{"id":238543,"date":"2019-11-27T00:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T05:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238543"},"modified":"2019-11-27T18:48:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T23:48:13","slug":"alberta-seniors-barred-from-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/27\/alberta-seniors-barred-from-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta seniors barred from legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_238544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238544\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hands-981400_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238544\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hands-981400_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hands-981400_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hands-981400_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hands-981400_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hands-981400_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of Alberta seniors who protested against UCP cuts to post-secondary education were barred from entering the legislature. (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EDMONTON &#8212; A group of Alberta seniors who protested against UCP cuts to post-secondary education were barred from entering the legislature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A group of Raging Grannies joined students and other Albertans in front of the legislature building on November 18. After the peaceful demonstration had concluded, a group of them wanted to come inside to warm up, sit down, and use the public cafeteria. They were denied access to the building, even though tour groups and other members of the public were allowed in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is disgraceful, and so symbolic of this government,\u201d said Sarah Hoffman, Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition and MLA for Edmonton-Glenora. \u201cMy constituents exercised their constitutional rights to free expression and peaceful assembly, and as a result they were denied entry to a building that belongs, literally and symbolically, to all Albertans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three of the Raging Grannies, Sylvia Krogh, Louise Swift and Edda Loomes, will be introduced by the Speaker in the legislature today as guests of their MLA. Hoffman will also make a statement about this episode in the house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe government of Premier Jason Kenney is focused on rewarding its cronies and donors. He has forgotten that he is accountable to Albertans,\u201d Hoffman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON &#8212; A group of Alberta seniors who protested against UCP cuts to post-secondary education were barred from entering the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":238544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,54365,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-instagram","category-news","mauthors-albertas-ndp-caucus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238545,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238543\/revisions\/238545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}