Women pay price for UCP policies

When the Conservatives promise a balanced budget, I know it will not be a good time to be a woman in Alberta, especially for teachers and nurses. And the rest of us are not unaffected by the move to ultra libertarian right-wing policies either.

My Alberta Seniors Benefit is no longer indexed to the cost of living. Meanwhile, I have to pay 11 per cent more for power because the UCP removed the cap that utility companies can charge for electricity.

Due to UCP funding cuts to the university, my niece is now doing the job of three people after two women were laid off. No one is concerned about the stress of overloading of responsibility will have on her health. And the E.I. for the laid-off employees is paid by the feds. The UCP saves money on both fronts.

Can Albertans tolerate another three years of this anti-woman, anti-environment, tar sands-obsessed UCP government?

Florence Rachansky, Calgary