FASCISM IN ALBERTA

UCP BILL 81 BANS LABOUR FROM THIRD PARTY ADVOCACY *Bill 81 says no group which has criticized the government can register as a so-called Third-Party Advertiser (TPA). The UCP recently introduced an anti-democratic gag law, the omnibus Bill 81, designed to silence their critics, especially the Alberta Federation of Labour, and add a backdoor method to raise unlimited donations from secret donors. Read on to learn more about how outrageous and authoritarian it is... and join us for a webinar this Thursday as we discuss it.   News Alberta Federation of Labour plans to stand up to UCP's Bill 81 AFL president Gil McGowan said the bill targets the federation, which is listed as an affiliated organization in the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) constitution, and campaigns for workers’ interests in and outside Alberta election periods. “We’re just doing what our organization was created to do, which is to run advocacy campaigns on behalf of workers,” McGowan said. Read Edmonton Journal Story.  Read AFL Executive Council Statement. Watch: “Premier Kenney, your authoritarianism is showing.” Union leader condemns UCP’s Bill 81 as a “blatant effort to silence workers while magnifying the power of the rich.” The following is a statement from Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, which is Alberta’s largest and oldest worker advocacy organization. Read statement. Watch AFL statement. Action Join us for the webinar: The UCP anti-democracy gag law, Bill 81 explained Join us this Thursday, Nov. 25, at 6:30pm MT, as AFL president Gil McGowan moderates a panel discussing the UCP gag law Bill 81 with Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) President Mike Parker and political scientist University of Calgary professor Lisa Young.  Register now! Do you want to make Jason Kenney really angry? Let’s spoil his plans to silence his critics. Please share our Stand up to Kenney campaign to stop Kenney from silencing working Albertans with your friends and family. Together we can protect the voices of working Albertans and send a loud and clear message to Kenney that we won’t be silenced. Make sure our voices are heard!