Vote Prosperity
The Alberta Chambers of Commerce’s 2023 Election Platform, Vote Prosperity, is a forward-looking campaign to promote long-term prosperity that is non-partisan and not candidate specific.
Executive Summary
In the lead-up to the 2019 provincial election and 2021 local elections, the Alberta Chambers of Commerce (ACC) released Vote Prosperity — a platform of business priorities to inform candidates and voters. The ACC is building on these successful campaigns with another platform for the 2023 Alberta election.
ACC advocacy is based on the grassroots policy process and research of the Alberta chamber network. Policy recommendations for government are brought forward each year from local business communities and considered by the provincial business community. Those adopted by the network are advocated to appropriate orders of government.
Vote Prosperity 2023 builds on the four pillar themes of the previous campaigns to position our province for continued economic growth and opportunity.
Strengthening business competitiveness
- Lead the nation in tax competitiveness and the reduction of regulatory burdens
- Reduce Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions while minimizing risks to business competitiveness
- Enable competition and free trade for current and emerging sources of electricity
- Work with Confederation partners to establish an internationally competitive regulatory environment for all industries
Growing Provincial Trade
- Facilitate collaboration among Indigenous communities and industry on economic development
- Develop and expand economic corridors to increase access to domestic and international markets
- Accelerate review and approval processes for trade-enabling infrastructure projects
- Continue removing interprovincial trade barriers to strengthen local supply chains
Building healthy communities
- Deploy health care talent with sustainable resourcing throughout the province
- Position post-secondary institutions to meet employer needs with high quality labour market information and targeted funding for in-demand occupations
- Expand work-integrated and entrepreneurial learning models in K-12 and post-secondary education
- Alleviate socio-economic and regulatory barriers to fully participate in the labour market
Improving government accountability
- Adhere to the fiscal sustainability framework and pay down debt
- Appoint an independent panel of experts to review current and alternative revenue options with the view to deliver stable and predictable budgets
- Do away with or make transparent hidden or duplicative taxes within provincial purview
- Align predictable funding for municipalities with performance metrics to improve local business services