for the full
build. Please accept my apologies and I take full blame, not the
Weekly Anchor. Deanna Mitchener
Deanna has a new photo
Jim Eglinski
MP Yellowhead
