"Danielle Smith today committed that a United Conservative Party government will keep the provincial budget balanced, repay Rachel Notley’s debt, and save for the future to reduce our reliance on natural resource revenue." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-17
Create a new programme, increase grant funding, and provide a new $100M annual capital investment funding stream, to build and improve local community facilities
"Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP are announcing a new program called “Hometown Alberta” to build and improve local community facilities, like hockey rinks, in every corner of the province." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-22
"Our Hometown Alberta program will create 1,500 jobs over three years and build stronger communities by supporting municipalities and non-profits to build, repair, renovate, upgrade or expand local community facilities, including sports, recreational, religious, cultural and other public-use spaces.
Hometown Alberta would help build or improve community halls, legion halls, non-profit spaces, seniors centres, recreation centres, museum, art and culture centres, playgrounds, or places of worship.
Building off the current Community Facility Enhancement Program, we would increase grant funding available and add a new $100-million annual capital investment funding stream, so communities can build new spaces to gather at and enjoy!" — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-22
Create an infrastructure fund with $80M over four years to build mid-sized recreation facilities, especially in rapidly growing communities
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"A re-elected UCP government will create the Community Recreation Centre Infrastructure Fund will ensure growing communities have the facilities they need to stay healthy and have strong youth sports opportunities. This $80 million investment over four years would especially help get mid-sized recreation facilities into rapidly growing communities sooner." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-25
Hire 150 more police officers, paired with 150 social workers, mental health workers, addictions counsellors, and community navigators
"The Alberta NDP will hire 150 more police officers and pair them with 150 social workers, mental health workers, addictions counsellors and community navigators to improve public safety and provide support."
Invest $10M in Rural Crime Reduction Units
Hire more probation officers, and invest in post-release programmes
Create a Hate Crimes Unit
Create community liaison programmes
Create a long-term agreement with municipalities for predictable police funding and expectations for provincially-provided services such as affordable housing
"Establish a long-term agreement with municipalities to support: stable and predictable police funding and an increased use of integrated police-community service teams; Indigenous partnerships; and provincial accountability for services such as affordable housing." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-20
"Adding 100 police officers to Edmonton and Calgary to address chronic and worsening crime issues, particularly in the downtown cores and on transit." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-09
Continue deploying sheriffs alongside police in Calgary and Edmonton
Increase funding to ALERT regarding gang violence, including expanding a cyber-crime unit, DNA lab, and monitoring of gang connections to catalytic converter theft
"Increasing funding for ALERT for suppressing gang violence.
Initiatives we would look to expand under ALERT include:
"As part of the Safe Streets Action Plan, a re-elected UCP government would implement bracelet monitoring of dangerous offenders out on bail and deploy sheriffs to monitor them. They would add 100 more patrol officers on city streets, continue to deploy sheriffs alongside Calgary and Edmonton police officers to address public disorder, create new anti-fentanyl and illegal-gun trafficking teams, as well as increase funding for internet child exploitation and gang suppression units. A re-elected UCP government will make it easier for moms and dads to know the whereabouts of violent and sexual offenders, as well as make investments in women’s shelters and sexual assault counselling." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-09
