UCP leadership hopeful Sawhney says she'd issue inflation-relief cheques

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In an echo of so-called Ralph bucks, UCP leadership aspirant Rajan Sawhney says she’d hand out inflation relief cheques derived from the province energy revenue windfall to every Alberta household yyc UCP ableg abpoli

In a bid to blunt inflation that’s reached at least 7.7 per cent – the highest rate since 1983 – those cheques would amount to $75 for each urban household and $90 in rural areas.

Sawhney also she’d re-index various low income benefit payments such as Assured Income for the Severely Disabled benefits, while acknowledging it lost that inflation hedge while she was minister of community and social services.Article content“AISH should be indexed to inflation, full stop, and a government led by me will do so immediately. This is the first and critical step in helping these vulnerable Albertans at this time.

Sawhney’s promise comes just ahead of an announcement expected this week by her government of additional inflation relief in the form of energy and fuel-related savings. “Albertans deserve to know they have a government that has their backs, not one focused on internal politics,” said Kathleen Ganley, referring to the UCP leadership race.

 

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Please not her too. We already got captain airhead as the mayor.

Would you trust a person that is trying to buy a leadership with your money?

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