Jeff Callaway

When Premier Jim Prentice lured 11 former Wildrose MLAs across the floor in the most undemocratic manner seen in North America, I left my post as Vice President - Fund Raising with the Wildrose Executive Committee to assume the role as Party President; a position I held between 2008 and 2010. I assumed this position to bring calm and stability to the Committee, to provide guidance and support to the interim party leader (Heather Forsyth), and to provide calm and strength to the party membership. We had just undergone tremendous turnover and turmoil. Over the course of 4 months, we have brought stability back to the party and selected a permanent party leader (Brian Jean) to take the mantle and lead the caucus into the Alberta Legislature as the Official Opposition.

I did this because we owed it to the 440,000+ Albertans who believe the Wildrose as an effective opposition to a wasteful, tax and burn PC government. I stayed because I believe the Wildrose Party is the only provincial party that would not raise your taxes and would get government spending under control. I stayed because it takes people with resolve to bring change to a system that is bloated and inefficient. Albertans deserve a government that values transparency, honesty, accountability and integrity. I did it because I knew it was the right thing to do; Loyalty.

You've told the PC government to keep taxes down, cut wasteful spending, and improve outcomes for Albertans. Their 2015 budget delivered in March 2015 included 59 tax increases and pre-election budget spending that has shown that they have not listened to Albertans. They claim Albertans want this budget and that everyone will benefit. Instead, everyone will pay more in taxes, and your children will be saddled with billions of dollars in debt based on Premier Prentice’s fiscal projections. I will fight hard to eliminate these tax increases, ensure spending is aligned with taxpayer priorities, and the value for your hard earned tax dollars delivers you and your family the desired outcomes and quality of life.

You deserve a government you can trust. You deserve a government that follows through on their promises. You deserve a government that understands your concerns. I am running to be the voice standing up for you - whether as government or as the official opposition.

Elect me and the Wildrose Party be your representative in the Legislature and I will work hard for you to bring ethics and accountability