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Legislative Assembly of Alberta
7:18 Opening
29:07 Oral Question Period
1:21:33 Afternoon Session
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Honorable
members,
the
prayer
Lord,
the
god
of
righteousness
and
Truth
Grant
to
our
King,
to
his
government,
to
members
of
the
legislative
assembly
into
all
in
positions
of
responsibility,
the
guidance
of
your
spirit.
May
they
never
leave
the
province
wrongly
through
love
of
power,
desire
to
please
or
unworthy
ideas.
But,
laying
aside
all
private
interest
and
Prejudice,
keep
in
mind
their
responsibility
to
seek
to
improve
the
condition
of
all.
Please
be
seated.
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This
special
edition
includes
all
of
the
words
of
grief
and
gratitude
that
were
shared
by
members
on
that
day
as
well.
It
includes
many
photographs
of
the
special
sitting,
the
memorial
ceremony
that
was
held
on
the
front
of
the
steps
of
the
legislature
as
well
as
images
of
The,
Life
and
Legacy
of
her
late
Majesty
I'd
like
to
extend
a
thank
you
to
members
of
hansert
and
the
communications
team
from
the
Legislative
Assembly
office
for
putting
this
important
document
together.
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Members
today,
I
am
very
pleased
to
introduce
a
group
of
visiting
officials
from
our
sister
province
in
Hokkaido.
Japan
I
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
with
them
this
morning
and
we
discussed
a
number
of
important
issues
as
we
continue
to
strengthen
ties
between
our
two
great
regions.
We
have
much
of
a
shared
desire
of
freedom
of
support
and
I
know
that
they
are
here
visiting
members
of
our
Ministry
of
Education
I,
invite
you
to
all
rise
and
receive
the
warm
welcome
of
the
assembly.
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Honorable
members,
also
sitted
in
the
speaker's
Gallery
today
is
Miss
Heather
tapersky
Heather
is
a
constituent
of
Athabasca
bar
head.
Westlock
has
worked
in
the
Alberta
Healthcare
System
for
over
30
years,
and
now
coaches
leaders
in
health,
education
and
government
sectors,
including
providing
some
leadership
coaching
to
Leo
staff
and
members
I,
would
invite
her
to
rise
and
receive
the
warm
welcome
assembly.
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E
F
Introduction
thank
you
Mr
Speaker
rice
today
to
introduce
to
you
and
through
you
what
two
of
my
constitutional
from
the
beautiful
community
of
elephants
are:
West
Yuki,
Wong
and
Harris
Liu
Yuki
Wong
is
a
recipient
of
the
Queen's
Platinum
Jubilee
medal.
Mr
Speaker
please
rise
and
receive
the
warm
welcome
of
the
assembly.
G
It's
an
honor
to
introduce
to
you
and
through
you
to
the
members
of
the
assembly,
Dr
navjot,
gosul
and
Pam
tulak.
Now,
Dr
gosul
worked
as
a
mixed
animal
practitioner
in
Punjab
before
moving
to
Edmonton
in
the
winter
of
2008..
He
was
a
veterinarian
with
a
mixed
animal
rule.
Practice
in
Warrenville,
but
mostly
in
Lac
lebish,
before
moving
to
a
small
animal.
G
Private
practice
in
Edmonton
might
have
heard
him
on
the
radio
in
the
previous
years
on
6
30
Ted
talking
to
pet
owners
on
his
weekly
or
on
a
weekly
radio,
show
a
proud
albertan
raising
his
son
with
his
wife
I.
Ask
all
members
of
the
gallery
this
afternoon
to
as
they
stand
to
join
me
in
giving
them
a
warm
welcome
to
the
assembly.
H
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
it's
privilege
to
introduce
to
you
and
through
you
to
all
members
of
the
assembly,
Sheila
itier
Sheila,
founded
blankets
of
Love,
which
provides
quilts
to
patients
who
are
in
hospital
for
treatment
of
mental
illness,
she's,
a
lifelong
resident
of
Saint
Albert
author
and
a
global
woman
of
vision,
recipient
2008.
Sheila
is
here
today
because
her
family's
been
impacted
by
the
backlog
of
cancer
treatment.
I
asked
Sheila
to
now
rise
and
receive
the
traditional,
warm
welcome
of
the
assembly.
I
Strathmore,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
I'm,
very
happy
to
rise
and
introduce
four
amazing
women
who
I'm
very
proud
to
call
my
friends.
Wendy
Walker
is
an
indigenous
singer
and
songwriter
who's
that
incredible
three-year
career,
including
representing
our
province
in
the
2018
pyeongchang,
Winter
Olympics,
and
thank
you
so
much.
I
The
minister
of
indigenous
Affairs
for
meeting
with
us
welcome
to
lean
yagi
of
Nisa
homes
and
National
Housing
Organization,
and
a
safe
haven
for
women
and
children
fleeing
domestic
violence
and
finally,
Savita
Singh
and
Anita
Nagal
from
First
Step
together
community-based
group
that
works
to
increase
the
participation,
integration
of
immigrants
and
refugees
in
Calgary
and
the
surrounding
area.
It
is
truly
an
honor
to
have
you
if
you
could
please
rise
and
receive
the
warm
welcome.
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Mr
Speaker
this
past
Monday
marked
the
first
day
of
spring,
although
this
is
Alberta
and
there's
always
room
for
one
more
or
maybe
many
more
snow
days,
you
can
definitely
feel
in
the
air
that
spring
is
coming,
and
summer
is
not
far
behind.
For
many
albertans
myself
included
the
first
few
days
of
spring
always
bring
with
it
a
feeling
of
Hope
and
optimism
and
albertans
are
feeling
that
Springtime
relief
stronger
than
elsewhere,
thanks
to
an
exciting
Trend.
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Continuing
from
last
month
yesterday,
the
Consumer
Price
Index
released
its
February
2023
data
and
for
the
second
month
in
a
row,
Alberta
has
led
the
country
in
fighting
inflation
and
making
life
more
affordable.
Alberta
has
the
lowest
year-over-year
inflation
growth
at
3.6
percent,
while
the
rest
of
the
country
sits
at
5.2
percent
measures
like
the
electricity
rebates,
the
fuel
tax
relief
are
contributing
directly
to
reduced
inflation
in
Alberta
targeted
supports,
including
600
in
affordability.
Payments
for
parents,
seniors
and
vulnerable
albertans
are
helping
them,
pay
their
bills
and
save
money
for
what
matters
most.
J
Our
lower
cost
of
living,
affordable
housing,
abundant
jobs,
higher
earnings
and
lower
taxes
continue
to
prove
that
Albert,
the
Alberta
Advantage
is
alive
and
well.
Alberta's
government
has
focused
on
taking
timely,
effective
action
to
reduce
costs
and
keep
life
affordable
for
all
albertans
Mr
Speaker.
There
are
many
things
that
albertans
are
looking
forward
to
about
spring
the
return
of
warmer
weather
hockey
playoffs
or,
if
you're
like
me,
the
start
of
the
Canadian
football
season
with
Summer
almost
here
on
the
horizon.
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K
Starts
tomorrow,
Ramadan
is
the
ninth
month
of
Islamic
calendar
in
fasting
during
Ramadan
is
one
of
the
five
pillars
of
Islam
during
Ramadan
Muslim
around
the
world
observe
a
month-long
period
of
fasting,
from
dawn
until
sunset,
abstain
from
eating
or
drinking
anything
and
focus
on
strengthening
their
relationship
with
the
Creator
in
its
creation,
family
and
faith-based
Gatherings
are
a
huge
part
of
Ramadan.
It
brings
people,
communities
and
Muslim
ummah
together,
as
one
Ramadan
is
an
opportunity
to
embrace
self-restraint
and
self-reflection.
K
It
encouraged
those
with
the
means
to
connect,
with
the
less
fortunate
among
us
to
reach
out
to
neighbors
to
the
sick
and
elderly
and
to
those
who
are
struggling
to
make
ends
meet.
Ramadan
is
also
an
opportunity
for
all
albertans
to
learn
more
about
Muslim
albertans,
their
faith,
history,
cultures,
traditions
and
their
contribution
to
this
province.
In
recent
years
we
have
also
seen
a
rise
in
islamophobia
and
hatred,
and
we
also
saw
attacks
on
hijab
wearing
Muslim
women
and
increased
racism
and
prejudice
against
racialized
people
and
people
of
Asian
origin.
K
I
urge
all
to
take
this
opportunity
to
reach
out
to
your
neighbor,
attend
an
aftar
event
and
learn
about
each
other
and
come
together
to
create
a
society
that
understands
respects
and
values,
diversity.
There
is
no
place
for
racism,
islamophobia
and
discrimination
in
our
Province,
and
we
must
stand
together
against
it
with
that.
I
wish
all
albertans
observing
Ramadan
Ramadan.
L
Well,
that
covers
that
and
the
time
remaining.
Let's
talk
about
the
other
things
that
they
did.
Protest
like
protesting
against
pipelines
with
their
Extinction
Rebellion
besties,
leading
to
the
cancellation
of
Northern,
Gateway
and
energy.
East
pipelines
followed
by
four
and
a
half
billion
dollar
crude
by
rail
Scandal.
L
Over
10
billion
dollars
in
extra
cost
occurs
passed
on
to
electricity
consumers,
including
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
corporate
welfare,
such
a
reckless
mishandling
of
the
market,
the
blatant
attack
on
Alberta,
Farmers,
private
and
home
schools
and
the
attack
on
virtually
anybody
that
disagreed
with
their
agenda
and
did
I
forget
to
mention
the
carbon
tax.
Well,
they
sure
did
at
least
until
after
they
were
elected,
a
183
000
jobs
across
Alberta
lost
in
the
NDP.
L
Leadership
referred
to
albertans
as
embarrassing
cousins
as
sewer
rats
and
told
albertans
to
move
away
if
they
wanted
a
job.
But
then
it
got
better.
The
2019
election
campaign,
the
largest
amount
of
unfunded
election
promises
in
Canadian
in
history,
in
the
hopes
of
manipulating
Alberta
votes.
Most
people
expected
the
former
Premier
to
hang
her
head
in
shame
and
take
over
the
federal
NDP
leadership
after
that
failed
attempt,
but
it
seems
that
Justin
Trudeau
warned
her
of
a
vote
split,
making
way
for
a
conservative
Victory.
L
So
she
chose
to
stay
in
Alberta
and
maintain
a
four-year
fear
and
spear
campaign
and
hoping
of
getting
control
of
the
province
once
again
make
no
mistake:
Mr
Speaker
the
NDP
plan
to
rack
up
debt
to
shut
off
our
resource-based
economies
and
to
shutter
small
businesses.
Jobs
would
be
lost
again.
Families
would
be
destroyed
again.
A
future
in
Alberta
would
be
non-existent
again.
Mr
Speaker
Alberta
can
definitely
not
afford
the
NDP
again.
M
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
It
has
been
my
privilege
to
rise
in
this
chamber
many
times
to
brag
about
the
special
corner
of
Alberta
that
I'm
fortunate
to
call
home.
In
my
little
corner
of
Southwest
Alberta.
We
have
an
abundance
of
beautiful
Vistas,
many
of
which
have
captured
the
eye
of
Hollywood
and
have
played
an
important
supporting
role
in
film
and
TV.
M
This
is
the
place
I
want
to
invite
you
to
go
with
me
today
at
the
narrow
waist
of
the
Rocky
Mountains,
where
Alberta
British,
Columbia
and
Montana
meet
sprawls,
one
of
the
wildest
most
diverse
and
intact
ecosystems
in
the
temperate
zones
of
the
world.
This
area
is
known.
As
crown
of
the
continent.
The
crown
of
the
continent
refers
to
Waterton
Glacier
International
Peace
Park
in
the
surrounding
communities
in
Alberta,
British,
Columbia
and
Montana.
M
As
I
mentioned,
Waterton
Glacier
International,
Peace
Park
was
established
in
1932,
in
addition
to
being
an
air
National
peace,
Park
Waterton
Glacier
also
shares
the
designation
as
a
UNESCO
biosphere
reserve
and
most
recently
was
named
the
first
world's
world's
first
trans
boundary
International
dark
sky
Park.
Today,
I
want
to
recognize
the
hard
work
done
by
Bev
Thornton
and
the
Alberta
Southwest
Regional
economic
Alliance.
In
promoting
this
area
of
Alberta,
their
hard
work
has
resulted
in
international
recognition
and
the
area's
a
top
Global
destination
and
as
an
alternative
to
traditional
destinations
like
Banff
and
Lake
Louise.
M
This
month,
Alberta
Southwest
was
awarded
second
place
in
the
business
and
marketing
category
of
green
destinations,
top
100
sustainable
stories
for
2022.
this
summer,
I
invite
you
and
all
members
to
come
and
pack
your
bags
and
come
visit.
One
of
the
most
amazing
places
in
the
world
right
here
in
our
own
back
Park.
N
Mr
Speaker,
as
the
critic
for
Rural
Economic,
Development,
Agriculture
and
Forestry
I've,
been
privileged
to
meet
with
albertans
from
across
this
great
Province.
During
those
conversations,
two
things
are
abundantly
clear:
albertans
are
resilient,
they're,
Innovative,
they're,
hard-working
and
they're
honest
people,
and
they
feel
abandoned
by
this
UCP
government.
O
Statement
to
make
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
rise
today
to
recognize
and
advocate
for
Alberta's
geothermal
opportunity,
which
is
led
by
a
calgary-based
company
that
represents
the
spirit
of
Alberta's
entrepreneurialism
ever
Technologies,
their
geothermal
technology.
The
everloop
represents
the
world's
first
and
only
viable
form
of
Base
load,
firm
scalable
power
encompassing
power
generation,
District
heating
and
cooling
systems
and
enabling
local
energy
autonomy
at
scale
everywhere.
O
The
Alberta
based
startup
was
the
only
North
American
company
to
attain
funds
from
the
European
Union
Innovation
fund
amongst
International
Energy
super
majors,
culminating
in
120
million
dollar
Grant,
to
support
the
commercialization
of
their
first
project
and
Garretts,
read
Germany
the
largest
geothermal,
specific
Grant
allocation
ever
provided
globally.
A
recognition
ceremony
of
this
Monumental
achievement
will
occur
in
Garrett's,
read
on
August.
O
The
24th
attendees
will
include
the
likes
of
Chancellor
Olive,
Schultz
and
other
senior
dignitaries
from
the
German
government
and
the
European
Union
I
would
urge
all
members
of
the
assembly
to
save
the
date
in
their
calendar
and
consider
attending
unequivocally
synergies
and
opportunities
for
partnership
exist
between
Alberta's
oil
and
gas
geothermal
sectors.
Our
province
has
all
of
the
prerequisite
requirements
for
my
labor
and
capital
perspective
to
become
the
global
epicenter
for
geothermal
technology
exports,
mirin
China.
What
China
has
achieved
with
solar
infrastructure?
P
We
have
achieved
so
much
as
a
government,
and
it
has
been
a
sacred
trust
to
represent
the
constituency
of
La
confinoka
I
have
learned
so
much
about
the
perspectives
and
contributions
of
other
people
about
how
hard
it
is
to
change
things
for
the
better
about
democracy,
its
strengths
and
weaknesses
that
it
is
still
the
best
system
of
human
governance.
The
most
encouraging
hopeful
thing
that
I
have
seen
is
the
voluntary
spontaneous
generous,
hard
work
of
so
many
albertans
in
every
Community.
P
There
are
ordinary,
heroic
Community
people
who
see
a
need
or
an
opportunity
who
rally
others
together
or
they
create
by
the
sheer
energy
of
their
passion,
Innovative
and
beautiful
solutions
that
enrich
us
all.
This
is
so
hopeful,
so
inspiring
so
reassuring
for
the
future.
The
last
few
years
have
been
difficult
for
everyone.
The
crash
of
energy
prices
to
zero
on
Broad
economic
pain,
covid-19
challenges,
not
since
seen
since
the
1919
Spanish
flu
and
now
the
Fearsome
threats
of
inflation.
But
worse
than
all
of
these
is
the
increasing
polarization
of
society.
P
Social
media,
algorithms,
reconfirm
prejudices
and
biases
people
are
grouping
into
Echo
Chambers,
where
they
no
longer
listen
to
others
or
respect
one
another
albertans
we
can
and
we
must
do
better.
It
is
time
to
consider
others
with
humility.
It
is
time
to
put
away
our
Grievances
and
animosities
albertans.
We
have
the
greatest
wealth
in
the
world.
P
Q
R
Mr
Speaker
Sheila
etchier
is
an
author,
a
global
woman
of
vision
and
a
registered
nurse.
Her
spouse
Brian
was
diagnosed
with
stage
four
lung
cancer
on
January
26th,
the
doctors
told
Brian.
He
should
see
an
oncologist
before
the
end
of
February.
This
didn't
happen
now
the
cancer
has
spread
and
Brian
is
under
palliative
care.
He
still
has
not
seen
that
oncologist
now.
The
premier
has
said
that
the
crisis
in
health
care
is
over,
but
it's
not
for
Brian
and
for
Sheila.
So
my
question
simply
is
is
what
does
she
have
to
say
to
them
today?.
S
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
thank
you
to
The
Honorable
member
for
raising
this
issue,
and
my
heart
goes
out
to
Sheila
and
to
to
your
family.
This
is
a
challenging
time
for
our
Health
Care
system
and,
in
fact,
all
Health
Care
Systems
across
the
across
the
country.
We
know
that
we
need
more
staff.
We
know
that
we
need
more
people
to
provide
the
the
services
to
to
albertans
and
we
were
working
towards
that
to
expand
capacity
to
hire
more
people,
Mr
Speaker
as
part
of
budget
2023.
S
R
I
quote:
Sheila
Brian
is
in
pain.
All
he
wants
is
to
receive
the
treatment
that
may
save
his
life.
Mr
Speaker,
Sheila
and
Brian
were
told
by
several
staff
at
the
cross
that
the
wait
time
for
new
patients
used
to
be
four
weeks,
but
now
it
is
ten
Sheila
wrote
to
the
UCP
government
looking
for
answers
as
to
why
that
is,
and
she
received
no
reply.
S
Yeah
Mr
Speaker,
as
already
mentioned.
We
know
that
there
is
a
increased
complexity
for
Alberta
patients.
We
need
more
Health,
Care
Professionals
Specialists,
to
be
able
to
provide
the
services,
and-
and
that
is
a
challenge
not
only
here
but
around
the
country,
Mr
Speaker.
We
are
investing
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
we
have
the
staff
to
provide
the
services.
I
was
very
pleased
to
announce
with
my
my
colleague
about
increasing
the
the
number
of
doctors
through
UC
and
U
of
A
programs,
and
also
we
are
bringing
in
more
doctors
from
overseas.
R
Mr
Speaker
we're
hearing
from
albertans
who
are
reporting
wait
times
on
referrals
to
the
cross
of
three
four
and
even
five
months
now,
on
March
1st
of
this
year,
our
opposition
raised
the
issue
of
the
delay
being
experienced
specifically
by
Brian.
The
premier
called
it
fear-mongering,
and
she
refused
to
answer
the
question
three
weeks
later.
B
S
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
Mr
Speaker,
as
it
indicated
challenges
in
regards
to
having
Specialists
and
given
the
increase
in
complexity
of
the
cases
and
the
number
of
cases
Mr
Speaker.
There
are
currently
16
positions
under
16
under
active
recruitment
for
for
oncologists.
Ahs
is
aggressively
pursuing
both
Canadian
International
trained
Physicians
they're
closely.
Reviewing
the
local,
the
local
Workforce
be
able
to
provide
Extra
Care.
You
know
we
are
getting
more
surgeries
done.
S
T
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
at
10
30
this
morning,
I
sent
three
questions
to
the
health
minister
in
hopes
we
can
set
political
spin
aside
and
put
some
factual
answers
on
the
record
for
albertans.
In
a
previous
question
period,
the
minister
confirmed
anesthesiologists
are
being
redeployed
from
AHS
hospitals
to
work
in
private
for
profit,
chartered
surgical
facilities,
so
to
the
minister,
will
any
surgeries
scheduled
to
be
performed
in
the
AHS
hospitals
be
canceled
or
delayed
due
to
anesthesiologists
being
redeployed
to
these
private
clinics?
The.
S
S
Csfs
are
part
of
our
publicly
funded
Healthcare
System,
no
different
than
attending
a
family
physician
or
than
when
previous
government
use
csfs
surgeries
have
been
and
will
continue
to
be
scheduled
so
that
the
most
urgent
and
those
waiting
the
longest
get
done
first,
these
are
done
will
be
done
at
the
most
appropriate
venue,
either
at
hospital
or
CSF.
It's
all
one
publicly
funded
system
and
we're
going
to
make
sure
the
honorable.
T
Mr
Speaker,
it's
not
a
complex
answer
to
say
yes
or
no.
Despite
the
minister
and
premier's
claims
that
there's
one
big
happy
Health
Care
System,
we
actually
have
two
systems
at
work
here:
Public
Health,
Care,
funded
by
taxpayers,
with
the
sole
goal
dedicated
to
keeping
albertans
healthy
and
a
private
system,
also
funded
by
taxpayers,
with
a
competing
goal
of
generating
a
profit
for
corporate
shareholders.
So
my
second
question
is
this:
what
contractual
guarantees
were
provided
to
private
surgical
facilities
for
AHS
to
supply
anesthesiologists
for
operations,
The
Honorable.
S
And
I
want
to
be
clear.
These
contracts,
which
are
posted
publicly
online
on
the
AHS
website,
is
for
the
csfs
to
provide
procedures
for
Alberta
Health
Services.
It
is.
This
is
done
to
increase
capacity
in
our
system.
It
works
no
differently
than
a
hospital.
Css
provides
space
equipment
and
Care
team
AHS
then
assigns
the
surgeons
and
the
anesthesiologist.
U
S
T
Foreign
Public
Health
Care
provides
care
to
all
albertans,
regardless
of
how
much
money
they
have
in
their
bank
account.
Regardless
of
how
many
other
health
complexities
they
may
have.
For-Profit
clinics
prefer
to
take
on
the
simplest
procedures
for
patients
with
the
least
amount
of
complicating
factors
that
allows
them
to
build
taxpayers
for
the
largest
volume,
leaving
hospitals,
with
only
the
most
complex
and
challenging
surgeries
so
to
the
minister,
our
private
clinics
being
given
the
Least
Complicated
patients
and
procedures,
either
by
their
own
self-selection
or
buys
deliberate
assignment
by
AHS.
S
S
Of
Health
I
want
to
be
succinct.
The
short
answer
is
no
AHS
does
scheduling
AHS,
and
this
is
no
different
than
our
current
public
hospitals.
Mr
Speaker,
where
the
the
patient
is
assigned
based
on
the
list
that
AHS
have
and
the
the
priorities
Associated
by
the
surgeons
and
the
anesthesiologists,
then
they
are
assigned
to
what
location
based
on
that,
based
on
the
complexity
associated
with
cases
Mr
Speaker.
We
know
that
our
system
is
broken.
It
was
broken
under
the
previous
government.
S
R
Foreign
ER
gave
herself
permission
to
spend
nine
million
dollars
of
taxpayers
money
on
pre-election
campaign
ads,
including
3
million
on
the
budget
alone.
Now,
yesterday
the
premier
went
to
war
with
her
past
self
and
her
past
self
lost.
Later.
In
the
day
we
received
a
foip
showing
the
former
UCP
Premier
Premier
Kenny
spent
only
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
on
budget
advertising.
Why
is
the
current
UCP
Premier
spending
five
times
that
amount
to
advertise
just
ahead
of
this
election?
Is
someone
over
there
a
little
nervous?
Yes,.
B
V
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
over
the
course
of
this
past
year,
we're
projecting
to
spend
20
million
dollars
in
our
advertising
budget
this
year,
Mr
Speaker.
There
are
many
components
to
that.
Certainly
the
affordability
measures
which
warrant
communication
with
albertans
to
ensure
that
every
albertan
and
every
Alberta
family
can
participate
in
these
significant
affordability
measures
is
warranted.
On
top
of
that,
Mr
Speaker
we
even
Alberta
is
calling
campaign
that
is
yielding
great
results.
Mr
Speaker
once
again
in
the
last
quarters,
Alberta's
leading
the
nation
in
net
in
migration.
R
Well,
let's
talk
about
those
affordability,
payments,
Mr
Speaker,
because
the
one
fact
the
premier
is
not
advertising
is
the
fact
that
those
payments
all
end
right
after
the
election.
She
left
that
part
out
now
the
premier
once
said
that
this
kind
of
behavior
was
and
I
quote
offside
with
what
people
would
consider
to
be
legitimate
spending.
End
quote
once
again:
if
the
premier
is
willing
to
sell
out
her
beliefs
in
just
five
months,
what
will
she
sell
out
if
she
gets
four
more
years,
The.
W
You
Mr
Speaker
and
I'm
pleased
to
report
that
1.2
million
albertans
are
now
enrolled
in
receiving
the
affordability
payments
that
the
seniors
families
and
albertans
on
core
support
programs
really
need.
The
members
opposite
are
clearly
not
paying
attention.
Here's
a
list
of
the
programs
not
ending
in
June
our
fuel
tax
relief,
that
is
a
permanent
program,
natural
gas
price
protection,
our
indexing
of
age
income
support
the
Alberta
seniors
benefit.
W
R
Foreign
Mr
Speaker
back
in
2012,
the
premier
and
her
Wild
Rose
caucus
were
apoplectic
when
the
then
PC
Premier
announced
400
000
for
advertising
back,
then
the
premier's
executive
director
accused
the
Tories
of
using
taxpayers
money
as
their
own
quote.
Campaign
piggy
bank
well
Mr
Speaker.
That
premier's
piggy
bank
is
a
heck
of
a
lot
fatter,
she's
spending
20
times
that
amount
so
to
the
premier.
Isn't
it
20
times
more
wrong
now
than
it
was
then
or
do
your
beliefs
change?
When
it's
your
hand
in
the
piggy
bank.
V
Expecting
to
spend
20
million
dollars
this
year
on
substantive
advertising
on
an
Alberta
is
calling
Campaign,
which
is
working
and
to
ensure
that
albertans
know
about
all
the
affordability
measures.
But
my
question
to
the
mem
leader
of
the
opposition
is
this:
back:
in
2018-19
they
spent
25
million
dollars
in
advertising
ahead
of
the
election.
What
did
albertans
get
for
that
order?.
N
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
room
municipalities
are
owed
over
268
million
dollars
in
back
taxes
by
oil
companies.
Recently,
the
minister
of
energy
ran
away
from
reporters
when
they
tried
to
ask
the
questions
about
the
details
of
his
plan
to
block
oil
companies
from
requiring
or
transferring
licenses
on
Wells
if
their
unpaid
taxes
exceeded
a
threshold
amount.
X
Yeah
Mr
Speaker,
we
understand
municipalities
and
landowners
are
frustrated
by
overdue
and
unpaid
property
taxes
owed
by
oil
and
gas
companies,
and
we
take
these
matters
seriously,
which
is
why,
on
Monday
I,
signed
an
order
to
allow
the
AER
authority
to
prevent
the
transfer
of
or
issuance
of
a
well-licensed.
If
a
company
has
outstanding
taxes
in
these
cases,
the
AER
must
be
satisfied
that
the
payment
of
Municipal
Taxes
have
either
been
paid
or
a
condition
are
a
condition
of
sale.
N
Well,
Mr
speaker
clearly,
today
at
RMA
we
heard
from
Municipal
leaders
who
said
they
haven't
been
consulted.
In
fact,
the
solution
doesn't
fix
the
problem.
These
companies
are
allowed
to
drill
on
landowners
properties,
extract
production
and
take
away
enormous
profits
during
boom
times
they
use
Municipal
roads,
water
drainage
infrastructure
and
then
left
without
paying
their
share.
For
years.
The
UCP
ignored
this
problem
without
taking
action,
and
now
on
the
eve
of
the
election,
they've
come
up
with
a
promise
to
make
a
plan.
N
X
All
this
morning,
at
RMA,
we
received
overwhelming
support
for
the
initiative
that
this
government
has
taken.
It
should
be
noted
that
earlier
this
month,
a
little
further
encouragement
was
made
by
the
minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
and
I,
having
sent
out
letters
to
every
functioning
company
in
Alberta,
who
isn't
compliant
in
paying
their
Municipal
Taxes,
to
request
their
cooperation,
the
minister
of
Municipal,
Municipal,
Affairs
and
I
forward
to
look
forward
to
settling
these
bad
debts
in
an
effort
to
strengthen
the
balance
sheets
of
our
rural
municipalities.
Thank
you.
N
Well,
thank
you
Mr,
Speaker
and
again
at
RMA
this
morning.
We
clearly
heard
consultations
not
happen,
so
I
encourage
all
Municipal
leaders
to
join
our
consultation
tomorrow
night
on
at
Alberta
futures.ca.
So
it's
easy
to
see
why
albertans
are
fed
up
with
this
UCP
government,
their
stock,
paying
higher
taxes
that
the
profitable
companies
can
take
their
own
tax
bills.
Now
we're
watching
this
Minister
and
his
Premier
launch
a
scheme
to
hand
over
20
billion
dollars
of
Alberta's
tax
money
to
companies,
who've
polluted
the
landscape
and
refused
to
clean
up
the
mess.
X
This
just
boils
down
to
the
anti-oil
and
gas
sentiment
of
the
opposition.
I
want
to
be
clear
that
the
vast
majority
of
companies
in
Alberta
are
good
operators
and
they
do
not
fit
this
order.
Mr
Speaker
our
government
strengthened
the
liability
management
framework.
We
empowered
the
aer's
ability
to
intervene
and
we're
working
to
ensure
municipalities
have
every
opportunity
to
collect
owed
taxes
through
this
order.
The
legislation
implemented
to
allow
for
liens
against
assets
and
the
letters
to
delinquent
companies,
so
Mr
Speaker
municipalities
and
landowners
across
this
province
can
expect
honorable.
Y
Well,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
I,
frequently
hear
from
constituents
who
are
thankful
for
the
affordability
support
they've
been
receiving
thankful
for
real
action
from
this
government.
Parents
tell
me
that,
thanks
to
affordability,
payments
they've
been
able
to
provide
their
children
more
nutritious
meals
and
keep
them
in
the
activities
they
love
I,
hear
from
households,
Farms
businesses
that
are
thankful
for
extra
help
on
their
electricity
bills,
and
many
of
my
constituents
appreciate
the
price
relief
they
are
receiving
at
the
pumps,
including
Mr
Sadler.
Who's
joined
us
from
Grand
Prairie
in
the
gallery.
W
Thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
The
affordability
action
plan
has
provided
effective,
And
Timely
relief
to
albertans.
During
this
period
of
increased
inflationary
pressures,
the
average
household
is
receiving
an
estimated
900
in
broad-based
relief
alone,
and
this
includes
our
up
to
500
in
electricity
rebates
to
1.9
million
homes,
farms
and
small
businesses.
Since
July
I'm
also
pleased
to
report
that
1.2
million
low
and
middle
income
families
seniors
and
vulnerable
albertans
have
now
enrolled
in
a
receiving
monthly
affordability.
Payments
albertans
have
expected
timely,
effective
action
on
cost
of
living
concerns
and
we've
delivered.
Y
W
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
to
the
member
for
the
question
I'm
pleased
to
share
that,
in
addition
to
providing
costs
of
living
relief
to
albertans,
our
affordability
action
plan
is
directly
combating
inflation.
Newly
released
Consumer
Price
Index
data
indicates
that
Alberta's
inflation
rate
is
nearly
two
points
lower
than
the
rest
of
Canada.
W
For
the
second
month
in
a
row
for
February
2023
Alberta
sits
at
3.6
percent
compared
to
5.2
percent
nationally,
and
this
difference
is
directly
linked
to
our
affordability
measures,
including
our
electricity
rebates
and
fuel
tax
relief
measures
which
are
saving
albertans
hundreds
of
dollars
and
lowering
inflation.
Alberta
continues
to
lead
the
way
I'm
proud
to
be
part
of
a
government
with
the.
Y
For
Grand
Prairie,
thank
you,
Mr,
Speaker
and
again
through
you
to
the
minister,
given
that
we
inherited
a
fiscal
train
wreck
from
the
members
opposite
that
required
tough
decisions
throughout
this
term
to
get
the
Province
back
on
track
and
given
that
we
can't
address
the
needs
of
today,
if
we
have
to
mortgage
our
future
by
borrowing
from
future
Generations,
Mr,
Speaker
and
further.
Given
that
we
want
to
position
the
province
well
to
respond
to
potential
future
crises
to
the
Minister
of
Finance,
can
you
tell
this
responsible
fiscal
management,
fights
inflation
and
secures
our
future
The.
V
Of
the
treasury
board
well,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
to
the
member
for
the
very
appropriate
question.
Mr
Speaker,
responsible
fiscal
management
matters
I've
been
on
the
record
and
I
truly
believe
this.
To
be
true,
the
best
thing
governments
can
do
during
times
of
inflation
is
spend
less
borrow
less
and
tax
less
and
Mr
Speaker.
U
Albertans
know
that
if
you
make
a
mess
you
clean
it
up,
that
is,
unless
you're
the
premier's
friend,
then
it's
what's
clear.
Is
you
get
paid
off
with
albertans
money
to
clean
it
up?
That's
a
premise
of
the
premier's
r-star
program
that
offers
up
to
20
billion
dollars
in
royalty
credits
for
a
small
number
of
bad
companies
to
clean
up
their
own
messes.
This
is
a
giant
waste
of
albertans
money,
especially
at
a
time
when
our
Health
Care
system
is
in
crisis
and
albertans
are
struggling
to
make
ends
meet
Mr
Speaker.
X
You
know
Mr
Speaker,
the
NDP
are
desperate,
it's
obvious.
They
can't
find
their
footing
and
their
followers
are
getting
frustrated
with
their
dumpster
fire
campaign
and
with
the
lack
of
traction
they're
just
trying
to
manufacture
a
crisis.
There
is
no
program,
Mr
Speaker
and
there's
nothing
in
the
budget,
but
that
doesn't
matter
to
the
NDP.
If
they
keep
repeating
it,
then
it
must
be
true,
so
the
people
of
this
province
they
can
see
through
this
trash,
and
it's
exactly
why
they
cannot
be
trusted.
X
U
Speaker,
hidden
agendas
are
hidden.
That's
what
we're
trying
to
speak
to
today,
given
that
the
president
of
the
rural
rural
municipalities
of
Alberta
Association,
said
the
premier's
20
billion
dollar
giveaway
is
how
a
fox
would
design
a
hen
house
and,
given
that
Scotiabank
has
said,
the
premier's
plan
to
create
could
create
negative
public
sentiment
towards
the
oil
and
gas
industry,
and
it
goes
against
the
court
capital's
principle
that
private
companies
should
take
full
responsibility
for
the
liabilities
they
willingly
accept.
X
Energy
yeah
Mr
Speaker.
It
should
be
understood
by
everyone
that
the
NDP
want
to
see
an
end
to
fossil
fuel
production,
and
we
know
our
producers
are
good.
Stewards
of
the
environment,
methane
reductions,
44
oil
sands
emissions
reductions
over
35
percent,
the
pathways
Alliance
has
a
goal
to
be
net
neutral
by
2050,
and
all
of
these
come
with
billions
of
dollars
of
capital,
investment,
Mr
Speaker,
and
all
of
these
are
done
above
and
beyond.
Mandatory
closure
limits,
Mr
Speaker,
the
ndp's
ideology
only
paves
away
to
Poverty
here.
U
Buffalo,
given
that
the
government
has
not
yet
held
public
consultations
on
this
20
billion
dollar
giveaway,
all
they've
done
is
hold
a
few
closed-door
meetings
with
a
select
group
of
people
and
friends,
and
given
that
the
premier
lobbied
for
this
giveaway
before
coming
Premier
and
hired
another
lobbyist
into
her
office
to
orchestrate
this
giveaway,
and
given
that
the
minister
has
said,
there
won't
be
any
more
details
about
this
handout
until
after
the
election.
Why
is
this
government
hiding
this
20
billion
dollar
giveaway
from
albertans?
Are
they
too
scared
to
run
on
it
run
on
it?.
X
One
regarding
Board
of
the
NDP
on
this
board
sits
Gil
McGowan
of
the
Alberta
Federation
of
Labor,
who
was
supposed
to
be
a
champion
of
Alberta
workers,
but
Mr
Speaker.
That's
not
the
case.
He
opposed
Trans
Mountain.
He
opposed
energy
East
opposed
Keystone
opposed
Northern
Gateway
opposed
the
Alberta
Clipper
and
that's
not
all.
In
2016
the
NDP
appointed
him
co-chair
of
the
committee
to
diversify
the
oil
and
gas
sector,
and
by
diversify
we
mean
eliminate
one
more
reason:
the
NDP
cannot
be
trusted.
X
Z
Mr
Speaker
Alberta's,
First
Responders
are
heroes,
and
this
is
something
we
can
all
agree
on.
We
remember
the
support
that
albertans
had
for
the
heroes
of
the
2016
Wood
Buffalo
Wildfire,
who
put
themselves
at
Great
risk
to
protect
communities
and
people.
The
very
last
thing
these
Heroes
need
is
to
worry
about
whether
they
will
have
access
to
WCB
coverage.
Z
They
deserve
the
peace
of
mind
to
know
that
if
they
fall
ill
due
to
work
that
they
will
not
have
to
fight
or
wait
for
coverage,
I
have
an
amendment
to
introduce
this
afternoon
that
will
provide
this
peace
of
mind.
I've
shared
it
with
the
minister
more
than
a
week
ago.
Will
he
rethink
his
opposition
and
support
it.
AA
Z
Given
that
the
WCB
is
a
partnership
between
workers
and
employers,
and
given
that
this
debate
should
be
about
the
firefighters
and
their
families,
who
are
worried
that
Bill
Nye
May
exclude
them,
given
the
stress
and
the
sacrifice
these
firefighters
put
into
saving
communities
from
the
Beast,
they
deserve
better
than
a
bill
that
may
leave
some
behind.
Given
the
government
doesn't
need
to
do
any
work,
they
just
need
to
listen
to
Firefighters
and
support
an
amendment
that's
already
been
drafted.
AA
Mr
Speaker
WCB
has
a
fairness
review
and
they
make
sure
that
these
cases
as
they
come
forward
are
treated
fairly
and
that's
exactly
what
we're
going
to
make
sure
it
happens.
Mr
Speaker
we've
already
sent
a
clear
indication
to
WCB
what
needs
to
be
done
in
this
particular
case
and
there's
more
good
news
coming
I
just
wish
the
member
would
be
a
little
bit
patient
I
mean
after
all,
Mr
Speaker.
AA
She
she
was
the
minister
in
charge
of
this
file
when
that
member,
the
particular
person
that
was
in
that
fire
that
died
from
cancer,
and
she
was
the
minister
that
could
have
made
the
change
she
didn't
make
the
change
Mr
Speaker,
because
she
knew
it
was
the
wrong
thing
to
do
at
the
time.
We're
doing
the
right
thing
we'll
continue
to
support
firefighters.
Z
Government
for
four
years
and
have
done
nothing
and
given
we
have
a
bill
in
front
of
the
house
today
that
we
can
amend
to
make
better
and
given
this
should
not
be
about
politics,
it
should
be
about
what's
best
for
a
heroic
Frontline
responders,
who
deserve
better
than
a
fairness
review
given
Ontario
has
shown.
Retroactive
coverage
is
absolutely
possible.
Can
the
minister
explain
why
he
is
fine
with
denying
coverage
to
a
single
one
of
the
firefighters
who
were
there
in
2016
fighting
that
Wildfire?
Let
me
assure
him
an
Alberta
NDP
government
will
correct
this
failure.
AA
Mr
Speaker
the
member
has
said
that
she
doesn't
want
to
play
politics
well,
she's
playing
politics.
She
had
the
chance,
she
had
the
ability
to
sign
on
the
dotted
line
and
she
didn't.
You
know
why
Mr
Speaker,
because
it
was
the
wrong
thing
to
do.
We
are
doing
the
right
thing.
There
is
more
good
news.
Coming
Mr
Speaker,
the
firefighters
in
Alberta
are
going
to
be
extremely
happy.
AB
Speaker
anaphylactic
reactions
are
allergic
reactions
that
can
cause
severe
effects
up
to
and
including
loss
of
life.
Severe
allergies
are
often
to
food
environments,
sometimes
to
bees
and
wasps.
Thousands
of
albertans,
including
myself,
live
with
severe
allergies
and
reactions
can
occur.
Unexpectedly.
Can
the
minister
of
Health
please
share
with
this
assembly
the
importance
of
the
protection
of
students
with
life-threatening
allergies
act
that
was
passed
earlier
in
this
legislature?
The.
S
You
Mr
Speaker
and
thank
you
to
The
Honorable
member
for
the
question.
Mr
Speaker
in
2019,
the
government
of
Alberta
passed
the
protection
of
students
with
life-threatening
allergies
act.
The
ACT
requires
schools
to
maintain
epinephrine
auto-injector
within
the
school
for
use
if
a
student
becomes
anaphylactic
this,
along
with
the
Canadian
anaphylaxis
Readiness
education
training
program,
provides
teachers
and
administrators
in
all
public,
separate
Charter,
private
and
francophone
schools
in
Alberta,
with
quick
information
and
access
to
epipens
when
needed.
AB
Mr
Speaker,
given
that
thousands
of
albertans
live
with
severe
life-threatening
allergies,
with
effects
ranging
from
skin
irritations,
hives,
severe
stomach
pain
and
upset,
choking
and
loss
of
life,
and
given
that
often
people
do
not
know
they
have
a
life-threatening
allergy
and
as
this
can
develop
at
any
time,
can
the
minister
please
provide
the
assembly
with
an
overview
of
the
measures
this
government
has
taken
to
help
protect
the
lives
and
health
of
albertans,
giving
living
living
with
severe
allergies
and
other
related
conditions?
Minister
of
Health,
thanks.
S
Again,
Mr
Speaker
to
The
Honorable
member
for
the
question.
As
I
noted
earlier,
we
did
pass
the
protection
of
students
with
life-threatening
allergies
act
which
requires
students
or
sorry
schools
to
maintain
an
EpiPen
within
the
school
for
use
of
a
student
becomes
anaphylactic.
We
also
provide
education
about
the
causes,
signs
and
symptoms
of
anaphylaxis
and
what
steps
people
can
take
if
someone
is
experiencing
issues,
including
calling
emergency
services
for
help
when
needed,.
AB
Mr
Mr
Speaker,
given
that
schools
are
not
the
only
public
spaces
where
someone
may
have
their
first
anaphylactic
reaction
and
that
someone
having
an
anaphylactic
reaction
may
not
have
epinephrine
with
them.
Given
that
BC
New,
Brunswick
and
35
of
the
50
American
states
are
beginning
beginning
to
allow
for
epinephrine
to
be
stored
in
public
spaces.
Can
the
minister
please
look
into
whether
or
not
it
would
be
beneficial
for
Alberta
to
follow
their
lead
and
allow
entities
the
freedom
to
store
epinephrine
in
public
spaces,
The.
S
You
Mr
Speaker
and
thanks
again
to
The
Honorable
member
for
her
advocacy
on
this
issue.
Certainly
Mr
Speaker.
Our
government
can
explore
what
other
jurisdictions
have
implemented
through
legislation
and
see
what
lessons
we
can
be
learned
to
improve
our
response.
We
know
that
epinephrine
is
a
powerful
drug
and,
if
administered
incorrectly
or
for
an
inappropriate
purpose,
may
result
in
in
harm
or
even
death.
K
Called
Thank
you
Mr
Speaker,
the
community
of
redstone
Calgary
Needs
school.
It
is
a
vibrant
and
growing
Community
with
young
families
who
deserve
access
to
top
quality
education
in
their
neighborhood.
But
this
government
has
completely
ignored
this
need
Mr
Speaker.
It
is
disgraceful.
Luckily
come
mayor
at
Stoneville
carrot,
School
moving.
If
Alberta's
NDP
is
elected
as
Government
so
to
the
minister
of
infrastructure,
why
have
you
ignored
the
needs
of
Children
and
Families
living
in
Northeast,
Calgary,
yeah
The.
AC
The
minister
of
speaker
again,
the
member
opposite,
needs
to
do
his
homework.
In
fact,
Mr
Speaker.
We
have
provided
more
schools
in
Calgary
than
the
NDP
did
during
the
four
years
under
the
NDP.
They
only
Built
11
projects
or
announced
11
projects,
Mr
Speaker.
We
are
over
18
projects,
Mr
Speaker
and
five
for
the
CBE
alone
or
sorry,
six
for
the
CBE
alone.
This
year,
Mr
Speaker
I'm,
a
member.
K
Thank
you,
given
that
I
have
done
my
homework
and
it
takes
about
three
years
to
build
a
school,
which
means
the
community
of
redstone
is
going
to
have
to
be
without
school
for
some
time
and
given
that
government
knew
about
the
need
for
school
in
Northeast
Calgary,
but
chose
to
ignore
it,
and
given
that
Alberta
NDP
are
proud
to
support
education
in
this
province
and
Bell
School
in
growing
communities,
minister
of
infrastructure
explained
why
they
only
approved
one
new
school
in
Alberta's
largest
city
this
year
and
nothing
for
the
growing
community
of
redstone.
The.
AC
Homework
that
he
would
get
an
f
on
it,
because
Mr
Speaker
Mr
Speaker
Calgary
was
approved
for
a
new
Elementary
School
in
Redstone,
also
for
a
new
K-9
School
in
Nolan
Hill,
a
new
Catholic
School
in
Chestermere,
a
new
High
School
in
rangeville,
a
new
bishop,
McNally
High
School
Mr
Speaker,
we're
continually
to
fund
more
and
more
schools
than
the
NDP
ever
did
106
over
four
years.
The
NDP
47
Mr
Speaker.
K
Given
that
the
students
and
families
who
live
in
Northeast
Calgary
clearly
do
not
matter
to
this
government,
and
given
that
the
UCP
School
Capital
plan
ignores
the
need
of
Northeast
Calgary
and
given
that
the
UCP
have
turned
their
back
on
student
staff
and
families
all
across
this
province,
By
ignoring
the
capital
needs
of
school
board.
Will
the
minister
of
infrastructure
explain
to
calgarians
and
all
albertan
wise,
okay,
okay
with
stuffing
student
in
ever
more
crowded
classrooms,
instead
of
building
the
new
school
that
we
need.
AC
Aim
on
them,
shame
on
them
for
politicizing
our
children.
Shame
on
them,
because
Mr
Speaker
we've
added
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
to
operating
budgets
in
Calgary
alone,
Mr
Speaker.
We
are
adding
an
additional
11
school
projects
in
Calgary,
Mr
Speaker
in
this
year
alone,
Mr
Speaker,
shame
on
them.
H
AD
Francophone
Mr
Speaker
I
am
a
proud
speaker
of
French
I'm,
a
minister
in
this
cabinet
and
I
work
very
closely
with
the
premier
and
with
this
entire
cabinet,
to
represent
the
government
to
the
francophone
Community
across
this
province.
Mr
Speaker.
We
care
deeply
about
Franco
albertans
and
we
care
about
their
future
and
we
value
their
contributions
to
this
province,
and
we
will
continue
to
operate
in
that
fashion.
Mr
Speaker.
B
H
AD
Minister
of
technology
and
Innovation
Mr
Speaker
as
the
member
well
knows,
there
is
a
current
court
case
ongoing
and
we
will
not
comment
on
an
ongoing
court
case.
That
is
completely
unacceptable,
but
what
I
can
tell
you
is
that
our
government
cares
deeply
about
campus
Saint
John
and
the
role
that
they
play
in
our
post-secondary
institution.
Mr
Speaker
I
had
the
pleasure
of
being
there
just
last
week
to
speak
with
them
and
to
to
explore
the
topic
of
scientific
research
in
Alberta,
but
doing
so
in
the
first
language
of
French
Mr
Speaker.
AD
H
AC
Minister
of
Education
Mr
Speaker
again,
the
members
opposite
seem
to
ignore
the
record
under
the
NDP
Mr
Speaker.
They
only
Built
four
schools
for
the
francophone
Community
Mr
Speaker
we've
already
allocated
10
Mr
Speaker,
while
the
members
opposite
don't
want
to
hear
this
they
actually
took
apart.
They
got
rid
of
the
francophone
directorate
that
was
under
my
purview
under
my
department,
Mr
Speaker.
We
recreated
that
under
the
French
language
service
Branch,
we
added
the
francophone
equivalency
Grant,
the
French
language
service,
Branch,
Mr
Speaker.
We
keep
going
and
working
with
friends.
J
Hillary
Glenmore
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,
as
families
flock
to
Alberta
to
gain
a
better
financial
future.
Even
more
children
will
be
looking
to
attend
one
of
the
many
schools
and
options
that
our
Province
offers.
So
I've
got
a
brief
question
for
the
minister
of
Education.
What
is
our
government
doing
to
ensure
that
every
family
has
a
place
to
send
their
child
to
school,
while
also
ensuring
that
school
authorities
are
properly
equipped
to
receive
the
increase
in
students?
The.
AC
You
for
the
question
Mr
Speaker
budget
2023
adds
almost
2
billion
dollar
increase
over
three
years
to
educate
education
operating
with
820
million,
specifically
going
to
support
enrollment
growth.
The
this
funding
will
support
School
authorities
to
hire
more
additional
staff,
including
teachers
and
classroom
supports,
and
on
top
of
this
significant
investment.
The
supplemental
enrollment
Grant
will
also
continue
next
year,
which
provides
additional
funding
for
school
authorities
facing
enrollment
growth
above
a
certain
threshold.
J
Calgary
Glenmore
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
thanks
to
the
minister
for
the
answer,
given
that
many
new
students
are
coming
to
our
Province
and
will
find
a
seat
in
an
Alberta
classroom,
we
know
that
classrooms
may
become
increasingly
complex.
Also,
given
that
many
students
in
Alberta
have
diverse
cognitive,
social
and
emotional
needs,
some
may
have
learning
disabilities
or
behavioral
challenges,
and
others
may
need
extra
support,
learning
English
as
an
additional
language
to
the
same
Minister.
What
is
the
government
doing
to
ensure
all
students
are
set
up
for
success?.
AC
Speaker
I'm
happy
to
let
you
know
that
we
are
providing
126
million
dollars
over
three
years
to
address
class
size
complexity,
enable
School
Authority
and
enable
School
authorities
to
hire
more
educational
assistance
or
increase
their
hours,
provide
more
training,
opportunities
for
staff
and
or
hire
Specialists
such
as
counselors,
psychologists
and
interpreters,
students
with
learning
disabilities
or
behavioral
challenges,
or
those
who
need
extra
support
in
English,
as
an
additional
language
will
benefit
from
this
funding.
Mr
Speaker.
This
is
part
of
15,
where
pardon
me,
1.5
billion
dollars
in
budget
2023.
J
Member
thank
you
Mr
Speaker,
given
that
Alberta
is
a
province
that
offers
choice
in
education
and
supports
parent
choice,
and
given
that
choice
includes
publicly
funded
Catholic,
Education,
alternative
programs,
Charter
and
Independent
Schools
can
the
same
Minister.
Please
tell
this
house
how
it
choice
in
education
has
been
supported
under
budget
2023,
and
how
does
this
contrast
with
how
it
was
treated
under
the
previous
government?
The
minister
Mr.
AC
Speaker
I've
heard
many
of
the
members
opposite
repeatedly
share
inaccuracies
about
education,
funding
in
budget
2023.
Our
government
is
making
historic
investments
in
education.
Make
no
mistake:
Mr
Speaker,
the
members
opposite,
want
to
eliminate
choice.
They
do
not
support
public
charter
schools,
Independent,
Schools
or
home
education.
Mr
Speaker
I
was
president
of
the
acsda
under
the
ntp
government
and
let
me
assure
this
house
the
greatest
threat
to
publicly
funded
authentically
Catholic
Education
under
the
NDP
was
the
NDP
on
this
side
of
the
house.
We
stand
for
families
and
students
and
for
choice
in
education
order.
AE
AE
The
UCB
government
has
a
very
sad
record
when
it
comes
to
standing
up
for
Alberta
seniors.
One
of
their
first
moves
was
cutting
the
seniors,
benefit,
imposing
new
fees
on
home
care
and
throwing
sixty
thousand
albertans
off
the
seniors
drug
plan.
And,
let's
not
forget
the
plans,
the
premier
has
to
get
her
hands
on
their
pensions.
Now
the
UCP
is
hiking
accommodation
rates
for
seniors
living
and
continuing
care.
AF
Thank
you,
Mr,
Speaker
and
I'm,
so
proud
of
our
government.
Mr
Speaker.
Just
today
we're
taking
action
to
support
more
households
with
affordability,
housing
and
for
stronger
foundations
and
working
with
seniors
Mr
Speaker.
Our
our
front,
our
affordable,
Housing
Partnership
program
is
providing
nearly
66
million
dollars
to
support
11
projects
across
the
province.
The
funding
will
support
hundreds
of
families,
individuals,
children,
volunteers,
veterans
and
seniors
those
recovering
from
addictions.
It's
a
great
program,
Mr
Speaker.
AE
Yeah,
given
that
raising
these
fees
is
just
the
latest
in
punishing
policies
imposed
by
the
UCP
onto
seniors,
who
worked
to
build
Alberta
and
given
that
seniors
are
already
concerned
because
of
the
decision
of
the
UCP
to
eliminate
the
seniors
Advocate,
whose
role
it
was
to
fight
for
seniors,
and
given
that,
once
upon
a
time
the
premier
herself
supported
having
a
senior's
Advocate
that
she
insisted
had
to
be
independent.
Why
did
the
premier
abandon
her
support
for
an
independent,
seniors,
Advocate,
good
question
relations.
S
Speaker
thanks
to
the
honorable
member
for
the
question
as
The
Honorable
member
knows,
and
we've
spoken
many
times
in
this
house.
You
know
we
we
focused
on
given
much
of
the
work
that
the
seniors
Advocate
was
doing
was
health
related.
We
combined
that
office
with
the
health
Advocate
and
the
Alberta
mental
health
advocacy.
D
AG
S
AE
Given
that
this
UCP
government
has
deferred
this
hike
of
the
accommodation
charges
to
right
after
the
election
and
given
this
is
just
another
example
of
the
UCP
springing,
a
pile
of
new
costs
and
fees
onto
albertans
right
after
the
polls
are
closed.
Why
won't
the
minister
tell
seniors
the
whole
story
about
how
expensive
a
UCP
government
is
and
will
be
for
them
before
they
cast
their
vote
register.
S
B
S
AI
Decor
is
home
to
all
three
high
schools
in
all
of
North
Edmonton
Queen
Elizabeth
High
School
opened
in
1958
Archbishop
O'leary
opened
up
in
1960
and
Emmy
lazert
opened
up
in
1969..
All
of
them
are
full
Queen,
Elizabeth
and
O'leary
are
in
fact
over
capacity,
not
to
surprise
that
no
one,
the
UCP
failed
to
invest
even
a
single
Dollar
in
upgrading
or
replacing
these
schools.
Can
the
infrastructure
Minister
explain
if
he
has
an
issue
with
North
Edmonton
and
if
not,
why
is
he
ignoring
the
needs
of
the
students?
Good
question?
The
Honorable.
AC
Minister
education,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,
again,
I
have
to
correct
the
members
opposite.
The
Public
School
Division
this
year
alone
received
their
top
five
asks
for
schools.
We
worked
really
hard
with
Edmonton
Public
School
Division,
because
in
the
previous
years
they
weren't
actually
prioritizing
schools
that
needed
to
be
built
in
high
growth
areas.
Mr
Speaker
and
the
other
ones
that
they
had
prioritized
were
actually
good
schools.
That
did
not
health
and
safety
issues
that
were
not
in
high
priority
areas.
AI
Not
what
I
heard
from
those
boards,
given
that
the
board
chair
of
Edmonton
Public
says
it
will
be
out
of
high
school
Space
by
2027.
But
given
that
the
attitude
of
this
minister
is
the
students
of
North
Edmonton
should
just
get
used
to
their
overcrowded
classrooms.
Since
this
government
is
in
no
rush
to
build
schools
that
they
need
and
given
that,
while
the
minister
talks
about
process
of
building
schools,
he's
cheerleading
the
premier's
plan
to
hand
over
20
billion
dollars
to
bad
companies
that
refuse
to
clean
up
their
own
messes.
AC
B
AI
That
we
will
be
out
of
high
school
space
in
2027
and
given
that,
rather
than
solving
that,
the
minister
and
government
play
the
blame
game
to
cover
their
failure
to
properly
support
students
in
my
constituency
and
all
of
North
Edmonton,
and
given
that
the
premier
has
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
to
sole
source
contracts
for
campaign
manager
and
nearly
10
million
dollars
to
spend
to
promote
her
government
right
before
an
election.
Can
the
infrastructure
Minister
explain
why
there's
money
for
the
premier's
friends,
while
North
Edmonton
students
are
ignored?
Education.
AC
Mr
Speaker
again,
the
members
opposite
need
to
go
and
do
their
homework.
Edmonton
Public,
School
Division
overall
increase
to
their
overall
budget,
of
which
it
is
1.1
billion
dollars,
they're
going
to
see
almost
66
million
additional
dollars
just
to
their
operating
budget,
Mr
Speaker.
They
have
over
20
8
million
in
their
operating
reserves
and
over
41
million
dollars
in
their
Capital
reserves.
Mr
Speaker.
We
are
making
sure
that
all
School
divisions
across
this
province
are
well-resourced,
well-funded
and
ready
for
students.
AJ
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,
as
we
are
emerging
from
a
global
pandemic,
albertans
are
struggling
to
find
the
sport
they
need.
The
mental
health
awful
button
is
essential
to
proper
growth
and
development,
and
it
is
crucial
in
building
and
maintaining
healthy
communities.
A
fast
budget
2023
will
invest
a
record-breaking
275
million
dollars
for
mental
health
and
addiction.
Sport
can
the
mister
for
mental
health
and
addiction
explain
what
this
funding
will
do
for
albertans.
AK
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
thank
you
to
The
Honorable
member
for
the
question.
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
if
past
budget
2023
would
provide
a
record-breaking
investment
of
270
million
dollars
in
funding
for
the
mental
health
and
addiction
Ministry,
this
is
an
increase
of
over
200
percent
from
when
the
NDP
were
in
power.
AK
This
funding
will
support
key
priorities
like
continuing
to
build
recovery,
oriented
systems
of
care
across
Alberta
that
will
ensure
every
albertan
has
the
opportunity
to
be
supported
in
their
pursuit
of
recovery
from
addiction
and
mental
health
challenges,
no
matter
where
they
are.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,.
AJ
North
thank
you
Mr
Speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
Mr,
given
that
youth
in
our
Province
have
been
hit
hard
these
past
few
years
in
relation
to
pandemic
restrictions
and
unconventional
learning
techniques,
and
given
that
assisting
our
youth
is
one
of
the
top
priorities
for
this
government
that
has
planned
for
2023.
Can
this
hamster
explain
what
new
assistant
is
available
to
support
Youth
and
children
with
their
mental
health?
And
how
can
we
better
promote
early
intervention.
AK
Addiction,
thank
you
Mr
Speaker
and
again,
thank
you
to
The
Honorable
member
for
the
question.
As
stated
by
The
Honorable
member
again,
Alberta's
youth
is
one
of
the
top
priorities
for
this
government
and
that
includes
their
mental
health.
Through
budget
2023,
the
province
has
provided
2.4
million
dollars
to
kids,
help
phone
for
Children
and
Youth
to
access
professional,
counseling
and
crisis
services.
AK
The
minister
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
thank
you
for
the
question
to
the
member.
I
am
working
closely,
of
course,
with
the
minister
of
Health
to
ensure
that
we
modernize
Alberta's
Primary
Care
System.
We
are
supporting
recovery
and
mental
health
and
addiction
challenges.
Noted
was
the
Alberta
model
a
model,
that's
getting
attention
from
across
the
world.
People
are
calling
us
asking
us
how
we're
experiencing
the
successes
that
we
are
through
the
recovery
oriented
system
of
care
that
we
have
been
building
out
throughout
the
province.
AK
AL
AH
AM
You
Mr
Speaker
I
Rise
to
table
the
requisite
number
of
copies
of
a
number
of
letters
for
my
constituents
who
are
speaking
out
for
the
protection
of
the
Athabasca
Watershed,
calling
on
this
government
to
work
with
indigenous
communities
in
the
area,
and
all
of
these
letters
were
sent
before
the
news
of
the
curl
tailing
tailings
leak,
so
they're
more
timely
than
ever
and
we'd
be
wise
to
heed
their
warning.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
are.
B
AN
B
C
M
V
Thank
you.
Mr
chair,
Bill
11
requests
a
total
of
57.4
billion
from
the
General
Revenue
fund,
consistent
with
budget
23,
consistent
Mr
chair
with
the
budget
I
presented
in
this
house
on
February
28th.
This
will
add
a
total
of
180
million
for
the
legislative
assembly
and
57.2
billion
for
the
government
to
meet
funding
commitments,
as
laid
out
in
the
23
24
offices
of
the
legislative
assembly
estimates
in
the
2324
government
estimates.
V
M
V
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
Bill
12
will
provide
Authority
for
government
to
pay
from
the
General
Revenue
fund
for
additional
costs
that
are
not
already
covered
or
otherwise
provided
for
during
the
current
fiscal
year
and
again,
I
ask
all
of
my
colleagues
in
this
legislative
assembly
to
support
this
bill
and
I
moved
to
adjourn
debate.
Honorable.
AG
Thank
you,
Mr
chair.
It's
a
pleasure
to
rise
and
speak
in
Committee
of
the
whole
to
bill
nine
red
tape,
reduction
act;
I,
don't
I've,
actually
lost
track.
Mr,
chair
of
how
many
red
tape
reduction
acts
we've
had
so
I
was
going
to
say
number
five
number,
seven
number,
eight
number,
twelve
yeah.
The
odd
thing
I
will
just
mention,
because
hopefully
this
is
the
last
time
I'm
speaking
to
an
Omnibus
piece
of
legislation
called
red
tape
production.
AG
So
you
know
there's
this
piece
of
legislation,
this
Omnibus
piece
of
legislation-
you
know
it
it
does
change
I
think
up
to
15
if
I'm
correct,
15
pieces
of
legislation,
some
of
them
that
seem,
you
know
pretty
innocuous
now,
if
I
have
some
time,
I'll
go
back
to
those
ones,
but
I
do
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
changes
that
are
I.
Think
worthy
of
a
little
bit
of
debate
and
discussion
and
hearing
Committee
of
the
whole
is
an
opportune
time
to
do
that
kind
of
discussion.
AG
AG
So
this
is
a
very
as
I
said,
a
very
small
change
in
the
actual
bill,
but
it
does
make
a
change
that
I
think
is
is
worthy
of
discussion,
so
it
says
for
example,
so
it's
section
five
of
the
bill
and
it
amends
the
income
and
employment
supports
act
to
add
a
provision
and
the
provision
is
essentially
and
I'll.
Read
it
into
the
record
Mr
Mr
chair.
It
says
section
15.1,
consequences
of
outstanding
warrant.
AG
The
director
must
subject
to
the
regulations,
refuse
to
provide
income,
support
and
benefits
to
an
applicant
or
recipient
under
part,
two
division,
one
when
notified
that
a
a
warrant
for
the
arrest
of
the
applicant
or
recipient
has
been
issued
in
respect
of
a
prescribed,
offense
and
B.
The
warrant
has
not
been
executed.
So
what
this
does
is
essentially
say
that
you
know
an
individual
can
be
refused.
In
fact,
it
says
must
be
refused
by
the
director
Income
Support
benefits
if
that
individual
has
an
outstanding
warrant
issued
against
them.
AG
So
you
know
I
think
in
principle.
We
can
somewhat
understand
this
kind
of
a
change
in
the
idea
of
you
know
some
one
of
the
ways
that
we
we
compel
people
and-
and
you
know
we
have
warrants-
or
you
know
essentially
based
basically
being
an
individual-
can
be
brought
before
the
court.
You
know,
if
found
to
appear
before
the
court
and
a
court
for
various
reasons.
Let
me
just
add
that
I'll
get
back
to
that
point,
but
you
know
why
should
an
individual
who
has
an
outstanding
warrant
be
eligible
for
financial
support?
AG
So
I
can
understand
that
there
is
some.
You
know
fundamental
thinking
about
that.
You
know
if
somebody's
got
an
outstanding
warrant,
you
know,
maybe
they
shouldn't
be
entitled
to
to
a
you
know.
Government
supports,
however,
there's
a
little
bit
more
I,
think
nuance
and
detail
to
that.
That
I
think
we
need
to
better
understand,
because
for
one
thing
you
know
this
is
as
it
stands
right
now.
It
does
say
that
it's
a
warrant
that
is
issued
for
a
prescribed
defense
and
later
on
in
bill
nine.
AG
It
sets
out
that
you
know
there
will
be
the
ability
to
prescribe
offenses
for
the
purposes
of
this
act,
but
until
that's
decided
in
terms
of
which
offenses
are
considered
prescribed
offenses,
we
have
to
be
clear
that
bench
warrants
are
issued
all
the
time
for
individuals
for
simply
for
non-appearance
and
in
court.
So
a
bench
warrant
is
essentially
you
know.
It's
ordered
where
somebody
fails
to
appear
in
court
and
it
means
you've
missed
a
scheduled
trial
date.
AG
We
know
the
the
complexities
of
the
of
the
court
system
are
hard
for
many
people
to
navigate,
especially
if
there's
language
barriers,
especially
if
there's
educational
barriers
to
really
understand
and
I,
would
hate
to
see
that
there
are
people
who
genuinely
with
no
ill
intent,
may
have
a
bench
warrant.
That's
been
issued
against
them
and
yet
now
they're
being
cut
off
from
very
critical
income
supports,
which
really
just
furthers
perpetuates
that
disadvantage
that
they're
experiencing
and
can
further
isolate
them
and
create
more
strain.
AG
At
a
time
when
we
know
I
mean
I
think
this
would
be
the
case
no
matter
when
we're
we're
talking
about
this,
but
we
know
that
many
albertans
are
struggling
with
cost
of
living
right
now
we
know
many.
Many
albertans
are
struggling
with
finding
appropriate
housing
with
being
able
to
pay
their
cell
phone
bills
with
being
able
to.
You
know,
afford
Transit
and
all
those
pieces
I
don't
think
it's
appropriate
to
be.
AG
If
there's
somebody
who
has
a
warrant
issued
because
a
serious
criminal
offense
I
think
there
can
be
some
consensus
here,
that
we
don't
believe
that
that
person
should
then
be
getting
Income
Support.
So
I
guess
my
concern
around
bill.
Nine
is
that
we
don't
yet
know
what
offenses
will
be
captured
by
this,
and
we
want
to
be
sure
that
we
are
get
we
are.
AG
AG
This
can
be
very
detrimental
for
children,
for
spouses
of
somebody
for
partners
of
an
individual
and
again,
if
we're
going
to
do
this
kind
of
action,
I
believe
it
should
be
very
specific
and
targeted.
So
we
are
not
punishing
and
further
pushing
into
poverty.
Those
individuals
who
are
at
no
fault
whatsoever
but
may
have
the
unfortunate
reality
of
living
with
somebody
who
has
a
warrant
to
shoot
out
for
them.
So
I'm
wondering
what
measures
are
being
taken,
especially
because
the
the
proposed
amendment
to
the
act
in
this
bill
is
prescriptive.
AG
It
doesn't
say
that
the
director
has
discretion.
It
says
that
the
director
must
subject
to
the
regulations,
refuse
to
provide
Income
Support.
So
what
abilities
are
there
for
the
director
to
take
into
consideration
that
there
may
be
individuals
who
are
dependent
children,
family
members,
who
are
dependent
on
that
that
person
and
who
is
really
being
hurt
by
that?
That
decision
to
prevent
that
person
from
applying
for
income
supports?
So
you
know
I
think,
there's
some
other
questions
that
we
kind
of
need
to
ask
about.
AG
You
know
looking
at
what
other
jurisdictions
have
done
and
what
has
been
effective
and
what
has
not
been
effective.
You
know,
I,
you
know,
had
there
been
conversations
done
with
those
who
work
on
the
ground
with
those
who
receive
income
supports,
there's
so
many
organizations,
both
in
Edmonton
and
Calgary
and
across
the
province,
who
work
very
closely
with
those
who
rely
on
income,
supports
and
I
think
those
conversations
are
important
as
well
as
to
note
you
know.
AG
Is
this
an
effective
way?
Is
it
an
effective
way
of
ensuring
that
you
know?
Does
that
compel
individuals
to
then
I
guess
appear
for
warrants
and
and
or
you
know,
basically
be
stand
up
and
and
be
subject
to
whatever
the
the
trial
proceeding
or
Court
proceeding,
as
does
that
work?
I
guess
is
what
I'm
asking,
and
perhaps
that
has
been
done.
AG
This
is
an
example.
Mr
chair,
I
believe
an
amendment
that
is
performative
at
best
and
wildly
likely
to
be
in
comparative
incredibly
ineffective,
the
the
worst
at
worst
Mr
chair.
It
could
actually
create
greater
tension
and
I,
don't
know
put
in
some
federal
workers
in
in
very
difficult
situations
as
a
result
of
the
rhetoric
around
this
change
more
so
than
the
change
itself.
So
you
know
the
bill.
Nine.
Under
the
petty
trespect
act,
it
basically
amends
the
petty
trespass
act
to
include
the
statement
that
this
act
binds
the
government
of
Canada.
AG
That's
what
it
does.
It
says
that
the
government
of
Canada
is
bound
by
the
petty
trespass
act,
which
has
always
been
the
case
is
always
will
be.
The
case
is
completely
unnecessary
for
this
to
be
even
included
in
the
bill,
because
you
know
it's
pretty
much.
That's
it's
completely
unnecessary,
Mr
chair.
Of
course.
We
know
that
the
reason
behind
and
we've
we
saw
some
very
awkward
I
have
to
say
press
conferences
with
the
minister
of
oh
I've
lost
all
the
names
service,
Alberta
and
red
tape.
AG
Production
are
really
embarrassing
performance
at
a
press
conference.
When
asked
really
what
does
this
change
and
the
I?
You
know
the
response?
Was
it
really
doesn't
change?
Much
of
anything,
it's
clarifying
the
situation.
What
this
is
it's
not
even
anything
that
has
to
do
with
Alberta
Mr
chair,
which
is
I.
You
know
sometimes
I
wonder
if
the
members
on
the
other
side
are,
you
know,
they're
angling
for
federal
politics,
or
they
want
to
be
Saskatchewan,
mlas,
I'm,
not
sure.
AG
What's
going
on
but
half
the
time
they're,
not
even
talking
about
things
that
have
to
do
with
Alberta,
but
this
is
a
perfect
example.
You
know
this
was
really
a
one
case
in
Saskatchewan
that
I,
don't
even
remember
the
details
of
other
than
it
didn't
really
turn
out
to
be
much
of
anything
but
everybody
in
Saskatchewan.
AG
All
the
conservatives
in
Saskatchewan
got
their
hands
up
in
Aurora
of
you
know:
federal
employees,
trespassing
on
on
private
property,
and
now
we
I
understand
that
not
one
single
UCP
Minister
has
been
able
to
point
to
a
single
instance
of
this
being
a
concern
in
Alberta
and
when
asked
they
could
not
come
up
with
an
example,
and
so
they
were,
you
know,
they're
creating
a
I,
don't
know
this
is
this
is
a
made-up
problem
and
this
is
a
made-up
response
and
a
made-up
answer
to
it.
So
you
know
fine,
they
want
to
play
games.
AG
They
can
do
that
on
their
own
time.
It's
really
annoying
to
do
it
on
albertan's
times
and
frankly,
on
our
time,
I've
got
so
many
other
things
to
be
doing,
but
here
I
am
talking
to
this,
but
this
is
just
an
example
Mr
chair
of
how
this
government
is
consistently
performing,
but
not
actually
delivering
right,
because
they've
done
that
on
so
many
instances
when
it
comes
to
the
federal
government,
they're
very
good
at
throwing
tantrums
and
writing
strongly
worded
letters
and
now,
in
this
case,
passing
a
completely
redundant
Amendment.
AG
But
what
have
they
delivered
for
albertans
on
that
front?
And
we've
had
four
years
Mr
chair
of
watching
the
silly
tantrums
and
antics
of
this
government
that
have
failed
to
deliver.
You
know
I
I,
think
fondly
to
the
you
know
why
I
ran
I
think
we're
all
doing
a
little
bit
of
self-reflection
right,
we're
at
the
end
of
a
four-year
term
we're
looking
at
re-election
for
some
of
us.
Some
of
us
are
choosing
to
retire,
and
you
know
doing
a
little
bit
of
a
reflection.
AG
I
go
back
to
you
know,
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
ran
in
2019
I
had
a
multiple
of
reasons,
but
one
of
them
was
you
know,
watching
as
an
outsider,
not
politically
active
at
all,
from
2015
to
2019
and
watching
the
premier
at
that
time.
Deliver
on
something
that
I
knew
would
make
a
big
difference
for
albertans
and
having
to
do
it
by
having
conversations
negotiating
pressuring,
but
that
was
forcing
essentially
or
convincing
the
federal
government
to
buy
TMX.
AG
But
if
the
UCP
wants
to
continue
to
do
their
performative
Antics,
that's
fine
I
mean
I
guess
this
is.
This
is
the
nonsense
that
we've
dealt
with
for
four
years
and
I
guess
I
have
the
patience
to
go
through
it
for
another
couple
days,
but
really
it's
not
delivering
anything.
It's
it's
a
waste
of
time,
but
if
they
get
to
Pat
themselves
on
their
back
and
say,
hey
we,
you
know
we
passed
a
piece
of
legislative
legislative
change
that
will
do
absolutely
nothing
good
on
them.
I
suppose
Mr
chair.
AG
But
what
I
do
want
to
point
out
is
that
hyping
up
that
rhetoric
that
there
is
actually
some
wrong
that
they're
trying
to
address
here
is
actually
going
to
put
at
risk
albertans
albertans
who
do
work
for
the
federal
government
albertans
who,
because
there
are
many
of
them,
there
are
thousands
in
this
province
who
work
for
the
federal
government
who
are
albertans?
Who
do
things
like
census?
AG
That
would
be
something
that
all
members
of
this
house
can
get
on
board
with
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
a
more
fulsome
discussion
about
that
and
to
supporting
any
amendment
that
would
ensure
that
every
Brave
firefighter
who
fought
in
Fort
McMurray
on
behalf
of
all
albertans.
They
deserve
to
be
recognized
and
have
their
health
conditions
recognized
and
covered,
and
it's
quite
literally
Mr
chair
the
the
smallest
thing
we
can
do
compared
to
what
they
gave
to
all
of
us
and
I
look
forward
to
having
that
discussion
further.
Thank
you.
Mr
chair.
M
H
H
But
again,
you
know
just
to
add
to
my
colleagues
excellent
comments
about
just
being
exhausted
by
these
these
these
Omnibus
bills
that
really
just
they
they
inflict
a
lot
of
damage
in
a
lot
of
ways
in
that
they
they
hide
some
things.
Some
changes
that
this
government
is
making
in
this
great
big
piece
of
legislation.
That
does
do
a
few
things.
H
That
is,
you
know,
probably
good
to
do
things
to
fix
things
to
alter,
but
what
they
also
do
or
put
in
some
other
things
that
are,
you
know,
sometimes
performative
and
sometimes
have
the
ability
to
create
or
cause
harm,
and
so
one
of
the
areas
that
my
colleague
talked
about
were
the
changes
to
income
support.
Now,
certainly,
I
would
agree
that
there
are
some
there's
some
warrants
for
some
crimes.
There
are
absolutely
some
people
I,
don't
think
that
should
be
eligible
for
government
support,
but
I.
H
Let's
say
the
government
proceeds
and
they
likely
will
because
obviously
they
have
a
majority,
they
have
the
ability
to
change
whatever
they
like
for
now
for
a
few
more
weeks.
But
there
are
some
issues
that
I
don't
believe
that
they
thought
of,
because
they've
demonstrated
to
us
that
they
make
these
decisions
like
that,
without
a
lot
of
thought,
without
a
lot
of
consultation,
and
certainly
without
a
lot
of
data
and
research,
and
so
taking
you
back
in
2019,
this
government
set
us
on
a
course
to
make
poverty.
Worse.
H
That's
just
a
fact:
Mr
chair,
they
de-index
benefits
all
kinds
of
benefits,
not
just
benefits
for
severely
handicapped
individuals
who
rely
on
age,
but
also
people
who
rely
on
income
support
and
also
the
seniors
benefit.
They
also
won't
even
get
into
the
income
taxes
that
all
of
us
more
income
taxes
that
all
of
us
had
to
pay
because
of
their
sneaky
work,
but
this
is
what
they
did.
So
they
started
us
on
a
path
to
make
poverty
worse,
not
just
that
they
chose
not
to
aggressively,
invest
in
affordable
housing.
H
They
chose
not
to
aggressively,
invest
in
preventative
social
services
and,
as
a
result,
we
are
seeing
things
that
have
happened
as
a
result.
We
know
that
food
bank
usage
has
exploded
right
across
the
province.
That's
a
fact,
that's
a
fact.
Just
Google
Google
any
report,
Canada
food
banks
report
is
right
there.
It
will
tell
you
the
increase.
Every
food
bank
is
feeling
the
pressure.
We
also
know
that
there
are
more
people
in
Alberta
that
don't
have
homes
than
ever
before,
and
that
is
a
direct
result
of
changes
that
this
government
has
made
now.
H
I
will
I
will
say
that
yes,
certainly,
the
pandemic
also
played
a
role.
It
played
a
significant
role,
but
this
government
almost
did
everything
that
they
could
to
make
things
even
harder.
Let
me
give
you
an
example.
So
somebody
on
ish,
let's
say
I'm
a
person
with
a
severe
disability
and
I
qualify
for
H
I,
receive
that
benefit
and
I
decide
at
some
point
in
my
life
to
get
married
and
my
spouse
earns
an
income.
H
Now,
my
spouse's
income
is
taken
into
account
when
the
calculation
is
made
for
what
I
will
receive
from
age,
because
there
are
clawbacks.
Now
during
the
pandemic,
let's
say
my
spouse
lost
their
job
and
needed
to
go
on
EI
or
got
to
serve
benefit
well,
because
it
was
likely
an
overpayment
because
they
were
probably
getting
more
than
they
were
before
a
lot
of
low-income
people.
Unfortunately,
that
live
on
age,
and
so
that
income
was
clawed
back.
So
we
know
right
now,
Mr
chair.
H
H
They
chose
not
to
fix
it,
so
they
did
not
make
life
better
for
albertans,
and
now
this
very
vulnerable
group
and
for
the
most
part,
the
group
on
income
support
is
quite
vulnerable
because
to
be
eligible
for
income
support,
you
pretty
much
need
to
be
destitute.
You
can't
have
a
lot
of
savings.
You
can
have
a
vehicle
to
get
to
and
from
work
and
things,
but
you
can't
have
much
you
need
to
have
exhausted.
All
other
supports
before
you
apply
and
are
eligible
for
income
support.
H
If
there's
an
outstanding
warrant,
you
are
no
longer
eligible
or
you
are
cut
off
and,
like
my
colleague
from
Edmonton
White
mud
said
it's
likely
that
some
people
wouldn't
even
know
they
don't
even
know
that
they
have
interacted
with
the
justice
system
and
there's
a
warrant
for
their
arrest
and
so
that
income
support
will
cease,
and
then
the
harm
becomes
worse
and
that
cycle
of
poverty
becomes
worse
and
you
know
what
happens
and
they're
scoffing
over
there,
which
is
a
bit
weird,
but
it
becomes
when
it
becomes
worse.
It
is
more
expensive
on
health
care.
H
We
know
this
emergency
rooms
get
packed,
people
go
without
treatment
for
mental
illnesses,
all
kinds
of
treatment
more
people
are
homeless.
There
is
more
all
kinds
of
problems
policing.
There
are
more
demands
on
policing
because
there
are
more
issues,
and
so
all
of
these
things
compound
and
eventually
cost
more
money,
and
so,
if
you
invest
properly
and
that
investing
properly
means
not
taking
away
so
if
you
invest
properly
in
poverty
reduction,
that
is
key
here.
Poverty
reduction.
H
So
when
that
is
top
of
mind,
poverty
reduction
happens,
this
kind
of
stuff
is
really
just
performative,
and
so
let's
talk
about
people
on
income,
support
and
and
some
of
the
issues.
Now
it
shouldn't
surprise.
Anyone
in
this
place
that
there
are
likely
many
people
that
are
reliant
on
government
supports
that
have
unresolved
legal
issues.
H
I
want
to
give
you
this
example,
and
this
is
just
one
likely
that
we
all
can
can
picture
so
in
general,
homeless,
populations
or
groups
of
people
that
do
not
have
homes
face
enhanced
vulnerability
due
to
mental
health
conditions
and
increased
potential
to
become
homeless
so
chances
are,
they
may
at
some
point
end
up
with
the
warrant.
Think
about
this.
Homelessness
stems
from
poverty
and
social
inequity
and
criminalizing
homeless
populations
often
creates
more
disadvantage
and
does
in
fact
contribute
to
cycles
of
poverty.
H
Now
I'm
I'm
telling
you
this
information,
and
this
is
actually
data
that
you
can
look
for
yourselves.
Instead
of
just
scoffing,
you
can
actually
do
a
little
bit
of
research
and
educate
yourselves
and
I'm
speaking
to
the
members
opposite
to
find
out
what
you
can
do
to
make
these
issues
better,
instead
of
worse,
because
this
government
has
shown
a
propensity
for
making
things
worse.
H
You
know
and
my
that
my
colleague
talked
about
the
impacts
on
on
families.
So
for
sure,
if
somebody
on
income
support,
let's
say
there
is
a
warrant
this
and,
and
they
are
either
cut
off
or
not
put
on
in
the
first
place.
That
is
going
to
impact
families,
not
just
that,
but
we
know
because
nobody
can
live
on
what
income
support
pays
right.
Let's
just
be
honest
about
that:
income.
Support
on
the
one
program,
barriers
for
employment
is
under
900
a
month.
The
other
program
is
even
less.
Nobody
can
live
on
that.
H
It's
just
a
fact.
However,
if
you
take
that
away,
you
are
going
to
make
issues
worse,
and
so
many
people
on
income
support
already
have
precarious
housing.
Right
very
often,
there
is
a
track
record
of
inability
to
fully
pay
their
rent.
Let's
say
on
time,
if
they've
skipped
a
month
or
if
they've
been
late
and
they've
been
warned.
H
And
so
this
this
piece
of
legislation
has
the
potential
to
be
as
damaging
unless
this
government
I
think
takes
the
time
to
consult
with
the
appropriate
people,
do
a
little
bit
of
research
and
make
sure
that
their
list
of
crimes
is
appropriate,
make
sure
that
they
have
some
safeties
in
place
for
family
members,
particularly
children.
If
there
are
older
parents,
perhaps
dependents,
dependent
adults
even
that
are
being
taken
care
of
by
the
recipient.
H
It
is
so
important
that
that
work
gets
done,
because
we
have
seen
four
years
of
things
that
have
happened
and
and
I
don't
think
actually.
Government
sets
out
to
harm
people
I,
don't
believe
that
that's
their
intent,
but
that's
what
their
their
legislation
and
their
regulation
and
their
policy
changes
have
done,
is
inflict
harm
to
very
vulnerable
populations,
and
I
would
suggest
that
people
on
income
support
are
pretty
vulnerable,
and
so
I
do
worry
about
this.
H
H
Mr
chair
that
I'm
I
am
worried
that
this
is
going
to
happen
again
and
sadly,
I've
not
seen
any
evidence
that
this
government
is
doing
anything
different
criminal
justice
systems
create
debt
through
the
accumulation
of
non-repayment
of
criminal
offense,
fines,
court
fees,
victim
surcharges,
restitution,
it's
called
Justice
debt,
and
that
is
also
a
reality.
So
can
you
imagine
someone
so
destitute
really
that
they
have
to
apply
for
income
supports
that
are
that
are
impossible
to
live
on?
It's
just
a
small
amount
of
money
to
help
them.
H
They
are
so
destitute
and
now
they're
cut
off
from
that,
because
there's
a
warrant,
perhaps
they
didn't
even
know
about
it.
This
this
vicious
vicious
cycle
of
poverty
and
stuck
in
this
place.
They
are
never
get
going
to
get
ahead
when
our
goal
should
be.
Every
single
albertan
should
be
given
the
support
that
they
need
to
be
successful
to
find
the
job
that
they
want
to
be
able
to
care
for
their
family
in
the
way
that
they
want
to
be
able
to
live
in
safe
housing
to
know
they
can
feed
their
families.
H
That
should
be
all
of
our
goals
every
single
day.
To
do
everything
that
we
can
to
support
albertans
and
I,
don't
believe
that
this
government
uses
that
lens
Mr,
chair
I,
don't
because
I've
seen
far
too
many
examples
of
policy
changes
or
legislative
changes
that
are
really
made
with
the
political
lens,
not
a
lens
that
looks
at
quality
of
life
of
albertans
and
their
future.
H
H
There
was
a
study
published
in
2021
in
partnership
with
Public
Safety,
Canada
stats,
Canada
and
Correctional
service
of
Canada,
and
they
found
that
previously
incarcerated
individuals
make
less
income
filed
less
tax,
had
less
partition,
participation
in
labor
market
and
more
social
assistance.
Now
the
reason
that
I'm
I'm
bringing
this
up
is
it
just
sort
of
validates.
H
Sure
there
might
be
a
little
group
of
people
that
you
will
identify
that
should
never
get
government
assistance
absolutely
but
I
believe
that
the
vast
majority
probably
don't
even
know,
there's
a
problem.
Don't
have
the
resources
to
fix
the
problem,
even
if
they
wanted
to,
but
yet
we're
going
to
further
penalize
them,
because
it's
going
to
make
us
look
tough
on
crime.
You
know
we're
going
to
be
tough
on
those
who
are
really
really
poor
and
struggling
if
they
have
a
warrant.
Forget
it.
H
U
Thank
you
very
much,
I'd
like
to
briefly
address
this
bill
before
us.
Bill
9,
red
tape,
reduction,
statutes,
Amendment
act,
2023,
Mr,
chair
the
folk.
The
focus
I'd
like
to
bring
to
this
is
on
the
public,
transit
and
green
infrastructure
project
act.
It's
right
towards
the
back
end
of
the
bill.
You
know
most
of
this
bill,
15
statutes
have
been
amended
most
of
it's
innocuous.
U
Some
of
it
is
problematic,
and
this
is
a
really
problematic
part
Mr
Speaker,
because
it
was
a
problem
created
by
the
government
when
they
brought
this
amendment
in
in
the
first
place
and
what
they
did.
Mr
Speaker
and
I'll
just
spend
a
few
minutes,
and
it
has
to
do
with
the
green
line
in
Calgary
to
spend
a
few
minutes
to
read
what
the
government
did
that
they're
now
correcting
what
they
did
is
so
problematic
that
they
eventually
heard
from
city
council.
U
They
heard
from
probably
people
who
are
wanting
to
procure
that
project
that
this
is
the
death
of
the
project
and
what
the
this
government
did.
The
minister
of
Transportation,
the
premier
preview
Premier,
did
is
they
put
in
a
clause
that
said
the
lieutenant
governor
and
Council
may
buy
order
with
a
minimum
of
90
days
notice
to
the
City
of
Calgary,
terminate
a
grant
agreement
without
cause
a
grant
agreement
from
the
city
from
the
province
of
Alberta.
That
was
1.5
billion
dollars.
The
total
project
is
somewhere
about
five
billion
dollars
phase.
U
One
of
this
project
that'll
take
the
green
line
from
Shepherd
all
the
way
to
16th
Avenue
in
the
North.
It's
about
a
five
billion
dollar
project
at
this
point
in
time,
and
the
government
thought
it
was.
Okay
thought
it
was
good
practice
to
bring
in
a
clause
that
would
kill
any
procurement
wanting
to
go
forward
it.
Why
would
it
kill
any
procurement
one
to
go
forward?
Because
what
what
company
is
going
to
stand
up
and
say
you
know
I
want
a
bid
on
this.
It's
five
billion
dollars
worth,
but
within
90
days.
U
Third
of
that
amount
of
money
can
come
out
because
of
I.
Don't
know
the
government,
believing
that
you
know
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a
LRT
to
Nowhere.
That's
what
we
heard
from
this
side
before
Mr
Speaker,
what
we,
what
I
think
was
going
on?
Is
the
government
didn't
like
the
project?
Maybe
they
don't
like
mass
transit
more
particularly
so
they're
looking
for
ways
to
kind
of
slow
it
down
to
kind
of
create
some
some
noise,
some
interference
and
I
can
remember
the
the
news
articles
of
the
day
saying
this
is
crazy.
U
How
can
you
procure?
How
can
you
get
a
project
going
of
that
magnitude?
The
biggest
one
in
the
biggest
public
infrastructure
build
in
Calgary's
history
and
this
government
decides
they
want
to
put
a
clause
in
that
makes
it
almost
impossible
for
anyone
to
step
up
and
say
yeah
I'll
take
that
project
on
I'll
design
it
I'll,
create
it
I'll
create
it
for
the
people
of
Calgary
to
get
them
moving
from
south
to
North
and
North
to
South,
but
maybe
a
third
of
it's
going
to
go
away.
U
we're
repealing
this
bad
closet,
the
minister
of
Transportation,
the
former
Premier,
had
put
in
place
and
everybody
on
that
side
voted
for
it
and
they're
taking
it
out,
because
it
doesn't
work.
It
doesn't
work
for
a
project
of
this
magnitude.
You
can't
shut
a
project
like
this
down
in
90
days.
A
project
doesn't
go
forward
like
this,
with
a
90-day
Clause
to
kill
it.
U
So
that's
good
news
today
we're
standing
up
and
saying
you
know
cooler
better
smarter
heads
prevail,
but
they
didn't
months
ago,
when
the
government
put
that
in
they
thought
it
was
best
to
put
it
in
then.
Well,
it
wasn't
what
it
did.
Is
it
delayed
this
project,
Mr
Speaker
in
the
previous
minister
of
Transportation,
also
said
you
know,
I
I
want
a
report.
Calgary's
got
to
give
me
a
report.
Show
me
where
this
is
going
to
be
a
beneficial
project
to
move
people
mass
transit
that
you
can
do
this.
U
U
So
fiscal
fiscal
sense
over
on
that
side
is
not
anything
that
happens.
Mr
Speaker.
There
is
not
any
effective,
efficient
fiscal
responsibility
on
the
other
side
because
they
delayed
a
project
and
cost
and
and
made
the
cost
as
a
result
of
inflation
as
a
result
of
materials
going
up
costs
more
to
the
City
of
Calgary,
more
to
the
people
of
Alberta
and
more
to
the
government
of
Canada,
so
Mr
Speaker.
U
They
there's
no
debt
of
gratitude
owed
to
the
other
side
for
finally
coming
to
their
senses
and
taking
this
out,
what
there
is
is
the
identification
of
everyone
in
this
chamber.
All
people
in
Calgary
that
the
closet
was
put
in
there
was
not
in
the
best
interest
of
the
project,
not
in
the
best
interest
of
the
people
of
Calgary
and
taxpayers.
Generally,
because
now
the
Project's
going
to
cost
more
money,
I
I
think
that's
disappointing.
U
U
That's
a
thinking,
I
think
we
hear
from
the
other
side,
even
though,
even
though
the
city
of
Edmonton
eat,
even
though
today
probably
neither
City,
will
stand
up
and
say
you
know
this.
This
was
the
wrong
thing
to
do.
They
did
at
the
time
they're
just
glad
it's
getting
rid
they're,
getting
rid
of
this
punishing
Clause.
That
makes
it
difficult
for
anybody
to
get
on
board
and
to
procure
this
project.
U
So
that's
good
news
that
it's
finally
coming
out
should
have
come
out
a
long
time
ago
should
have
never
got
in
the
first
place.
It
should
have
never
occurred
that
the
minister
of
Transportation
stood
up
and
said
he
wanted
the
report
as
if
the
minister
of
Transportation
knew
better
than
the
people
who
are
working
on
this
project
at
the
local
level.
U
Look
calgarians
have
and
the
people
at
the
City
of
Calgary
and
the
leadership
and
Council
for
decades
have
been
doing
this
work
and
doing
it
well
and
to
have
the
rug
pulled
out
in
the
out
from
under
them
by
this
government.
This
minister
of
transportation
and
the
premier
is,
is
a
slap
in
the
face.
It
was
a
slap
in
the
face,
but
now
they're
correcting
it
so
kudos
to
the
the
red
tape
reduction
Minister
for
doing
the
right
thing.
Q
As
a
result
of
this,
it's
been
a
had
a
very
chilling
effect
on
business,
on
not
only
green
line
or
LRT
development
in
Edmonton
and
Calgary.
But
just
the
very
notion,
Mr
chair
that
the
government
would
see
fit
to
bring
in
such
a
Draconian
measure
to
basically
put
a
stop
work
order
on
the
the
green
line,
in
particular
in
Calgary,
and
it
has
also
had
an
effect
on
the
Valley
Line
in
Edmonton.
Q
It
can
create
a
crisis
in
confidence
amongst
the
major
contractors
who
are
small
in
number
who
would
be
able
to
actually
bid
on
these
types
of
contracts.
The
sarge
it
was
the
largest
build
infrastructure,
building
on
Calgary's
history,
and
this
government
played
games
with
it
and
let
that
legislation
rest
in
place
until
now,
finally
is
going
to
rest
in
peace
after
they
seem
fit
to
react
to
the
immense
pressure
and
outcry.
Q
That's
been
raised
against
it
by,
of
course,
the
former
city
mayor,
Nancy,
City,
councilors
and
councilors
in
in
Edmonton
as
well,
because
the
measure
is
one
that
is
a
a
business
killer
at
the
largest
element
or
larger
largest
level
highest
level
of
Finance.
Businesses
need
to
have
confidence
and
certainty,
and
this
is
something
which
we
hear:
the
the
so-called
Conservative
Business
supportive
UCP
government,
claiming
all
the
time
that
they're
looking
to
create
conditions
of
confidence
and
an
economic
playing
field
that
is
fair
and
will
attract
business.
Well.
Q
Q
It
was
very,
very
poorly
thought
out,
Sledgehammer
that
this
government
decided
to
come
forward
with
and-
and
it
has
a
major
impact
on
not
only
these
Rapid
Transit
LRT
projects
but
on
major
projects
that
either
of
the
major
cities
in
Edmonton
and
Calgary
may
want
to
undertake,
but
other
major
projects
throughout
the
province
that
the
province
will
be
a
funding
partner
in,
and
it
was
claimed
that
indeed
the
standard
practice
was
the
opportunity
for
the
province
to
exit
a
grant
agreement
with
with
certain
notice.
Yet,
in
fact
it's
not
the
case.
Q
Q
That's
something
Mr
chair
that
I'm
sure
the
business
Community
not
only
in
Calgary,
but
throughout
the
province
and
The
Wider
Canadian
construction
industry
looks
forward
to
with
with
interest,
because
Mr
chair
anytime,
a
province
comes
forward
with
legislation
which
is
is
so
Draconian
that
it
actually
would
seek
to
put
a
stop
work
order
on
the
largest
infrastructure.
Build
in
a
province
the
size
of
Alberta
that
certainly
gets
the
attention
of
the
business
community
on
a
national
and
international
scale,
because
these
are
multi-billion
dollar
projects.
Q
This
this
example
will
be
reflected
upon
by
the
business
Community,
especially
when
they
see
a
a
UCP
government
involved
in
major
construction
infrastructure
projects.
They
they'll
they'll
give
themselves
possible
to
whether
or
not
they
want
to
participate.
Thankfully,
Mr
chair
I
think
that
they'll
find
a
much
more
business
friendly
government
in
a
few
months
in
this
province
in
the
form
of
an
NDP
majority
government,
but
we'll
let
we'll
let
the
chips
fall
where
they
may.
Q
The
mechanism
the
government
gave
themselves
that
they're
now
rescinding
to
kill
such
a
large
infrastructure
project
by
drawing
their
Grant
agreement,
and
it
throws
a
question
into
the
confidence
of
the
business
community
in
in
Alberta's
government
to
be
able
to
promote
major
infrastructure
projects.
I
know
the
province
is
fond
of
of
poking.
Q
But
here
is
a
prime
example
Mr
chair,
where
this
government
themselves
really
created
a
problem
that
didn't
have
to
be
created
where,
because
they
just
disliked
the
project
or
wanted
to
change
the
direction
of
a
project,
the
the
created,
a
mechanism
by
which
they
could
issue
a
stop
work
order
by
withdrawing
their
grant
funding
and,
for
all
intents
and
purposes,
killed
the
largest
infrastructure
project
in
the
City
of
Calgary.
And
now,
of
course,
we've
seen
them
rescind
that,
and
hopefully
they've
learned
a
valuable
lesson.
But
at
what
cost,
and
that
that's
a
cost.
Q
I
know
that
the
business
Community
certainly
would
like
to
see
an
accounting,
and
they
probably
should
be
part
of
that
accounting
to
that
albertans
know
just
indeed
what
damage
they've
done
to
the
to
the
large
business
Community
by
having
this
measure
in
place
for
for
so
long,
but
I'll
move
on
now
to
something
on
a
smaller
scale.
That
I've
had
an
interest
in
in
the
past.
Q
In
my
past
role
as
the
critic
for
agriculture,
and
that
has
to
do
with
the
happy
subject
of
bees,
Mr
chair,
all
of
us
I
think
love
bees,
except
maybe,
if
we've
had
the
experience
of
being
stung
by
them.
But
on
the
topic
of
bees,
the
legislation,
the
Omnibus
legislation
before
us,
speaks
to
a
number
of
measures
that
enables
a
beekeeper
to
register
and
prohibits
importation
of
bees
without
prior
consent.
So
it
talks
a
lot
about
addressing
concerns
of
threats
to
disease
that
might
be
carried
by
bees.
Q
That
are
imported
into
the
province
and,
of
course,
Mr
chair.
Many
albertans
may
be
aware
that
we
don't
actually
produce
what
are
called
packaged
bees
in
the
province
that
we
do
produce
some
queen
bees
and
they
are
sold
to
beekeepers
for
honey
production.
But
the
beekeeping
industry
loses,
on
average,
about
25
percent
of
the
bees
in
its
hive
due
to
overwinter,
die
off
or
kill,
and
there's
further
losses
due
to
pests
and
infect
infections.
Q
But
the
result
of
that
is
that
we
have
to
import
bees
to
replace
those
that
have
died
over
the
winter
and
almost
all
of
them
come
from
overseas.
So
this
act.
Of
course
it
looks
to
try
to
prevent
infection
from
coming
from
those
overseas
sources
of
imported
bees,
but
it
and
while
doing
so,
that
those
are
good
measures.
Mr
chair
to
to
protect
the
the
rest
of
the
bees
that
are
into
Province.
Q
What
we
should
have
been
doing,
Mr
chair
is
to
in
the
investing
in
our
apiary
or
apiculture
Industries,
to
ensure
that
we
produce
those
package
bees
here
in
Alberta
and
there's
many
arguments
about
saying
people
will
say
it's
difficult
to
do
because
of
the
seasonal
differences
and
so
forth
that
we
can't
produce
a
new
crop
of
bees
to
replace
loot
of
diet
off
because,
of
course,
we'd
be
doing
so
in
the
winter
time
to
replace
them
in
the
spring.
But
there
are
lots
of
creative
ideas
flowing
out
there,
Mr
chair.
Q
That
would
allow
that
it
actually
to
be
done
in
this
province
and
that's
Economic
Development.
That's
creativity!
We've
done
things
in
this
province
by
using
the
gray
matter
between
our
ears
and
I,
think
it
was
incumbent
upon
the
the
government
to
listen
to
a
few
of
the
ideas
that
are
out
there
regarding
production
of
package
bees
in
this
province,
so
we're
not
Reliant
upon
the
importation
of
bees
from
other
parts
of
the
world,
such
as
Australia,
New,
Zealand
and
then
elsewhere.
Q
So
we
were
looking
at
importing
bees,
perhaps
from
the
United
States,
and
there,
of
course
were
prohibited
because
of
the
the
impact
of
inbreeding
with
so-called
African
bees
that
were
as
the
fear
of
importers
that
we
would
actually
cause
the
contamination
in
our
own
supply
of
bees
or
in
our
own
B
population
here
in
Alberta.
So
it
put
us
in
a
a
difficult
situation.
Q
Q
So
I
mean
that
development
I
think
is
one
element
of
the
the
beekeeping
industry.
That
is
is
a
natural
extension
of
where
we're
at
we're
we're
leaders
in
the
production
of
high
quality,
honey
and
there's
growth
opportunities
there.
We
use
our
bees
for
pollinators
of
our
major
crops,
and
many
albertans
will
know
that
canola
crops,
in
particular
any
of
our
flowering
crops,
require
pollination
and
you
will
find
be
hives
being
transported
throughout
this
province
and
during
the
crop
growing
season
to
pollinate
the
crops
so
that
they
they
grow
properly
and
without
them
we
don't.
Q
We
don't
have
crops
so
they're
extensively
used
throughout
the
province
to
ensure
that
our
crops
get
pollinated
and
it's
a
an
industry
in
and
of
itself,
not
only
to
produce
honey,
but
actually
to
pollinate
our
crops
so
globally.
Of
course,
we
have
bees
at
risk
and
there's
at
risk
of
dying
because
of
of
encroachment
of
Urban
Development
on
our
farmland
and
there's
there's
disease
in
the
bee
populations
that
are
threatening
themselves
throughout
the
throughout
the
world
in
many
spots.
Q
Q
I
certainly
think
we've
got
huge
opportunity
cities
in
this
province
to
to
develop
the
aquaculture
industry
to
much
larger
degree
than
we
have
and
to
expand
it
into
growing
and
repopulating
our
bee
population
each
year
and
exporting
package
piece
throughout
the
globe.
So
that's
one
one
element
of
the
Omnibus
Bill
that
I
wanted
to
shed
some
light
on
and
I
wonder
if
I
have
a
time
check.
Mr
chair.
Z
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr,
chair
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
who
have
Bill
Nye
being
an
Omnibus
Bill
that
impacts
a
number
of
different
statutes.
Has
many
many
different
parts
to
it,
and
I've
appreciated
hearing
the
debate
about
different
parts
of
this
bill
and
everything
from
impacts
to
Poverty
to
to
bees
to
the
green
line
in
Calgary.
But
I.
Z
In
the
tragic
case
where
a
worker
has
died,
and
in
bill
nine,
we
touch
on
the
workers
compensation
section
specifically
because
of
the
Fort
McMurray
Wildfire,
the
Wildfire
started
in
May
of
2016
and
became
one
of
the
largest,
the
largest
evacuations
in
Canadian
history,
and
had
a
huge
impact
on
the
community,
with
over
2000
structures,
burned
and
dedicated
efforts
having
to
be
made
to
keep
infrastructure
and
people
safe
on
the
part
of
First
Responders.
Now
in
bill.
Z
Nine,
specifically,
it
seeks
to
ensure
that
firefighters
who
are
exposed
to
toxic
chemicals
and
carcinogens
will
still
be
covered
for
WCB
coverage,
should
they
have
an
occupational
disease
developed
specifically
cancers.
Now
we
know
cancers
number
one
reason
for
firefighter
deaths
and
this
type
of
Occupational
disease
often
takes
time
to
develop,
and
so
our
regulations
for
cancers
for
firefighters
in
this
province
oftentimes
look
at
something
called
the
latency
period.
Z
How
long
has
someone
been
the
firefighter
based
on
the
science
that
it
takes
time
for
those
carcinogens
to
act
in
the
human
body
and
and
to
cause
cancer?
Now,
in
the
case
of
Fort
McMurray,
we
know
that
there
were
firefighters
who
started
fighting
that
fire
and
essentially
weren't
able
to
to
fully
move
off
shift
for
six
full
days.
Z
Z
Now,
the
anytime
after
May
1st,
2016
Mr,
your
chair,
is
the
Crux
of
what
I'd
like
to
speak
to
when
it
comes
to
this
amendment,
because
without
this
amendment,
the
changes
in
bill
nine
provide
presumptive
cancer
coverage
only
from
the
date
that
this
bill
is
proclaimed
that
the
date
the
bill
is
passed
so
essentially
a
date
that
is
going
to
end
in
2023.
Knowing
that
this
fire
started
in
2016.
Z
That
is
a
six-year
Gap
and
we
need
to
include
the
retroactivity,
because
we
already
know
that
there
are
firefighters
who
have
found
themselves
struggling
with
the
WCB
system
for
compensation.
There
is
the
case
of
a
family
that
has
been
in
a
dispute
with
the
WCB
for
years
over
a
case
where
the
firefighter
has
passed
and
there
have
been
other
firefighters
as
well.
Now
the
the
government
has
had
opportunity
to
consider
this
amendment
because
it
was
submitted
to
the
the
minister
over
a
week
ago,
and
we've
already
talked
about
this
through
question
period.
Z
And
I
will
say
quite
honestly
to
you
Mr
chair
that
the
first
time
we
realized
that
this
wasn't
retroactive
and
we
spoke
with
the
apfpa,
the
Alberta,
professional,
firefighters
and
paramedics
Association
and
said:
oh
this,
this
isn't
retroactive.
We
think
this
doesn't
go
far
enough.
They
say!
Oh
don't!
This
doesn't
go
far
enough.
We
need
to
cover
them.
All.
I
came
into
this
chamber
to
ask
about
it
in
question
period.
Z
And
I,
quite
literally
expected
the
minister
to
say,
we'd,
be
happy
to
work
with
you
on
amendments
to
to
make
sure
this
is
covered
and
I
was
surprised.
As
a
former
minister
of
Labor
asking
a
member
who
represents
Fort
McMurray
that
we
weren't
able
to
get
to
a
yes,
let's
work
together
and
make
sure
that
this
is
completely
covered
and
the
government's
answers
on
why
they
won't
support
this
amendment
up
till
now
and
I
I
welcome
them
changing
their
mind
at
any
point,
I'd
be
happy
to
work
with
them
to
ensure
we
get.
Z
back
to
the
start,
when
the
fire
initially
began
and
I
have
been
listening
very
carefully
through
the
media
and
through
multiple
questions
in
question
period,
trying
to
understand
the
government's
Arguments.
For
for
why
this
amendment
will
not
be
accepted
today
and
I
am
hopeful
that,
through
the
debate,
perhaps
I
can
even
get
a
bit
more
clarity,
because
it
does
not
make
sense
to
me
what
this
amendment
does
is.
It
makes
incredibly
clear
to
families
to
Firefighters
and
colleagues
to
the
WCB
into
all
albertans
than
any
firefighter
who
is
on
the
ground
during
the
Beast.
Z
Who
develops
occupational
cancer
because
of
the
toxic
exposures
that
they
had
the
inability
decontaminate
because
of
the
work
they
were
doing
to
protect
lives
and
livelihoods,
infrastructure
and
the
citizens
will
automatically
have
that
presumptive
coverage
through
WCB,
and
without
that
saying
that
there
is
a
subset
of
these
firefighters
that
are
going
to
need
to
go
through
a
separate
process
does
not
make
sense
to
me
and
I
I.
Don't
understand
why
the
government
is
is
making
firefighters
and
their
families
go
through
some
alternate
way.
Z
Now
the
government
has
said
that
the
Alberta
WCB
system
does
not
typically
do
retroactivity
and
that's
completely
correct.
I,
acknowledge
that
as
former
minister
of
Labor
I
am
aware
of
that.
But
that
is
also
a
choice,
and
that
is
a
choice.
The
government
is
making
in
the
directions
that
it
gives
to
WCB,
and
it
is
a
choice
that
other
provinces
make
differently.
Z
Ontario
has
made
their
presumptive
cancer
coverage
not
specific
to
an
incident,
but
just
in
general
retroactive
by
60
years,
they've
just
updated
their
cancer
regulation
to
include
new
cancers
which
Alberta
needs
to
do,
and
the
minister
keeps
signaling
that
that
is
coming,
which
is
great
news.
I
encourage
him
to
get
on
with
it
and
to
do
that,
because
they've
been
in
government
for
four
years
and
Alberta's
regulation
is
out
of
date,
but
that's
great.
Z
Because
of
that,
it
is
incumbent
on
all
of
us
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
strong
workers,
compensation
system
that
will
protect
them
and
to
hear
that
there's
already
families
that
have
struggled
and
had
to
fight
on
top
of
fighting
cancer.
It's
incredibly
frustrating
to
me
that
we
can't
get
this
right.
The
government
loves
to
talk
about.
Why
didn't
you
do
what
when
well
today
we
have
a
bill
in
front
of
us,
an
amendment
in
front
of
us
that
the
government
can
support.
Z
Let's
send
this
clear
signal
because
it
is
specific
to
one
event:
the
horse
River
wildfire
that
started
in
May
2016
that
First
Responders
felt
spent
weeks
fighting
and
First
Responders
who
deserve
our
support.
Now
I
would
welcome
any
member
of
the
government
to
speak
on
this
amendment,
because
I
truly
am
looking
to
to
better
understand
the
lack
of
support.
It
is
not
just
me
and
my
voice
calling
for
this:
the
Alberta
professional
firefighters
and
paramedics
Association,
the
firefighters
Union
in
Fort
McMurray,
has
been
advocating
for
this.
For
many
years.
Z
Edmonton
firefighters
Union
has
been
a
leader
when
it
comes
to
advocating
for
this
coverage
that
we
need
to
have
for
those
First
Responders,
and
so
there
are
a
number
of
people
who
are
watching
this
debate
and
are
interested
in
seeing
the
government
do
the
right
thing
and
the
fact
that
Alberta
hasn't
done
retroactive
before
may
be
true,
but
that's
not
a
reason
not
to
do
it.
We
know
we
can.
We
know
other
jurisdictions
have,
and
this
is
specific
to
a
single
event.
Z
We
are
not
opening
the
the
barn
doors
wide
for
chaos
and
it
will
disrupt
our
system.
We
are
just
making
sure
that
any
firefighter
who
has
been
diagnosed
with
cancer
in
these
past
six,
seven
years
that
are
currently
not
going
to
be
covered
by
Bill
nine,
will
be
able
to
find
themselves
in
this
legislation
understand
that
they
are
getting
the
coverage
and
not
have
to
go
through
a
fairness
review
process,
but
will
instead
be
able
to
say
with
confidence
that
they
know
that
they
are
getting
the
coverage
and
I
just
I
again.
Z
Don't
understand
that
the
government's
unwillingness
to
work
with
the
official
opposition
on
this
I
would
be
happy
to
accept
a
government
amendment
that
that
fixes
this
issue.
I
just
want
to
see
this
done
right.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
this
happens
in
the
correct
way,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
have
been
talking
about
this
in
the
house
with
firefighters
for
years
now,
and
the
Alberta
NDP
has
committed
to
making
sure
that
this
is
done
and
done
correctly.
Z
Should
we
form
governments
and
that
commitment
was
made
last
year,
and
so
the
government
has
certainly
been
aware
of
this
for
for
a
great
deal
of
time,
and
it
was
an
honor
to
be
able
to
speak
to
the
firefighters
conference
and
Convention
back
in
I.
Think
it
was
May
of
last
year
about
these
very
topics
and
to
stand
with
the
leader
of
the
official
opposition
when
she
made
this
commitment
again
in
December
of
last
year,
and
so
it's
something
that
we've
known
for
a
while
I
think
this
amendment
is
clearly
written
and
really.
Z
The
key
thing
is
that
section
3.3
that
talks
about
any
time
after
May
2016.,
because,
although
we
know
of
a
couple
of
cases
now
Mr
chair
there,
quite
literally
maybe
other
firefighters
who've
never
applied
to
the
WCB,
because
they
knew
that
they
fell
outside
of
the
latency
periods.
We
can't
say
that
this
is
only
one
or
two
cases.
There
could
be
many
more
and
changing
this
and
changing
this.
The
right
way
is
the
best
way
to
manage
this.
Asking
people
to
reach
out
to
The
Minister's
office
is
unfair.
We
want
to
see
consistent
coverage.
Z
We
want
to
see
retroactive
coverage
for
all
the
First
Responders
who
are
on
the
ground
in
Fort
McMurray,
who
battled
what
became
known
as
the
Beast
and
who
were
exposed
to
so
many
toxins
for
weeks
days,
sometimes
without
rest,
without
the
ability
to
decontaminate
and
without
the
the
proper
protective
procedures
being
able
to
be
in
Pace.
Because
of
how
catastrophic
that
event
was.
Z
So
my
intense
Mr
chair
was
to
be
convincing
and
to
really
put
forward
the
arguments
for
why
I
believe
all
members
should
support
this
amendment
and
I
hope
to
hear
that
support
from
members
of
the
government
caucus,
because
I
think
this
is
incredibly
important.
I
know
this
is
important
to
the
members
impacted
and
it's
an
important
example
of
making
sure
we
have
a
strong
workers
compensation
system
that
is
there
for
all
workers
that
we
recognize
the
risks
that
workers
put
themselves
under
and
our
need
and
our
responsibility
to
take
care
of
them.
AO
AI
Well,
thank
you,
Mr,
chair
and
I
realize
our
time
might
be
starting
to
grow.
Excuse
me
short
in
this
session
of
the
legislature
and
possibly
could
be
my
last
time
to
address
disassembly,
so
I
don't
want
to
waste
it,
but
I
do
want
to
be
very
direct
and
what
I
want
to
talk
about
today.
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
Mr
chair
I
do
rise
very
much
in
support
of
this
amendment
that
my
friend
from
Edmonton
Mill
Woods,
has
brought
forward
with
regards
to
the
proposed
changes
in
bill.
Nine
for
WCB.
AI
You
managed
to
get
higher
wages
in
a
union
shop.
There's
a
good
likelihood
that
in
a
similar
industry,
you'll
see
those
wages
go
up.
You
get
better
safety
conditions
in
in
a
union
eye
shop.
You
will
see
better
safety
conditions
come
up
in
a
non-union
and
it
you
know
it's
been
that
way
forever,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we're
advocated
for
way
in
the
past
was,
of
course,
for
WCB
coverage
for
workers.
AI
AI
AI
AI
AI
AI
So
you
know,
as
every
member
in
this
house
knows
over
the
past
eight
years,
that
I've
spent
here
I've
made
no
bones
about
where
I
come
from,
where
my
priorities
have
been.
What
I
advocate
for
and
I
proudly
continue
to
do
it
now
and
we'll
continue
to
do
it
in
my
time
outside
of
this
house,
trying
to
make
the
lives
of
workers
better.
AI
AI
AI
AI
AI
AI
AI
AI
AI
AI
AO
D
Thank
you
chair.
The
firefighters
can
already
act
benefits
for
fire
for
fighting
the
Fort
McMurray
Wildfire
through
the
WCB
process.
All
build
9
does
is
clear:
the
red
tape
to
those
benefits
and
prevents
denial.
I
am
aware
of
two
cases
impacted
by
the
NDP
Amendment
as
part
of
their
standard
operating
procedure.
The
WCB
already
has
a
fairness
review
panel
to
deal
with
these
two
cases.
Our
government
will
ensure
that
these
Fort
McMurray
firefighters
will
get
the
benefits
they
deserve.
D
The
NDP
is
playing
fast
and
loose
with.
What's
really
going
on
here,
retroactivity
does
not
need
to
be
applied
when
the
WCB
fairness
review
for
two
people
achieves
the
same
thing.
Our
government
has
worked
hard
to
reduce
red
tape
in
Alberta
and
adding
another
amendment
with
a
process
that
already
covers
the
situation
is
an
unnecessary
addition.
That
is
why
I
am
urging
my
colleagues
to
vote
this
amendment
down.
AO
T
Now
we
have
had
some
stand
in
this
chamber
and
say:
well.
Why
didn't
the
NDP
do
anything?
What
did
dndp
do
about
this?
Well,
what
the
NDP
did
Mr
chair
when
this
member
was
minister
of
Labor
in
2018,
we
introduced
the
workers
compensation
Amendment
act
that
added
a
mental
health
disorder,
presumption
for
correctional
officers,
emergency
medical
assistants,
firefighters,
police
officers
and
sheriffs
expanded
that
coverage
to
also
include
many
others
and
took
action
to
support
firefighters
and
others
who
are
facing
challenges
in
the
system.
T
Our
government
took
action,
Mr
chair
now,
of
course,
as
we
continue,
we
learn
more
and
we
find
more.
That
needs
to
be
done
and
so
I
respect
that
the
government
finally
listened,
certainly
initially,
when
we
had
the
initial
debates
on
these
questions-
and
this
was
brought
forward
by
my
colleague
on
behalf
of
the
firefighters,
let's
be
clear,
Mr
chair,
this
was
not
something
we
dreamed
up
out
of
thin
air.
T
T
So
I'm
pleased
that
the
minister
for
jobs,
economy
and
Northern
development
eventually
came
around
from
his
initial
position
back
in
December
and
that
now
his
colleague,
the
minister
for
red
tape
reduction,
is
including
it
in
this
bill.
However,
the
same
firefighters
who
approached
my
colleague
and
who
she
spoke
for
in
December
the
same
firefighters
who
stood
and
commended
the
government
for
bringing
this
forward,
are
now
standing
and
asking
the
government
to
make
one
further
change.
T
T
T
And
I
for
one
Mr
chair
will
take
the
word
of
those
firefighters,
we'll
take
the
voice
of
those
firefighters
over
that
of
this
government,
and
it's
my
hope
that
other
government
members
will
do
the
same
because,
let's
be
clear,
Mr
chair.
This
is
not
a
government.
These
are
not
members
that
are
shy
about
exceptions
in
legislation
when
they
feel
it
suits
their
political
interests.
Mr
chair.
They
are
prepared
to
do
all
sorts
of
interesting,
bending
and
twisting
of
convention
when
it
comes
to
legislation
in
the
province.
T
T
These
government
members
are
willing
to
pass
a
piece
of
legislation,
giving
them
the
ability
to
unilaterally
tear
up
their
contract
with
physicians
in
the
province
of
Alberta,
and
then
do
so,
but
it's
too
exceptional
for
them
Mr
chair
to
provide
retro
activity
to
cover
these
firefighters.
Instead,
they
say
no
go
and
fight
it
out
in
the
system.
T
Is
willing
to
sit
in
a
cabinet
with
a
premier
who
he
once
said,
he
would
oppose
that
sovereignty
act
that
she
intended
to
bring
forward.
Let's
be
clear:
another
extraordinary
piece
of
legislation:
Mr
chair,
which
again
attempted
to
give
members
of
this
cabinet
the
ability
to
alter
legislation,
change
laws
without
ever
setting
foot
in
this
legislature.
T
T
Z
Z
There
could
be
people,
firefighters,
who
have
been
diagnosed
with
a
cancer
that,
because
the
cancer
latency
period
is
25
years,
they
have
not
even
applied
to
the
WCB
because
they
knew
that
they
they
were
not
covered.
They
did
not
match
it
and
it
without
this
amendment,
which
clearly
indicates
that
this
is
retroactive.
Back
to
May
2016.,
there
may
be
firefighters
who
were
on
the
ground
in
Fort
McMurray,
who
will
never
approach
the
WCB
or
get
the
compensation
that
they
are
owed.
Z
That
could
happen
and
I
think
that
the
amendment
shows
a
very
clear
firefighters
who
are
on
the
ground
from
May
2016
on
who
develop
occupational
cancers
will
get
the
coverage
that
I
believe
so
strongly
all
albertans
support
that
they
should
get
and
I
hear
the
government
saying:
oh,
they
will
get
the
coverage
but
through
a
fairness,
review
process,
and
so
my
question
is,
then:
why
not
just
accept
the
amendment?
Why
not
accept
the
amendment
that
clearly
provides
the
coverage
and
responds
to
what
firefighters
have
asked
for?
Z
Then
why
not
accept
this
amendment,
which
makes
it
clear
and
will
ensure
that
no
firefighter
falls
through
the
cracks,
because
they
were
unaware
and
did
not
know?
Why
have
a
hidden,
unclear
fairness,
review-based
process
that
only
some
firefighters
will
go
through
rather
than
having
clear
coverage
and
retroactive
support
for
all
firefighters,
because
I
I've
been
listening
closely,
I
am
trying
to
understand,
and
it
does
not
make
sense
to.
AM
Z
Would
ask
the
minister
if
he
could
please
try
to
clarify
for
me
and
four
I
know
there
are
firefighters
who
are
watching
our
debate
today.
I
I
am
asking
this
in
a
very
genuine
way,
because
this
doesn't
make
sense
why
you
are
rejecting
this
when
accepting
it
would
provide
the
clarity
respond
to
what
firefighters
are
asking
for
and
ultimately,
according
to
the
answers
we've
been
given,
provide
the
exact
same
result.
AA
Yes,
thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
stand
up
today
and
and
talk
about
inhaling
and
exhaling.
At
the
same
time
now,
Mr
Speaker,
the
firefighter
they're
referring
to
that
fought,
the
fire
died
while
that
Minister
well.
That
member
was
the
minister
of
Labor,
while
that
member
had
the
opportunity
to
sign
on
the
dotted
line
and
change
things
if
she
thought
it
was
so
important
to
change
at
that
time.
AA
What
we
have
in
place
here
is
a
piece
of
legislation,
a
piece
of
legislation
that
works
Mr
Speaker
that
is
going
to
work,
because
it
has
a
fairness
provision.
We
don't
have
exactly
the
same
legislation
as
Ontario
or
other
jurisdictions.
We
have
legislation
made
in
Alberta
for
albertans
and
that's
why
we
have
a
fairness
provision
within
that
legislation
to
make
sure
that
there's
nobody
that
falls
through
the
cracks
now
Mr
Speaker,
no
one's
going
to
fall
through
the
cracks
of
this
government.
They
did
through
the
last
government,
the
NDP
government
when
they
were
in
power.
AA
We
know
that
and
that's
why
I
say
to
you
today:
Mr
Speaker,
inhaling
and
exhaling
at
the
same
time
takes
a
talent
saying
one
thing
and
doing
another
thing
and
being
all
of
that
righteous
indignation
that
is
coming
from
the
opposition,
because
they
know
that
they
had
the
opportunity
to
do
it
and
they
didn't
do
it.
We
are
doing
it.
AA
Mr
Speaker,
we're
getting
it
done,
we're
going
to
make
sure
we
do
it
properly
we're
going
to
do
it
on
the
evidence,
Mr
Speaker,
because
WCB
is
there
for
the
people
of
Alberta,
the
workers
of
Alberta
and
it's
very
important,
Mr
Speaker
I've
met
with
the
groups
of
firefighters,
I
was
actually
actually
at
the
fire.
I
was
there
during
the
time
that
that
fire
was
burning.
My
town
down
Mr
Speaker
I,
was
providing
food
and
water
to
Firefighters.
AA
I
was
supporting
them
and
I
was
in
there
Mr
Speaker
I,
don't
remember
any
of
them
being
there.
In
fact,
Mr
Speaker.
All
I
remember
from
them
is
a
lot
of
chatter,
a
lot
of
talk,
but
no
substance.
This
government
has
substance
and
we
are
standing
up
for
the
firefighters.
We
are
going
to
make
sure
that
no
one
falls
through
any
NDP
cracks,
Mr
Speaker,
because
we
actually
care
about
firefighters
and
we
care
about
the
workers
in
Alberta.
Thank
you.
T
T
Our
government
made
substantive
investment,
did
substantive
work
to
support
Fort
McMurray
through
that
fire.
That
Minister
knows,
because
that
Minister
was
briefed
every
day
by
our
government
about
the
situation
had
access
to
the
officials.
Unlike
his
government,
throughout
the
covid-19
pandemic,
we
provided
open
access
to
the
opposition
during
the
time
that
he
was
leading.
T
T
T
They
are
asking
this
Minister
these,
the
minister
of
red
tape,
reduction
there
asking
the
minister
of
jobs,
economy
and
Northern
development
to
make
this
amendment
and
again
Madam
chair
as
I,
have
laid
out.
They
are
not
shy
of
making
all
kinds
of
other
exceptions
when
they
feel
it
suits
their
political
interests
when
it's
their
job
that
they
feel
is
on
the
line,
as
opposed
to
the
lives,
livelihood
and
the
health
of
these
firefighters.
AQ
Should
say,
and
and
the
camp
manager
there
was
Glenn
Brooks,
former
Reliance
Corporal
from
the
Airborne
and
and
he
ran
the
camp
for
us
and
he
started
welcoming
people
off
the
highway
to
get
him
in
and
find
a
place
for
him
to
stay.
The
firefighters
went
above
and
beyond
trying
to
do
what
they
could
and
I
remember.
You
know
hearing
some
testimony
from
the
from
the
command
center
and
the
chief
that
was
up
there
that
had
that
that
responsibility
to
take
care
of
it.
AQ
It
took
an
awesome
toll
and
not
one
of
those
people,
First
Responders,
whether
it
was
firefighters
or
otherwise
flinched.
They
literally
went
headlong
into
that.
So
I
can
understand
that
there's
a
lot
of
emotion
here
today,
because
we
all
feel
compelled
to
do
the
right
thing
for
those
folks
that
stepped
up
and
one
of
the
the
best
things
that
we
can
do.
I
would
hope.
Since
you
know
this
might
be
one
of
my
last
speeches
in
this
place
as
well.
AQ
I
think
for
a
lot
of
the
the
hesitancy
on
this
is
that
if
we
try
to
tweak
it
too
much
more
than
what
we
have
in
the
existing
legislation,
the
new
legislation
coming
forward,
who
might
inadvertently
cause
some
issues
on
the
back
end
and
again,
when
there's
already
a
process
in
place
to
to
catch
with
the
fairness
review
panel.
I
think
fully
that's
what's
taking
place
here.
AQ
The
fair
fairness
review
panel
has
to
run
its
its
process
as
well,
and
if
the
folks
in
lacson
and
Parkland,
through
through
you,
chair
to
the
to
the
member
opposite
that
brought
this
member
or
this
motion
forward
and
if
the
folks
in
Lexington
and
Parkland
choose
to
have
me
as
their
MLA
again
and
if
that
process
falls
through
the
cracks
and
it
doesn't
meet
the
intent.
Then
you
have
my
full
commitment
that
we
review
this
at
a
later
date
and
take
a
look
and
see
if
we
can
do
that.
AQ
But
it's
it's
with
that
too,
and
hopefully
the
member
can
understand
and
through
you
to
that
member
and
the
other's
opposite.
That
I'm
fully
supportive
of
the
concept
but
I'm
concerned
that
we
might
cause
some
other
issues
in
behind
in
the
process
and
again
it's
with
that
full
intent
to
make
sure
that
none
of
our
First
Responders
have
any
issues.
So
I
would
compel
folks
to
don't
understand
the
spirit
of
the
intent
of
this
with
the
amendment
but
to
vote
against
it.
AQ
So
we
can
get
the
bill
through
and
then
allow
that
process
to
take
place
and
again
full
commitment
from
me.
If
there
is
an
issue
later
on
that,
we
can
go
back
and
look
at
that
ifs,
be
tweaked
through
regulations
or
an
amendment
in
an
act
but
I
think
we
should
take
our
win
I
think
we
should
do
what
we
can,
while
we
can
to
make
sure
we
get
it
there
if
it's
not
100,
at
least
it's
99.9
and
then
review
those
items
later.
So
it's
with
that
to
everyone
here,
Madam
chair.
AQ
AR
Thank
you,
Madam,
chair,
I,
won't
take
very
long,
so
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you,
the
member
from
the
lexide
and
Parkland
for
jumping
into
the
debate,
but
unfortunately
that
doesn't
serve
nothing
at
all.
Actually
what
we
are
asking
here
and
what
is
the
issue
so
we
have,
we
have
opened
the
Bell,
we
are
debating
the
WCB
and
you
know-
and
all
we
see
is
a
real
case.
What
we
are
discussing
here:
it's
not
a
principle.
AR
It
is
not
just
a
thought
process,
so
we
are
Guided
by
the
principle
we
learn
more.
We
do
more,
a
lot
better
do
better.
This
is
exactly
this
cases,
and
this
is
the
real
time
case,
and
more
of
this,
this
belongs
to
remember.
Area
belongs
to
the
member
from
the
Fort
mcmarine.
Is
the
Bell
aware
of
this
and
it's
very
sad
to
see
and
hear
kind
of
Retreats
we
are
coming
to.
AR
AR
So
if
this
information
was
not
there,
then-
and
we
have
the
case
here
and
and
those
hard-working
firefighters
and
I
I-
don't
call
them
workers
national
heroes
because
they
go
into
the
situations.
They
are
not
ordinary
work
they're,
not
at
ordinary
work.
Then
people
are
dying.
Then,
when
people
are
in
danger,
the
jump
on
the
situation
resting
their
life
to
save
others,
and
we
had
a
natural
disaster,
one
of
the
Canada's
larger
natural
disaster,
and
that's
what
we're
discussing
here
and
there's
a
live
case
on
this.
AR
It's
sad
to
see
the
government
house
members
attitude
and
approach
towards
this,
and
they
couldn't
understand
it
and
I'm
really.
Actually,
in
few
days,
I'm
really
Discerning,
when
I
see
the
government
has
very
big
heart
a
number
of
those
issues.
They
are
not
related
to
albertans
at
all,
but
when
it
comes
to
helping
real
people,
I
don't
see
that
approach
and
once
again,
I
will
see.
I
will
request
and
I'll
encourage.
I
hope
that
this
is
your
mic,
show
big
hearts
and
look
this
amendment
with
bit
of
Morse
empty.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AA
Madam
speaker,
you
know,
I
do
get
emotional
about
this
issue.
It
is
a
very
important
issue
to
me.
I've
fought
hard
for
this
I
just
want
to
say
historically
in
Alberta.
Wcb
does
not
do
retroactivity
because
they
have
in
section
17
subsection
3
of
the
act,
the
opportunity
to,
and
that's
a
fair
process
review,
Center
the
the
ability
to
reconsider
any
matter
that
it
has
dealt
with
and
to
resend
or
amend
any
decision
or
order
previously
made
now.
AA
If
it's
considered
unfair
the
process,
is
there
the
process
works
and
Madam
speaker
I've
said
it
in
question
period.
I'll
say
it
again.
There's
more
good
news
coming
for
firefighters,
in
fact,
we
were
number
one
in
Canada
for
firefighter
coverage
for
WCB
coverage
and
then
other
provinces
copied
us
and
Madam
speaker.
The
great
news
is
that
very
soon
Alberta
is
going
to
be
number
one
by
a
large
margin.
AA
Number
one
a
game,
madam
speaker,
because
this
government
cares,
because
this
government
cares
about
those
people
that
take
care
of
us
we're
not
going
to
let
this
firefighter
or
any
other
firefighter
from
the
Fort
McMurray
fire
or
other
fires
that
contracts
cancer.
That's
directly
related
to
the
any
of
these
fires
behind.
AA
It's
just
not
done
Madam
speaker
and
this
government
is
a
caring
government
as
a
government
that
relies
on
evidence
and
makes
sure
that
the
people
of
Alberta
that
put
their
lives
on
the
line
for
us
and
their
families
are
taken
care
of,
because
that's
what
a
caring
United
conservative
party
government
does.
Madam
speaker,
we
take
care
of
those
that
can't
take
care
of
themselves,
the
minister
of
affordability.
AA
AA
Just
like
this
does
so
in
the
coming
weeks.
The
coming
days,
possibly
I,
encourage
all
members
of
this
house
and
all
firefighters,
All
Families
of
firefighters,
to
watch
to
watch
what
we're
doing
to
take
care
of
the
most
vulnerable
to
take
care
of
our
firefighters
to
take
care
of
albertans,
because
we
know
that
the
only
people
that
are
going
to
take
care
of
albertans
is
this
government.
Thank
you,
madam
speaker.
Z
That
is
wonderful
and
success
for
firefighters
and
I
would
encourage
him
to
do
that
as
soon
as
he
can,
because
we've
been
asking
about
that
for
some
time,
but
I'm
incredibly
disappointed
by
this
government
ignoring
this
amendment
and
not
providing
clear
retroactive
coverage
for
firefighters,
because
it
does
absolutely
cause
firefighters,
who
are
already
fighting
cancer
to
have
to
go
through
an
additional
different
process
to
fight
for
coverage
which
they
should
not
have
to
do.
But
the
ministers
clearly
described
that
they
will
and
it
does
risk
letting
firefighters
fall
through
the
cracks.
And
what
does
that?
Z
Look
like
Madam
speaker?
That
is
firefighters?
Who
are
fighting
cancer
or
possibly
passing
away
from
cancer,
not
getting
the
coverage
they
and
their
family
deserve
and
possibly
having
to
go
through
an
additional
bureaucratic
battle
to
get
that
coverage?
That's
what
this
government
is
risking
with
not
accepting
this
amendment,
which
clearly
provides
very
narrow
support,
firefighters
who
are
on
the
ground
in
Fort,
McMurray
and
retroactivity
in
this
one
case,
as
I've
said
in
my
remarks,
fully
understand
that
retroactivity
is
not
something.
Z
Z
Minimum
chair,
I,
disagree,
I,
think
the
government
is
doing
the
wrong
thing
and
they
are
forcing
firefighters
who
are
fighting
cancer
families
who
have
lost
loved
ones
to
go
through
additional
steps,
and
it
is
disappointing
to
me
but
I,
appreciate
the
debate
that
we've
had
here
today
and
I
look
forward
to
a
future
IDP
government
rectifying
this.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
There.
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H
H
What
it
does.
This
piece
of
legislation
is:
creates
the
Alberta
fund,
which
is
a
1.4
billion
dollar
election
campaign
slush
fund
to
buy
votes.
That's
exactly
what
it
is.
In
addition,
it
sets
up
conditions
to
bypass
this
place,
the
legislature
oversight
buying
allowing
the
minister
to
designate
a
number
of
things
which
we'll
get
to
a
little
later.
So
you
know
this
is
this:
this
couldn't
be
any
more
clear,
Madam
chair
that
this
is
a
government.
I
mean
we're
just
weeks
away
from
an
election.
H
We
see
a
government
spending
Millions
on
Advertising,
and
now
we
we
see
that
they
have
put
1.4
billion
dollars
aside,
basically
for
a
slush
fund,
it
bypasses
oversight,
and
you
know
what
it's
vote
buying.
That's
what
it
is
now.
This
UCP
have
a
horrible
track
record
when
it
comes
to
spending
money
on
things
that
are
are
questionable.
At
best
and
I
think
it's
important
to
remind
us
government
and
anybody
paying
attention
of
their
track
records.
H
Let's
talk
about
the
first
one
of
the
things
I
mean
there
are
so
many
things,
but
I
mean
going
back
to
2019.
We
saw
them
bring
in
another
piece
of
legislation:
Omnibus
legis
piece
of
legislation
that
included
all
kinds
of
things.
In
addition
to
de-indexing
benefits
of
some
of
the
most
destitute,
I
would
say
people
in
Alberta,
so
people
that
are
living
in
poverty.
For
the
most
part,
people
that
have
disabilities,
so
they're
on
income,
support
and
age.
H
They
de-index
that
benefit
and
told
them
that
they
wouldn't
find
it
onerous,
and
it
was
really
important
to
get
our
fiscal
house
in
order.
That's
what
they
said.
All
of
them.
They
stood
up.
They
defended
it
for
years
as
we
continue
to
tell
them
about
the
problems.
At
the
same
time,
they
decided
that
they
were
going
to
designate
about
120
million
dollars
for
a
war
room,
an
energy
war
room.
H
H
You
know
it's
unfortunate,
that
it
can
chirp,
but
it
can't
stand
up
and
contribute
to
debate.
So
it
is
unfortunate
that
we
have
to
remind
this
government
about
that
now.
Here's
another
one
Madam
chair
that
you'll
find
interesting,
I'm
sure,
because
it's
almost
as
big
as
the
slush
fund,
that's
being
created
here
and
that's
when
this
government
decided
right
before
an
American
election
that
they
were
going
to
bet
a
whole
bunch
of
money
on
pres.
H
H
The
point
is:
is
that
they
bet
Alberta's
money
resources
on
something
so
ridiculous,
never
mind
that
he
had
a
track
record,
that
there
is
no
need
to
mention
here,
because
it's
well
there's
no
need
to
mention
it
here.
You
know
we'll
see
I
guess
in
the
next
few
days.
If,
if
there's,
you
know
something
that
happens
first
time
past
president
or
previous
president
being
indicted
on
crime
sort
of
looks
like
that's
the
way,
it's
going,
it's
interesting
that
this
government
chose
to
bet
a
whole
bunch
of
Alberta
albertans
money
on
his
being
reelected.
H
That
tells
you
a
lot
so
at
the
time,
Alberta's
Finance
Minister
said
that
this
1.3
billion
investment
in
taxpayers,
money
to
the
now
defunct
Keystone
XL
pipeline
project,
was
a
prudent
gamble.
That's
what
this
government
said
that
it
was
a
prudent
gamble
when
polling
was
pretty
clear:
I'm,
not
American,
I,
don't
vote
in
American
elections,
but
just
being
an
observer.
It
was
pretty
clear
what
was
happening,
but
this
government
thought
it
was
a
prudent
decision.
H
That's
a
fiscal
train
wreck.
You
know
they
made
comments.
They
made
the
comment
a
day
after
the
project
operator,
TC
energy
corporation
of
Calgary
officially
abandoned
the
multi-billion
dollar
cross-border
project.
They
said
you
know
that
it
was
a
good
idea
still
that
it
would
mesh
this
Wellspring
of
Industry
around
that
time.
You
know
there
were
also
numerous
Court
challenges
at
the
time.
Of
course,
this
government
doesn't
actually
like
to
pay
attention
to
fact,
and
what's
going
on,
we
also
had
the
person
that
was
also
running
for
the
job.
The
the
Democrat
Joe
Biden.
H
The
now
president
of
the
United
States
was
very
clear
that
if
he
was
successful
for
his
bid
for
the
presidency
of
the
United
States
that
this
deal,
this
would
be
over.
He
there
was
no
sort
of
hedging
or
hints.
It
was
very
clear,
crystal
clear
and
still
this
government
chose
to
waste
albertan's
resources
on
a
bet
that
was
sure
to
fail.
H
There
was
a
another
here's
some
reporting,
some
public
reporting
around
the
time
around
June
the
end
of
June
in
2022-
and
you
know
we
heard
from
actually
the
auditor
general
this
time
telling
us
that
there
were
some
serious
problems
around
four
billion
dollars
in
covid
spending
in
20,
20
21.,
serious
problems
in
covid
spending,
and
this
is
the
government
that
wants
to
create
a
1.4
billion
dollar
slush
fund.
This
is
their
track
record,
so
four
billion
dollars
in
covid
spending
that
wasn't
really
clear.
H
Unfortunately,
this
government
really
chose
not
to
take
those
recommendations
with
they
just
chose
not
to
follow
the
recommendations
and
not
to
do
the
work,
and
so
we
continue
to
see
these
financial
problems
going
forward,
but
you
know
some
of
the
findings.
The
audit
at
the
time
could
not
Trace
how
1.3
billion
dollars
in
federal
aid
for
the
safe
restart
agreement
made
its
way
through
the
Ministries
and
was
spent.
This
is
the
auditor
general
of
Alberta
saying
there
is
a
problem
here
with
billions
of
dollars.
It's
not
clear
where
it
went.
H
Did
it
actually
help?
Did
you
meet
any
Targets?
Did
you
meet
any
goals?
Did
it
make
life
better
for
anybody?
This
government
has
not
been
able
to
demonstrate
that
with
four
billion
dollars
in
covid
spending
and
this
government
that
wants
another
1.4
billion
for
a
slush
fund
just
weeks
away
from
an
election.
H
That
is
not
good.
Some
of
the
other
findings
that
the
auditor
general
shared
with
albertans
going
back
a
couple
of
years.
Is
they
didn't
always?
This
government
has
a
problem:
they
don't
have
a
problem
announcing
the
spending
that
they're
going
to
do.
They
do
have
a
problem.
Sort
of
coming
out
the
other
end
saying
well,
we
did
spend
this
much
and
here
were
the
results,
but
one
key
finding
is
that
results.
Analysis
did
not
always
include
spending
and
results.
H
So
here's
a
list
Ministry
of
Health,
disclosing
the
quantity
of
PPE
and
Rapid
tests
distributed,
but
not
how
much
was
spent
on
each
of
the
categories
of
PPE
contract
tracing
or
rapid
testing.
This
is,
there
was
no
information.
There
was
no
clarity
about
where
that
was
spent,
the
Ministry
of
Health
again,
not
disclosing
the
number
of
vaccines
received
by
the
federal
government.
H
This
is
the
auditor
general
saying
we
have
a
problem
here:
the
Ministry
of
Health
not
describing
what
it
achieved
by
spending
260
million
to
protect
staff
and
residents
in
long-term
care,
and
still
we
know
they
were
devastated.
People
living
in
long-term
care
during
covid
were
devastated.
They
were
devastated
by
illness
by
death
by
isolation
and
this
government
just
there's
no
Clarity
on
where
the
money
went
and
what
were
the
results.
H
Ministry
of
Education,
not
disclosing
individual
initiative
spending
or
results
for
263
million
in
spending
for
the
safe
return
for
class.
So
these
are
federal
dollars
that
the
province
of
Alberta
received
during
covid
to
distribute
for
a
number
of
programs
and
the
auditor
general
of
Alberta
saying.
Well,
we
have
a
problem,
not
the
first
problem
this
government
has
had.
H
So
one
of
the
things
that
this
government
did
and-
and
maybe
you'll
remember-
this-
is
that
they
decided
that
they
were
going
to
make
life
better
for
disabled
albertans
by
changing
the
date
that
they
received
their
benefits,
so
changing
the
date
that
the
money
showed
up
in
their
account.
So
before
the
UCP
decided
to
mess
with
this,
they
used
to
get
their
funds
a
few
days
before
the
end
of
the
month,
so
that
there
was
time
enough
to
go,
get
a
bus
pass
if
needed
to
make
sure
the
rent
was
paid
on
time.
H
All
of
those
things.
This
is
a
group
of
people,
typically
with
not
a
lot
of
resources.
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
they're
living
from
month
to
month
on
that
deposit,
so
when
things
are
a
little
bit
late,
life
gets
difficult.
This
government
decided
to
just
unilaterally
change
the
date,
we're
going
to
make
it
for
the
first
we're
doing
it
to
line
up
all
the
programs
which
wasn't
really
true
because
they
didn't
do
it
for
seniors.
They
only
did
it
to
the
big
programs
to
to
make
the
budget
look
better.
H
They
actually
only
recorded
11
months
of
expense
in
a
12-month
period
to
make
their
books
look
better
and
they
got
caught
by
the
auditor
general
and
they
had
to
make
that
change.
They
had
to
reverse
this
because
it
was
wrong.
In
the
meantime,
tens
of
thousands
of
albertans
were
impacted
by
this
decision.
They
didn't
bat
an
eye.
This
is
the
kind
of
fiscal
mismanagement
you
get
from
this
UCP
government.
It
just
goes
on
and
on,
and
that
was
just
one
of
the
examples.
H
That's
just
one
teeny
example
of
the
auditor
general:
they
flagged
1.6
billion
dollars
of
accounting
blunders.
That's
not
me!
That's
the
auditor
general
of
Alberta
report
card
on
this
government
reported
that
the
government
also
had
to
make
a
hundred
million
dollar
adjustment
to
the
Keystone
XL
pipeline
investment.
The
government
made
that
investment
before
the
fiscal
year
end,
but
the
money
wasn't
reflected
in
the
balance
sheet.
Just
a
little
error
on
this
government's
part.
H
There
was
also
152
million
added
to
cost
for
two
more
Income
Support
programs,
and
this
is
what
I
was
talking
about-
assured
income
for
severely
handcapped.
They
recorded
11
months
out
of
the
12.
I
mentioned
that
the
auditor
said
the
department
and
I
quote:
adjusted
the
numbers
to
appropriately
disclose
that
Community
Social
Services
exceeded
its
budgeted
appropriation
by
120
million
dollars.
The
auditor
also
criticized
the
environment
department
for
muddled
oversight
on
grants
handed
out
under
a
563
million
dollar
fund
that
places
a
levy
on
heavy
industrial
greenhouse
gas
emitters.
H
The
auditor
said
there
wasn't
enough
evidence
to
show
that
projects
receiving
fund
money
were
in
fact
reducing
emissions.
Another
example
563
million
dollars
and
this
government
could
not
prove
the
results.
This
is
not
me
saying
this.
This
is
the
auditor
general
of
Alberta.
This
is
the
financial
disaster,
one
more
financial
disaster
from
this
government,
and
this
is
a
government
that
wants
to
create
a
1.4
billion
dollar
slush
fund
weeks
before
a
provincial
election.
H
It's
not
good
So
This
Is
Us.
Well,
we
heard
yesterday
it
was
actually
quite
funny.
I
think
the
Finance
Minister
corrected
one
of
our
comments,
saying
it
was
a
structured
slush
fund.
I
think
he
said
it
in
just,
but
I
would
suggest
that's
exactly
what
this
is.
This
is
a
whole
bunch
of
money
sitting
there
for
this
government
to
decide
where
they're
going
to
spend
it
depending
on
where
they
need
the
most
votes.
That's
all
this
is.
There
is
no
transparency.
There's
no
oversight.
H
This
government
would
rather
take
1.4
billion
dollars
and
put
it
in
a
fund
for
them
to
decide
unilaterally
what
they're
going
to
fund
right
before
an
election.
You
think
that's
not
partisan,
that
is
that
is
partisan,
and
that's
an
incredibly
disappointing
that
this
UCP
government
has
so
little
respect
for
albertans
that
they
would
just
they
just
have
the
audacity
this
close
to
an
election
to
say:
yeah,
don't
worry
about
it,
we're
just
going
to
put
1.4
billion
over
here
and
we'll.
Let
you
know
where
we're
going
to
spend
it
as
we
go.
H
AS
Madam,
chair
I'm
really
excited
to
stand
in
support
of
Bill
10,
the
financial
statutes,
amendments
act
and
there's
a
lot
of
good
material
in
this
act
and
I
won't
have
time,
of
course,
to
cover
all
of
the
merits
of
this
bill,
but
I'll
just
cover
just
a
few.
When
you
go
to
page
six,
it
talks
about
amendments
to
the
Alberta,
personal
income,
tax
act
and,
of
course,
one
of
the
great
things
that
this
legislature
has
done
and
I
appreciate
the
members
opposite.
They
supported
this
amendment
as
well.
AS
In
Alberta,
we
have
the
most
generous
charitable
tax
credit
in
the
entire
country
and
I
love
it
that
albertans.
You
know
we
have
the
highest
per
capita
of
giving
albertans
compared
to
any
other
jurisdiction
in
Canada.
We
give
the
most
to
Charities
and
I
think
that
speaks
to
the
many
great
individuals
and
families
that
we
have
in
Alberta.
It
is
truly
a
place
of
freedom
and
prosperity,
but
what
the
amendments
to
this
act
do
is
that
individuals
on
the
first
two
hundred
dollars
that
they
donate
we
increased.
AS
You
know
this
legislature
as
a
whole.
We
voted
to
increase
that
tax
credit
from
a
provincial
perspective
to
60
percent,
and
so
when
and
when
an
old
Burton
gives
200
on
their
first
two
hundred
dollars
of
charitable
donations.
Now
they
receive
75
cents
on
the
dollar,
back
on
the
first
200
dollars
and
wow.
What
a
great
I
think
it's
something
that
I
hope
that
each
and
every
one
of
us
in
the
legislature
can
be
proud
of
it's
a
wonderful
thing.
It
helps
and
recognizes
perhaps
albertans
that
have
more
modest
means.
You
know.
AS
A
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
back
and
the
reason
why
I
love
that
Amendment
as
well
is
that
it
establishes
parity
with
the
political
donation,
tax
credit.
Of
course,
if
individuals
donate
to
a
political
party
here
in
Alberta,
they
receive
tax
credit
on
75
percent
as
well
in
the
first
two
hundred
dollars,
and
now
we've
established
parity
with
that
and,
of
course,
the
donation
limits
on
Charities,
rightfully
so
and
from
a
policy
perspective
of
course,
are
much
higher
for
charitable
donations
than
political
donations.
AS
But
I
love
the
fact
that
we
have
created
parity
of
treatment
for
our
charities
in
Alberta,
and
so
now,
not
only
are
we
the
most
generous,
most
beneficial
place
to
donate
for
individuals
donating
over
200,
but
now,
of
course,
we
also
have
established
ourselves
as
the
most
competitive
jurisdiction
in
Canada
for
people
donating
200
or
less.
Now
we
give
a
75
credit,
and
you
know
what
Bill
10
amends
that
to
make
it
effective
for
this
year.
AS
So
any
old
Burton
now
that
donates
in
2023
They
will
receive
a
tax
credit,
75
cents
on
the
dollar
back,
and
what
a
wonderful
thing
and
I
hope
that
the
members
opposite
don't
find
that
offensive.
In
fact,
I
I
expect
they
wouldn't
I.
I,
certainly
hope
they
wouldn't.
They
supported
the
bill
and
I
appreciate
that
they
did
that.
That's
a
really
good
thing.
AS
The
other
thing
that
and
again,
of
course,
I
don't
have
time
to
cover
everything,
but
one
of
the
other
things
in
Bill
10
is
that
we've
amended
the
local
government
fiscal
framework
act.
You
know
in
Alberta
we
are
blessed
with
you
know:
natural
resources.
We
are
a
land
of
prosperity
and
so
we've
we
have
eliminated
the
50
Factor
so
now
making
municipalities
a
full
partner
in
terms
of
a
hundred
percent.
AS
You
know
sharing
of
under
the
fiscal
framework,
and
that
increases
the
amount
and
resources
they
get
through
the
provincial
government
to
help
them
as
they
seek
to
serve
albertans.
My
understanding
is
they're
very
excited
about
that.
So
again,
another
positive
aspect
of
built
in
but
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
Alberta
fund,
because
it
seems
that
the
NDP
doesn't
necessarily
understand
how
we
have
an
Alberta
Fund.
In
the
first
place.
AS
AS
The
NDP
fund
is
a
debt
fund,
a
deficit
fund
right,
we
have
an
Alberta
fund
and
so
the
only
reason
there
is
an
Alberta
fund
and
that
there's
billion
dollars
in
it
is
because
we
have
a
surplus
right
and,
of
course,
while
the
NDP,
they
never
had
a
surplus.
Why?
Because
they
were
very
bad
fiscal
managers.
There
were
a
horrible
government
when
they
came
into
power.
AS
They
jacked
up
corporate
tax
rates,
of
course,
making
us
very
uncompetitive
guess
what
happened
to
our
corporate
tax
revenues
as
a
province
when
the
NDP
came
and
jacked
up
corporate
tax
rates.
Overall
revenue
from
a
corporate
Revenue
tax
perspective
actually
fell.
We've
reduced
corporate
tax
rates
so
that
we
are
the
most
competitive
jurisdiction
in
Canada
to
start
and
grow
a
business,
and
you
know
what
our
corporate
tax
revenue
has
done.
Even
though
we
reduce
corporate
tax
rates.
We
actually
now
have
record
corporate
tax
revenues.
AS
You
know
that
is
a
wonderful
thing
and
you
know
I
think
you
know
when
we
kind
of
talk
about
surpluses
and
prosperity,
we're
having
record
migration
to
Alberta
right,
and
that
is
a
wonderful
thing.
So,
while
the
NDP
liked
to
talk
about
us
being
a
fiscal
train
Rack
or
they
like
to
talk
about
fiscal
management,
well,
people
seem
to
be
voting
with
their
fee
and
they're
coming
to
Alberta.
We
see
people
coming
from
all
across
Canada.
AS
You
know
from
all
over
the
world,
because
this
is
a
land,
prosperity
and
freedom
and
I
love
that
so
in
the
fiscal
framework,
it
talks
about
expense,
growth
right
and
it
seeks
to
limit
expense,
growth
to
inflation
and
population
growth
right
and
before
I
became
an
MLA.
Of
course,
I
am
from
Red
Deer
I
love
red
beards,
where
I
grew
up.
It's
where
I
came
back
with
my
young
family
raised
my
family
in
Red
Deer,
it's
it's
a
beautiful
place,
it's
centrally
located
in
the
Calgary
Edmonton
economic
Corridor.
AS
You
know
it's
not
too
big,
not
too
small.
It
is.
We
have
a
beautiful
River.
Park
system
trail
system
and
we're
close
to
these
beautiful
lakes,
the
beautiful
West
country,
which
I
love.
It's
such
a
great
playground.
Of
course
we
have
the
mountains
nearby,
but
most
important.
It's
a
place
where
I
raise
my
family
and
I
love
the
individuals
and
families
in
Red
Deer
as
I.
Think
every
each
and
every
member
in
this
legislature
loves
and
cares
about
the
individuals
in
their
Community.
AS
Alberta
is
sort
of
a
shining
star
not
only
in
the
world,
but
in
Canada
people
are
wanting
to
come
here.
Why
do
you
think
that
is?
Do
you
think?
That's
because
they
want
to
come
to
a
woke
socialist
fiscal
train
wreck,
no
right
they're
coming
to
Alberta,
because
we
are
leading
Canada
in
economic
growth
right.
We
have
the
lowest
taxes
and
the
highest
incomes
right.
That
is
our
inheritance
and
our
Legacy.
AS
That
is
the
Alberta
culture,
freedom
and
prosperity,
and
does
that
have
anything
to
do
with
socialist
woke
NDP
Madam
chair
does
not
has
nothing
to
do
with
them.
So,
of
course,
they
wouldn't
understand
the
concept
of
an
Alberta
fund
being
a
surplus
fund
right.
It's
a
surplus
fund,
because
if
there
was
no
Surplus
there
would
be
no.
AS
There
would
be
no
balance
in
it
and,
of
course,
the
NDP
it's
a
foreign
concept
to
them
because
they
were
horrible
people
in
terms
of
how
they
manage
this
country.
You
know
this
province,
yeah
Madam,
chair,
sir
I
didn't
mean
that
they
were
horrible.
Fiscal
managers,
they're
very
incompetent,
Madam
chair.
AS
They
did
a
horrible
job
and
the
reason
I
know
that
is
because
when
I
visited
individuals
and
families
when
I
was
knocking
indoors
in
Red
Deer
South,
you
know
there
would
be
individuals
that
perhaps
worked
in
the
oil
and
gas
sector
right
and
under
unfortunately,
this
horrible
government.
They
chased
out
Capital,
they
drove
away
businesses.
You
know
and
they've
never
apologized
for
the
economic
harm
that
they
did
when
they
were
in
office
when
they
became
a
government
during
the
four
years
that
they
were
in
government.
AS
Private
sector
jobs
actually
shrunk
under
their
mismanagement,
and
you
know
they've
never
apologized
for
that,
but
that
so,
of
course
they
had
their
billion
dollar
deficits.
They
were
horrible
government
I
mean
they
did
a
horrible
job.
We
know
that
but
they're
they
they
inflicted
a
great
human
cost
kind
of
underlined
their
incompetence.
You
know
they
drove
away
albertans
from
being
being
able
to
provide
for
themselves
and
their
families.
They
chased
away
Capital
under
an
NDP
socialist
woke.
Government
businesses
didn't
want
to
come
and
invest
in
Alberta.
No,
they
they
laughed
right.
AS
AS
They
were
just
a
horrible
horrible
government
and
it's
so
good
that
they're
gone,
but
really
because
they're
a
horrible
government.
What
are
the
fruits
of
horrible
government
huge
billion
dollar
deficits?
So
I
am
so
grateful
that
we
find
ourselves
now
a
place
of
freedom
and
prosperity.
We
have
record
migration
coming
here.
You
know,
I
know
all
I
know
why
albertans
are
coming
here
because
place
of
opportunity.
The
clouds
have
lifted
under
this
horrible
gray,
NDP
storm
cloud
we're
going
away
and
in
the
next
election
they'll
they'll,
be.
AS
You
know
even
further
away
very
happy
about
that.
You
know
because
we've
been
able
to
repair
the
damage
that
they've
done
so
I'm
really
excited
Madam
chair
about
supporting
bill,
10.
I
love
individuals
living
in
their
means.
Of
course,
this
government
never
understood
what
that
is.
They
were
horrible
government.
We
have
surpluses,
we
are
on
the
right
track,
replace
of
freedom
and
prosperity
and
I'd,
invite
the
members
opposite
to
vote
in
favor
Bill
10
vote
in
favor
of
freedom
and
prosperity
vote
in
favor
of
us
undoing
the
horrible
things
that
they
did
thanks.
AS
T
You,
madam
chair
I,
appreciate
you
the
opportunity
to
rise
and
speak
to
Bill
tenen
I'd
like
to
thank
the
member
for
Red
Deer
self,
for
a
colorful
speech,
perhaps
his
last
in
this
legislature,
but
certainly
it
was
one
that
allowed
me
to
completely
fill
out.
My
conservative
cliche
bingo
card,
so
I
certainly
appreciate
those
efforts
on
his
part.
T
T
So
all
the
member
celebrates
and
claims
fiscal
responsibility.
We
know
what
the
realities
actually
are,
that
this
is
the
government
that
continues
to
gamble
on
a
high
price
of
oil,
which
is
about
the
opposite
of
what
this
member
is
claiming
and
again
it's
very
similar
with
these
Alberta
funds
slush
fund.
T
The
fact
is,
madam
chair,
even
if
this
was
actually
a
surplus
fund,
it
is
not
fiscal
responsibility
to
set
1.4
billion
dollars
aside
for
the
government
to
simply
spend
on
a
whim
one
month
before
an
election
that
is
not
the
kind
of
Integrity
or
fiscal
responsibility.
The
member
for
Red
Deer
South
was
just
claiming
that
his
government
champions,
certainly
if
any
other
government
before
had
attempted
to
do
such
I'm,
pretty
sure
that
member
would
have
been
in
strong
opposition
and
spoken
vocally
against
it.
T
Now
there
are
many
things
that
could
be
done
with
that
1.4
billion
dollars
manager
when
we
were
speaking
about
the
legacy
of
this
government,
as
many
of
their
members
have
and
as
the
Minister
of
Finance
did
and
took
extensive
time
during
their
discussion
on
Bill
10
to
brag
about
their
record
on
investing
in
health
care
in
other
areas.
Let
me
tell
you
a
bit
of
a
story,
but
a
current
situation
under
this
government,
while
they
are
setting
1.4
billion
dollars
aside
in
a
slush
fund
for
their
election
campaign,.
T
T
I've
received
letters
from
doctors
from
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
others
calling
it
a
vital
part
of
Health
Care
in
their
Community
important
in
life-saving,
a
vital
preventative
service.
Madam
chair
under
this
government,
as
they
were
preparing
this
budget
as
they
were
preparing
to
set
aside
1.4
billion
dollars
for
their
election
fund
on
February
7th.
Just
a
few
hours
before
Dr
Jennifer
norheim,
who
has
been
at
that
clinic
since
it
began,
was
getting
ready
to
open
the
clinic
for
the
day.
T
She
gets
a
call
from
Alberta
Health
telling
her
that
they
had
told
their
local
apartment.
She
got
a
call
from
their
local
PCN
who
had
gotten
the
call
from
Alberta
Health
Alberta
Health,
telling
that
local
PCN
they
could
no
longer
use
their
funding
to
pay
for
her
work
at
the
young
adult
in
Youth.
Clinic.
T
T
T
T
Of
choosing
to
volunteer
her
time
at
the
clinic
do
that
work
unpaid,
as
his
government
demanded.
So
many
family
doctors
do
throughout
the
course
of
the
pandemic,
while
they
were
still
maintaining
their
war
against
physicians
in
the
province
of
Alberta.
Dr
norheim
can't
afford
to
do
that,
so
the
clinic
will
be
closing
as
of
March
31st
end
of
next
week.
T
None
that
is
the
reality
on
the
ground,
while
this
government
celebrates
their
1.4
billion
dollars
in
this
apparent
Surplus
fund
that
the
member
for
Red,
Deer
South,
is
so
proud
of
what
better
use
of
a
surplus
Madam
speaker
Madam
chair
than
to
actually
fund
access
to
care
in
the
community
for
vulnerable
youth,
but
no
they're
not
doing
that.
They're
setting
this
1.4
billion
dollars
aside
to
campaign
for
their
jobs.
T
It
flies
in
the
face
of
everything
that
the
minister
of
Health
and
the
UCP
say
they're
actually
working
to
support
in
the
words
of
Dr
norheim.
This
is
a
decision
that
will
add
more
chaos
and
instability
to
the
system.
It
will
hurt
access
to
Primary
Care.
It
will
increase
the
pressure
on
their
local
emergency
departments.
While
this
government
stands
with
their
chosen,
fixer
Dr
Cowell
in
claims
that
they
have
solved
all
of
these
issues
again
Madam
chair
more
interested
in
their
re-election
than
actually
doing
the
work
they
were
elected
to
do
for
albertans.
T
T
T
T
T
But
albertans
see
it
Madam
chair
now.
Certainly
there
are
a
number
of
things
in
this
bill
that
we
don't
find
objectionable.
Certainly
as
the
member
for
Red
Deer
South
said
the
making
it
easier
for
to
begin
the
extension
of
the
the
expansion
of
the
tax
credit
for
charitable
donations,
we
have
no
issue
with
that
whatsoever.
T
T
But
nonetheless,
we've
seen
quite
clear
where
this
government
standards
lie
and
what
its
intentions
are
and
how
far
it's
willing
to
go
when
it's
seeing
the
writing
on
the
wall
as
albertans
make
quite
clear
what
their
thoughts
are
on
this
government's
record
on
the
choices
it
has
made
on
the
level
of
arrogance
and
entitlement
that
they
have
brought
forward.
That
Rivals,
that
of
the
44-year
dynasty
of
the
PC
government,
and
indeed
you
could
say
in
some
senses,
exceeds
it
because
they
managed
to
get
there
where
it
took
44.
Previously
they
got
there
in
full.
AT
AT
During
this
time
of
high
inflation
are
readily
available
without
incurring
debt
and
speaking
of
that
Madam
chair
through
this
government's
proper
management
of
provincial
finances,
we
are
now
able
to
reduce
and
pay
down
the
provincial
debt,
which
was
never
done
by
the
members
offset
during
their
time
in
the
government.
What
they
did
was
to
accumulate
more
debt.
Madam
chair,
the
members
of
zit
were
not
even
able
to
balance
the
budget
and
it
seemed
that
they
never
intended
to
balance
it
as
it
can
be
noticed
on
their
continuous
assertion
of
spending
spree.
AT
Yes,
they
even
hinted
that
they
would
increase
taxes
which
we
already
have
seen
Madam
chair,
it
drove
away
joke,
created
creators
and
billions
of
Investments,
while
they
plan
to
spend
more
in
Inca,
more
debt
to
Earl,
Better
Living
future
generations
to
pay
for
it.
They
have
not
yet
to
mention
any
Shadow
budget.
AT
On
the
other
hand,
this
government
have
planned
to
balance
the
budget
from
day
one
of
assumption
of
office.
It
is
wise
and
thoughtful
plan
to
emulate
the
largest
deficit
in
Alberta's
history.
In
fact,
during
the
start
of
this
government
into
Administration,
the
deficit
has
decreased
even
faster
than
initially
planned.
AT
Our
balanced
budget
would
give
us
the
ability
to
reduce
the
debt
servicing
charge
and
pay
down
the
debt.
It
would
remove
the
burden
to
Future
generations
to
pay
that
that
they
did
not
incur
when
the
previous
government
assume
governance
of
the
province.
Debt
servicing
was
under
800
billion
million
a
year
when
they
were
ousted
from
office.
It
was
about
2.3
billion
iea
SS
government
paid
on
the
debt
Madam
chair.
AT
It
is
aimed
to
have
a
financial
stability
and
ensures
a
greater
successful
future
for
Alberta
by
growing
the
economy,
creating
good
paying
jobs,
strengthening
Health
Care
in
education
and
keeping
Alberta
communities
safe
through
the
well
thought
strategy
of
this
government.
Our
economy
is
showing
encouraging
signs
of
recovery
and
growth,
but
there
is
a
lot
more
to
be
done
to
further
diversify,
strengthen
our
Workforce,
grow
our
resources
and
extend
the
needed
help
for
all
albertans.
AT
2023
also
includes
inputs
from
albertans
and
stakeholders.
The
government
received
feedbacks
and
submissions
from
albertans
in
various
stakeholders
through
consultations
conducted
by
a
way
of
online
surveys,
written
submissions
and
telephone
Town
Halls
everyone's
views
were
all
conceited
by
the
government
and
they
all
received
with
great
help
in
understanding
the
priorities
of
families,
businesses
and
communities.
AT
Having
said
that,
Madam
chair,
let
me
express
my
appreciation
to
all
who
participated
with
the
budget.
2023
consultation
Alberto
is
continuously
moving
forward.
Madam
chair
through
the
government's
Focus
responsible
fiscal
management,
Relentless
pursuit
of
economic
growth.
It
has
put
the
province
on
the
most
sustainable
fiscal
trajectory,
creating
expanded
Financial
capacity,
resulting
in
additional
government
revenues.
AT
A
multi-billion
Investments
have
started
to
come
in
Alberta
Madam
chair.
It
has
been
focused
that
Alberta
will
again
have
an
outstanding
economic
growth.
This
year
the
Amazon
web
services
is
building
a
second
cloud
computing
Hub
in
Calgary,
amounting
to
4.3
billion
dollars,
while
emphasis
and
memphis's
have
opened
their
Tech
hubs
last
year
in
Calgary
are
to
create
thousands
of
jobs
in
the
province.
Rbc
has
also
established
a
tech
Hub
in
Calgary
with
about
300
jobs.
Hawaii
created
a
new
Finance
Hub
with
about
200
jobs
in
Calgary
impressed
with
the
talented
Oak
Force
and
just
recently.
AT
Epilepsis
technology
is
to
open
its
new
Canadian
headquarters
in
downtown
Calgary,
creating
125
jobs
in
the
process,
additional
huge
investment
that
has
landed
in
Alberta's
links,
Madam,
chair,
Canada's,
newest
law,
cost
Airline,
Jones,
Flair
and
WestJet
as
Alberta
based
Airlines.
These
are
just
some
of
the
many
Investments
creating
jobs
in
Albert
Alberta
and
boosting
our
economy.
Madam
chair,
as
we
saw
the
unemployed
employment
rate,
hit
pre-pandemic
level
in
December
2021
by
gaining
about
130
000
jobs
for
the
year,
including
6100,
to
the
whale
and
gas
industry.
AT
AT
Alberta's
economy
has
momentum,
and
this
government
is
focused
on
even
more
job.
Creation
in
Alberta
continues
to
be
the
economic
engine
of
Canada,
with
a
strong
focus
on
investment
attraction,
job
creation
and
economic
growth
budget
20,
20
23
says
this
stage
for
Alberta
to
remain
Canada's
economic
engine
for
decades.
AT
AT
Further,
investment
in
aviation
in
Aerospace,
agri-food
manufacturing
and
24.5
million
for
Alberta
technology
and
Innovation
strategy
will
enhance
Imaging
an
Innovative
Technologies
help
attract
even
more
Venture
Capital
Investments
to
Alberta.
Let
me
also
add
that
Alberta
continues
to
be
the
old
leader
in
sustainable
and
responsible
resource
development
among
oil
producing
jurisdictions.
AT
That
is
why
Alberta's
government
is
also
setting
new
record
for
spending
in
health
care
through
budget
2023,
Madam
chair.
We
have
the
best
Frontline
healthcare
workers
in
the
world,
and
budget
2023
provides
the
right
supports
to
ensure
albertans
get
the
care
they
need
when
and
where
they
need
it.
We
are
seeing
a
record
high
investment
into
the
health
ministries
operating
budget.
An
additional
965
million
this
year
will
help
the
Ministry
of
Health
continue,
building
a
stronger
Health
Care
system
and
ensure
the
government
can
do
what's
needed
to
improve
wait
times
for
ambulances.