Hello, my name is Jane Morgan. I'm the Wildrose Alliance Party candidate for Calgary-North Hill.

On Monday, March 3, 2008, Albertans will go to the polls to elect their representatives in the Alberta Legislature. It's unfortunate, but over the last few years, fewer and fewer Albertans have been exercising their right to vote. It seems we've become disenfranchised with our government.

I hope this year is different. I hope that this year you get out to the polls, vote and let your voice be heard. This year, I ask for your vote.

Why Should I Vote for the Wildrose Alliance Party?

For 37 long years Alberta has been governed by a party and now a Premier who are growing increasingly disconnected from the realities facing Alberta families and business.

The Wildrose Alliance Party has a positive vision for Alberta. We have a 5-Point Plan to build a stronger, safer, more prosperous Alberta:

1. Reforming Government and Restoring Accountability

• We will eliminate waste, duplication and red tape.
• We will put the power back in the hands of Albertans through meaningful electoral reform including: MLA recall, fixed election dates and citizen initiatives via referendums.
• We will make government more efficient by holding bureaucracy accountable, through mandated annual independent audits; we will trim the size of Cabinet to 12 members and eliminate pork-barrel spending altogether.

2. Real Tax Relief for Albertans

• We will raise the personal tax exemption to $20,000.
• We will reduce corporate taxes from 10% to 8%. Albertans will finally have a government that understands what meaningful tax relief is all about.
• For those Albertans who care for their dependents in times of medical crisis or other, we will allow income-splitting. In Alberta, we shouldn't punish families for taking care of one another.
• We recognize that the prosperity of this province rises and falls on the oil and gas industry. We have to have an equitable royalty framework in place to ensure outside investment into our province. To illustrate the impact of Mr. Stelmach's current royalty plan, the mineral lease sales in January this year as opposed to last year are down 200 million dollars.
• We will eliminate Health Care Premiums in our first 30 days in government, because we believe enough is enough.

3. Investing in Communities

• We will provide stable, reliable, and unconditional municipal funding and allow service delivery at the local and community level, wherever possible.
• We will create an Alberta Pension Plan to ensure a level of financial security that will cover the basic needs of individuals, allowing them to retire with dignity.

4. Broadening Access to Healthcare

• We believe all Albertans should have timely and affordable access to healthcare -- that means being able to actually have a doctor in this province.
• As part of our universal health care plan, we will implement a pilot program in one of the smaller health regions that will be modeled after "funding follow the patient" rather than the per capita funding currently in place today. We want healthcare providers to get paid for the services they give to the customers.
• By doing this, we will give health regions more control over where money is spent, increase accessibility and reduce wait times, once and for all.
• Right now, too many health care professionals are being trained in Alberta and then end up leaving our province. We will also provide significant debt relief to those medical professionals who train in Alberta and commit to practicing for a period of at least five years.

5. Enhancing Education

• We believe that in order for Alberta to aggressively compete in a 21st century economy, we need to have the best schools and the best education system -- one that is the envy of the world.
• We will implement a pilot project where funding follows the student. This will result in reduced class sizes, increased funding and give parents a real choice in the schools to which they send their children.

It's time for positive change in Alberta. Vote for the Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta.