Potential United Conservative Party caucus deficit ends in job cuts

Staff were laid off from the United Conservative Party caucus Friday to deal with a potential $337,000 deficit, the Journal has learned.
The job cuts come after UCP brass grappled with plugging a caucus funding hole last week. 
The UCP has yet to return calls about the layoffs. Caucus staff weren’t commenting either, but sources say seven people lost their jobs.
Along with job cuts, caucus leadership was considering asking MLAs to dip into their allowances to help cover the financial