Our Social Credit Policies
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2. Alberta Treasury Branches
(ATB Financial)
4.1 Domestic/International Trade: The Alberta Social
Credit Party supports the removal of inter-provincial trade
barriers.
The Alberta Social Credit Party supports a more proactive
approach for government to assist in the establishment of
increased international trade for all Alberta businesses.
4.2 Economic Development and Diversification: The
Alberta Social Credit Party supports four basic principles
of economic growth and diversification:
1. A strong competitive marketplace
2. Demanding, financially secure consumers
3. Supporting industries and strategic business alliances
4. State of the art training, equipment & intensified
research
A Social Credit government would encourage the development of rural communities.
4.3 Community Vision Plans: A Social Credit government would encourage and assist all communities and work together with the school systems and local governments to develop programs for building communities.
4.4 Public Works Ownership: A Social Credit government would develop a Public Works Department that retains ownership of and maintains all schools and hospitals it builds, but gives the control of each building to a community or co-operative organization or board. (For example: The Calgary Board of Education would no longer have to be responsible for old buildings in communities where there is a student population that is too low. Smaller communities would not have to worry about being unable to maintain their school buildings.)
4.4.1 Decentralization: Social Credit would encourage decentralization of government services to enhance community services and employment.
4.4.2 Municipal Government Act: Social Credit will amend the municipal government act to ensure that urban and rural governments have a comprehensive mechanism to assist in growth management. The goal is to ensure that communities thrive together to ensure a prosperous environment for all.
4.5 First Time Homeowners: A Social Credit government would implement programs to aid first time homebuyers and needy Albertans.
4.6 Re-regulation Of Utilities: The Alberta Social Credit government will institute legislation to re-regulate utilities, the power and gas industries, in order to provide abundant availability of energy supplies at competitive prices for Albertans and for export.
4.7 Co-operative Development Office: The Alberta Social Credit government will re-establish the Co-operative Development Office as it existed and flourished during the years that Social Credit was in office for the purposes of helping the citizens of Alberta establish Co-operative ventures.
4.8 Tourism: The Alberta Social Credit Party supports tourism as a major growth area for the province's economy. We propose that control over the National Parks in Alberta be shared with Albertans to protect our provincial interests in these parks.
4.9 Affordable Housing: A Social Credit Government would seek to eliminate homelessness in Alberta and provide affordable housing for all. A comprehensive approach to resolve this issue must include
4.9.1 Working with all orders of government to ensure a variety of housing to accommodate the diverse needs of Albertans.
4.9.2 Encouraging the federal government to reinstate the Multi-Unit Rental Building (MURB) program.
4.9.3 Changing legislation to ensure municipalities are empowered to decide whether an apartment should be converted to condominiums based on the overall needs of the community.
4.10 Dividends: The Alberta Social Credit Government will issue dividends to each citizen of Alberta over the age of consent and based upon certain residency requirements. The size of the dividend will be determined once a capital account has been created and the province's assets can be determined.
4.11 Price Rebate: The Alberta Social Credit Government will issue a price rebate to consumers at the point of retail based upon the quantification of aggregate production and consumption statistics within the province of Alberta. The size of the rebate will be determined by these statistics based upon the ratio of consumption to production.
4.14 Buy Back Alberta Company: The Alberta Social Credit Government would establish a holding company with the mandate of increasing Albertans’ ownership of Alberta’s natural resource and other key industries. The company would invest in existing and new ventures to ensure Albertans have controlling interest in these ventures.
16. Parks Recreation and Tourism
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