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Legislative Assembly of Alberta
9:13 Opening
29:05 Oral Question Period
1:21:21 Afternoon Session
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Honorable
members,
the
prayer
Lord,
the
god
of
righteousness
and
Truth
Grant
to
our
King
and
his
government
to
members
of
this
legislative
assembly
and
to
all
impositions
of
responsibility,
the
guidance
of
your
spirit.
May
they
never
leave
the
province
wrongly
through
love
of
power
desire
to
please
or
unworthy
ideals.
By
laying
aside
all
private
interests
and
Prejudice
keep
in
mind
their
responsibility
to
seek
to
improve
the
condition
of
all
members
may
be
seated.
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Pleasure
to
rise
today
to
introduce
to
you
and
through
105
students,
seated
in
both
the
public
and
members
gallery
from
Monsignor
fee
Otterson
school,
which
is
located
in
the
constituency
of
Edmonton
South
they're
joined
today
by
their
teacher
Ms
Susan
Andre
I.
Ask
that
we
please
rise
and
give
them
the
warm
welcome
of
the
house.
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To
you
and
through
you,
Mr
Speaker,
three
stallery
families,
the
smash
Nook
family
from
Grand,
Prairie,
hello
to
stallery
kid
Arabella,
her
parents,
Alicia
and
Greg,
and
her
sister
Ava
from
Red
Deer,
the
adolfi
family,
hello,
to
stullery
kid
Amelie
and
her
parents,
Leslie
and
astral,
and
from
Edmonton
the
haluca
family.
A
warm
welcome
to
stullery
kids
Samantha
and
her
mom
Kim.
Please
rise
and
receive
the
warm
welcome
of
this
house.
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H
Speaker
I'd
like
to
introduce
to
you
and
through
you
and
to
the
Legislative
Assembly
Sarah
wood,
Martina,
Frost
and
Maria
Vicente
from
the
Cara
Family
Resource
Center
each
day.
These
amazing
people
provide
supports
that
help,
create
positive
outcomes
for
children
and
families
in
this
province.
Please
rise
and
receive
the
warm
welcome
of
the
legislative
assembly
of
Alberta.
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The
speaker
right
today
to
introduce
to
you
my
constituent
from
the
beautiful
community
of
everything,
was
Debbie
Phillips
Chuck
Debbie
is
a
recipient
of
the
prince
Platinum
Jubilee
medal.
She
is
also
a
Canadian
Air,
Force
officer
with
her
also
it's
her
nephew
Leo
Christensen.
Also
a
Canadian
Air
Force
mechanic
please
rise
and
receive
the
warm
welcome
of
the
assembly.
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Much
Mr
Speaker,
I'm
so
happy
to
rise
to
introduced
several
incredible
human
beings.
Today,
Tamara
Jones
and
Her
Mother,
their
Pat
monologues
are
with
us
both
Alberta
appointed
marriage,
Commissioners
and
advocates
for
human
rights.
Thank
you
so
much
to
the
minister
of
red
tape.
Reduction
for
taking
a
meeting
with
them.
I'd
also
like
to
welcome
lanre
Ajay
and
his
marketing
manager.
Timiduna
lonre,
is
the
founder
and
director
of
ethnic
festivals
and
Association
was
recently
recognized
for
the
top
25
Canadian
immigrants
Awards
and
finally,
we
have
minajama
and
Candace
Jensen
with
the
JAMA
Foundation.
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F
Labor
critic
and
his
previous
labor
Minister
over
the
last
eight
years.
Much
of
my
time
has
been
spent
talking
to
listening
to
and
advocating
for
the
workers
of
this
province,
including
hard-working
members
of
local
unions
like
the
international
Union
of
operating
engineers,
local
955,
for
whom
2023
is
a
very
important
year.
75
years
ago,
right
here
in
Edmonton,
local
955
signed
their
constitution
and
earlier
I
introduced
members
that
have
joined
us
in
the
gallery.
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Today,
local
955
proudly
represents
a
growing
membership
of
12
000,
hard-working
albertans
that
leave
their
mark
on
almost
every
facet
of
Our.
Lives
chances
are
at
some
point
today.
You
or
a
member
of
your
family
will
either
interact
with
a
member
of
local
955
or
go
buy
a
project.
A
member
worked
on
these
workers
are
in
everything
from
construction
pipelines
and
crane
operating
to
fabrication,
Health
Care,
School
divisions,
municipalities
and
much
more,
but
not
only
are
the
members
of
local
955
marking
their
75th
Anniversary.
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They
are
also
celebrating
50
years
with
their
Pension
Plan
Mr
Speaker,
that
is
half
a
century
of
ensuring
working
albertans,
have
retirement
security
and
dignity
that
they
deserve.
After
so
many
years
of
hard
work,
local
955
and
their
members
are
celebrating
their
75th
anniversary
with
the
golf
tournament
family
event,
Edmonton
Calgary
and
Fort
McMurray
and
a
gala.
This
fall
I
hope
that
all
members
of
this
assembly
are
able
to
get
out
and
join
in
the
celebrations
taking
place
throughout
the
year
and
across
the
province
and
I.
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Mr
Speaker,
as
a
parliamentary
secretary
for
Ukrainian
settlement
and
a
descendant
of
one
of
the
first
Ukrainian
settlers
in
Alberta,
I'm,
incredibly
proud
of
the
many
measures
our
government
has
taken
to
help
Ukrainian
newcomers
to
Alberta.
Recently
I've
had
the
privilege
of
attending
a
number
of
announcements
that
I
know
will
be
of
great
help
to
displaced
ukrainians.
Our
government
has
committed
seven
million
dollars
over
three
years
for
settlement
and
language
supports
9.9
million
for
social
housing
and
rent
supplement
programs
and
3.6
million
dollars
to
support
emergency
and
ongoing
income
support.
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We
are
providing
a
further
1.5
million
through
a
new
Ukrainian
student
benefit
to
assist
displaced,
post-secondary
students,
twelve
thousand
dollars
in
funding
for
the
Red
Deer
public
library
to
provide
eal
classes
and
12
million
dollars
in
additional
funding
to
school
boards
for
supporting
newly
enrolled
students
from
Ukraine.
Today,
the
Premier
Minister
Soni
and
I
announced
the
establishment
of
a
Ukrainian
helpline
to
assist
Ukrainian
evacuees
with
settlement.
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What
makes
me
even
more
proud
is
that
all
of
these
come
as
a
direct
result
of
the
work
and
recommendations
of
the
premier's
task
force
on
Ukraine,
which
I'm
honored
to
have
chaired
I
want
to
thank
albertans
for
welcoming
evacuees
with
open
arms
and
making
their
adjustments
in
life
Alberta
life
in
Alberta
easier,
despite
tragic
circumstances,
I
continue
to
be
overwhelmed
by
the
generosity
of
albertans
daily
Mr
Speaker.
The
national
flower
of
Ukraine
is
a
sunflower.
The
sunflower
grows
fast.
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It
stands
tall
in
all
weather
conditions,
it
sways
with
the
wind,
but
it
does
not
break
it's
happily,
sharing
its
soil
with
others
allowing
other
flowers
and
even
weeds
to
coexist
with
it.
It's
bright,
strong
and
positive.
The
strength,
perseverance
and
brightness
of
the
sunflower
is
matched
by
the
Glorious
Spirit
of
the
Ukrainian
people,
and
so
in
the
face
of
Putin's
genocidal
Invasion.
Ukrainians
will
continue
to
fight
and
Triumph,
and
while
they
fight
albertans
will
stand
with
them.
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Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
the
health
of
our
Province
begins
with
the
health
of
its
children.
Therefore,
we
are
proud
to
host
salary
day
today,
as
the
second
largest
Children's
Hospital
in
Canada,
the
scholarly
sees
more
than
300
000
patients
each
year
with
nearly
half
of
those
kids
coming
from
outside
the
Edmonton
region.
The
stallery
is
one
of
the
busiest
hospitals
in
Canada
and
offers
the
highest
degree
of
acute
care
in
western
Canada.
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The
foundation
is
giving
kids
the
best
chance
anywhere
in
the
world
to
live
a
long
and
healthy
life,
but
the
stallery
is
squeezed
into
an
adult
hospital
and
desperately
needs
a
space
of
its
own.
Sick
kids
need
a
space
that
is
built
for
them
and
Modern
Health
Care.
We
are
proud
to
have
funded
three
million
dollars
in
planning
funds
towards
a
new
scholarly.
Children's
hospital
and
I
am
personally
hopeful
that
they
will
soon
become
building
dollars,
because
our
kids
can't
wait
for
another.
Second.
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The
largest
charitable
campaign
in
Alberta's,
History,
Mr
Speaker
stalari
day,
is
a
chance
to
reflect
on
the
tremendous
impact
this
hospital
has
on
the
quality
of
Health
Care
in
our
Province
I,
encourage
my
fellow
members
to
think
about
the
vital
importance
Children's
Health
plays
in
the
future
of
our
Province
and
consider
in
Innovative
opportunities
to
invest
in
and
improve
pediatric
care
for
kids
in
communities
across
Alberta,
including
a
new
stahlery
children's
hospital.
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
M
Speaker
today
is
the
International
Day
for
elimination
of
racial
discrimination.
This
day
was
proclaimed
in
1966
following
the
sharp
Bell
Massacre,
where
people
peacefully
protesting
their
faces
lost
in
apartheid
break
over
fired
upon,
leaving
hundreds
killed
in
injured.
While
much
progress
has
been
made
for
men,
black
indigenous
and
racist
people
in
Alberta,
racism
and
discrimination
is
far
too
often
daily
reality
and
mage
of
deeply
ingrained
systemic
barriers.
Recently,
in
recent
years,
Alvada,
along
with
rest
of
Canada,
has
seen
a
rise
in
hate
crimes
along
with
Rising
tide
of
islamophobia.
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Anti-Semitism
semitism
and
racism
today
serves
as
a
call
to
action
for
individuals,
organizations
and
all
levels
of
government
to
actively
work
to
eliminate
all
forms
of
racial
discrimination
and
Justice
systemic
racism
and
hate.
For
years,
the
current
government
has
failed
to
take
concrete,
ongoing
action
to
address
the
concerns
of
racialized
alertens.
We
must
recommit
our
efforts
to
ensure
all
people
are
respected
and
have
equal
access
and
opportunity
to
be
safe
and
to
succeed.
M
Albertin
desirable
government
that
will
take
proactive
steps
to
not
only
address
the
instances
of
racist
violence
but
actively
combat
the
root
causes
of
racial
intolerance
in
Alberta
and
eliminate
them
once
and
for
all
avoidance
can
count
on
Alberta
and
DP
to
do
just
that,
we
will
start
by
implementing
the
recommendations
brought
for
why
the
anti-racism
advisory
Council
and
we
will
pass
the
interior
system
act.
Did
you
see
people
voted
down?
M
I
am
proud
to
say
that
when
elected,
we
will
establish
an
anti-racism
office
to
ensure
that
we
will
live
in
province
that
works
tirelessly
towards
being
pre-prom
all
forms
of
racism,
discrimination
and
intolerance.
Albertin
desirable
government
that
make
that
takes
concerns
of
racialization
albertans
seriously
and
we
are
ready.
Thank
you.
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You
Mr
Speaker
Alberta's,
aware
of
the
many
ways
that
Ottawa
has
trampled
our
provincial
rights
and
constitutional
Authority.
Our
government
will
stand
up
to
Ottawa
every
day,
all
day
long,
every
day
of
the
week
to
ensure
that
albertans
have
a
prosperous
future
with
certainty
to
keep
the
lights
on
and
food
on
the
table
for
their
families.
Our
province
has
been
leading
the
way
in
fighting
the
federal
intrusion
for
our
constitutional
Authority
and
other
provinces
have
taken
notice.
Tomorrow
is
another
step
in
defending
Alberta's
rights
to
develop
our
own
resources
and
get
them
to
market.
N
The
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
is
currently
hearing
arguments
about
the
federal
impact,
Assessment
Act,
better
known
as
the
no
more
pipelines
law
on
March
22nd
Alberta
will
present
its
arguments
to
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada.
On
the
many
ways
of
this
Federal
legislation
has
impeded
our
provincial
rights.
This
matter
has
been
brought
to
the
Supreme
Court
following
the
May
2022
ruling
in
the
Alberta
Provincial
Court
of
Appeals,
which
struck
down
the
no
more
pipelines
act
and
declared
it
unconstitutional.
This
act
will
not
only
hurt
albertans.
It
harms
our
partners
in
the
Confederation.
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The
economic
interests
of
our
country
as
a
whole
are
at
stake.
Eight
provinces
or
interveners
before
The,
Supreme
Court
in
this
matter,
underscoring
the
unprecedented
constitutional
threat.
The
Trudeau
liberals
have
socalously
forced
upon
the
provinces
through
this
law.
As
we
have
said
many
times,
this
act
doesn't
just
harm
the
economy
and
out,
and
it
isn't
just
Alberta's
fight.
It's
a
battle
for
the
Integrity
of
a
role
in
the
Confederation
and
our
provincial
Partners.
It's
a
violation
of
the
exclusive
constitutional
jurisdiction
of
the
provinces
and
territories
to
control
and
develop
their
natural
resources.
N
Over
the
past
25
years,
Alberta
has
contributed
400
billion
dollars
to
the
federal
government's
revenues.
More
than
it's
ever
received
back
from
the
feds,
harming
the
Alberta
economy
of
the
Norman
pipelines,
act
that'll
be
felt
right
across
the
country.
We
need
to
get
our
country
working
as
it
was
intended.
Striking
down,
the
no
more
pipelines
act
will
go
a
long
way
to
making
our
country
whole
again
and
to
making
our
reputation
to
become
Canadians
again,
where
things
can
get
done.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker.
O
Every
time
albertans
think
this
UCP
government
has
hit
bottom,
the
members
opposite
managed
to
sink
a
little
lower.
Yesterday,
the
UCP
mlas
voted
against
the
polluter
pay
principle,
the
long-standing
principle
that
if
you
make
a
mess,
you
clean
it
up.
It's
basic
fairness:
it's
what
we
teach
our
kids,
it's
what
we've
expected
of
industry
for
generations
with
their
support,
and
it's
an
important
signal
to
Global
Investors.
That
Alberta
is
a
mature
and
responsible
energy
producer.
Yesterday,
the
UCB
threw
that
away
according
to
the
UCP.
O
If
you
make
a
mess
on
someone
else's
property,
not
only
can
you
refuse
to
clean
it
up,
but
you
can
stick
your
hand
out
for
taxpayer
money.
The
members
opposite
are
now
on
the
record,
in
support
of
the
Premier
scheme,
to
give
away
20
billion
dollars
to
a
small
group
of
bad
companies
who
don't
clean
up
after
themselves.
This
scheme
is
not
only
an
unforgivable
abuse
of
Alberta
taxpayers,
but
is
going
to
make
the
problem
of
inactive
Wells
worse.
Why
would
anyone
pay
to
clean
up
their
liabilities
when
they
could
refuse
and
get
a
handout?
O
O
Albertans
will
remember
this
when
it
comes
to
cast
their
vote
in
may.
They
will
remember
that
the
UCP
refused
to
build
a
school
in
their
growing
neighborhood
to
get
construction
started
on
a
badly
needed
hospital
to
revitalize
their
downtown
to
create
good
paying
jobs,
but
the
UCP
did
find
20
billion
dollars
to
reward
bad
behavior
from
the
premier's
friends.
Luckily,
albertans
have
a
choice.
They
can
elect
a
government
that
will
end
the
gravy
train,
one
that
will
be
focused
on
them
and
their
priorities.
They
can
elect
an
NDP
government.
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Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Mr
Speaker
I
have
a
message
for
Mo
Burtons
to
Trudeau
and
his
NDP
puppets.
Alberta
is
a
land
of
freedom
and
prosperity.
Woke
socialist
ways
do
not
belong
here,
go
away
and
leave
us
alone.
Oh
burdens
did
not
want
the
secret
NDP
carbon
tax
albertans
do
not
like
surprise
NDP
taxes,
albertans
fired
the
NDP
Mr
Speaker
obertans
do
not
like
Trudeau's
carbon
tax,
either
supported
by
his
puppets
next
month.
They
are
jacking
up
the
carbon
tax
by
30
percent.
P
Their
actions
speak
louder
than
their
words.
They
do
not
care
about
affordability,
yet
the
NDP
says
nothing
sitting
in
a
thoughtless,
stupor
comprehending
nothing.
Yet,
in
spite
of
them,
Alberta
succeeds
and
prospers
Mr
Speaker.
There
is
something
extraordinary
occurring
in
Alberta.
We
are
seeing
record
numbers
of
families
coming
to
Alberta
from
across
Canada
and
all
over
the
world,
but
Mr
Speaker
is
this
because
Alberta
is
a
woke
socialist
Paradise.
No
Alberta
has
the
highest
incomes
and
lowest
taxes.
It
is
the
most
competitive
jurisdiction
to
start
and
grow
a
business
leading
Canada
in
economic
growth.
P
Parents
want
a
better
future
for
their
children
and
they
are
coming
to
Alberta
this
land
of
freedom
and
prosperity,
while
the
NDP
and
the
CBC
may
wish
it
otherwise.
Albertans
do
not
want
a
freedom-sucking
woke
socialist
government
Alberta
is
a
land
of
opportunity
of
freedom
and
prosperity.
We
must
be
vigilant
to
keep
it
that
way.
B
Q
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
today,
more
albertans
are
waiting
in
pain
for
their
surgery,
but
instead
of
reinvesting
in
our
hospitals,
the
UCP
plan
to
shovel
taxpayers
dollars
at
private,
surgical,
centers
that
are
doing
much
lower
risk
procedures,
but
the
staff
to
perform
those
surgeries
still
have
to
come
from
somewhere.
So
so
did
the
government
of
Alberta
or
AHS
sign
contracts
with
private
surgical
providers
that
guaranteed
them
access
to
a
minimum
number
of
public
surgical
staff,
including
anesthesiologists,
yes
or
no.
R
Mr
Speaker,
the
member
opposite.
Well
knows
the
charter:
surgical
centers
are
integrated
into
our
system,
they
are
a
single
system
and
it's
just
a
matter
of
scheduling
to
get
one
in
a
public
hospital
or
one
in
a
charter.
Surgical
Center.
There
is
no
cue
jumping.
No
one
pays
out
of
pocket
the
the
Personnel
Works
seamlessly
across
the
two
different
systems
to
make
sure
that
we
get
the
maximum
number
of
surgeries
performed
and
I'll
just
correct
the
record.
We
don't
have
more
people
waiting.
Q
Well,
Mr
Speaker
speaking
of
scheduling,
there's
only
so
many
staff,
which
means,
if
they're
at
the
private
clinics
they're
not
at
the
hospital.
Now
we
are
told
that
last
week
medical
staff
were
presented
with
a
revised
assignment
priority
list,
directing
that
limited
anesthesiologist
resources
would
be
assigned
to
chartered
chartered
surgical
facilities
ahead
of
high-risk
patients
in
the
hospitals.
Behind
the
scenes,
surgeons
and
anesthesiologists
are
calling
these
priorities
unethical.
Why
is
the
Premier
allowing
her
ideology
to
undermine
care
for
high-risk
patients
in
Alberta's,
hospitals.
R
Simply
not
true:
we
have
a
system
that
prioritizes
the
most
urgent
cases.
I
know
the
member
opposite.
Has
a
socialist
theory
of
how
everything
should
operate,
meaning
everything
should
be
done
in
government-owned
facilities.
We
have
a
different
view.
We
believe
we
can
partner
with
the
private
sector
so
that
we
can
get
more
surgeries
provided
and
the
system
is
working.
When
we
began,
we
had
39
000
people
on
the
waiting
list
waiting
longer
than
was
medically
recommended.
R
Q
Mr
Speaker,
the
premier
did
not
answer
my
question.
Not
only
are
they
jeopardizing
the
health
of
some
of
Alberta's
sickest
patients,
they
are
pursuing
a
model
where
taxpayers
ultimately
pay
more
and
wait
longer.
Recent
chihai
data
shows
knee
Replacements
in
BC's.
Private
system
costs
eighteen
thousand
dollars
more
than
in
the
public.
Setting
in
Ontario.
73
percent
of
patients
receive
public
knee
surgery
within
six
months,
while
in
Alberta
centers
private
centers
only
53.
Why
is
the
Premier
insisted
on
hiding
the
contracts?
Why
won't
she
release
those
contracts?
R
We
can't
argue
with
success.
This
was
a
number
one
priority
that
Dr
John
Cowell
had
when
he
came
into.
The
system
is
looking
at
the
surgical
backlog
and
making
sure
that
we
are
prioritizing
patients
and
ensuring
that
we
were
in
that
no
one
was
going
to
end
up
waiting
longer
than
medically
recommended
under
the
NDP.
Nine
different
surgeries
ended
up.
Having
wait
lists
that
increase.
We've
got
them
all
going
down
in
the
right
direction,
and
it's
because
of
the
partnership
we
have
with
the
charter
Surgical
Center.
They
want
to
shut
them
down.
R
S
Q
Now,
on
May
29
albertans
will
have
the
opportunity
to
choose
a
better
government,
an
NDP
government
now.
Clearly
the
premier
is
very
scared
of
this
outcome,
because
last
night,
while
albertans
were
watching
the
hockey
game,
this
group
approved
a
9.4
million
dollars
in
pre-election,
taxpayer-funded
advertising
with
all
the
services
currently
underfunded.
The
premier
who's,
one
of
the
most
unpopular
in
Canada,
is
racing
to
put
her
own
electioneering
first
to
the
premier.
Why
should
Alberta
taxpayers
be
funding
the
ucp's
re-election
campaign,
advertising
about.
R
I
would
tell
you
Mr
Speaker,
that
the
affordability
advertising
that
we
are
doing
is
100
necessary,
because
I
can
tell
you
it
is
working.
We
have
1.2
million
dollars
that
have
signed
up
for
affordability,
payments,
we're
directing
them
to
those
with
children,
we're
directing
them
those
to
those
with
seen
who
have
seniors
in
the
household
and
we're
directing
them
as
well
to
those
who
are
the
most
vulnerable.
We
know
that.
Certainly
the
members
opposite
wouldn't
get
this
message
out
for
us.
That's
why
we're
doing
it.
Q
The
reason
they're
doing
it,
Mr
Speaker,
is
because
this
Premier
is
Shameless
when
it
comes
to
using
public
money
for
her
own
partisan
game.
Mr
Speaker
the
UCP
approved
nine
million
dollars
to
buy
UCP
ads
that
continue
all
throughout
April.
That's
a
big
chunk
of
change.
In
fact.
It's
about
four
times
what
political
part
parties
are
allowed
to
spend
during
the
Writ
period,
and
it's
double
her
final
offer
to
women's
shelters.
Why
doesn't
the
premier
just
get
it
over
with
and
register
the
government
of
Alberta
as
her
political
action
committee.
B
R
Speaker
our
affordability
plan
is
such
good
news.
We
have
1.2
million
people
who
are
now
enrolled
and
they're
getting
600
dollars
in
benefits.
We
have
affordability
payments
that
we
also
have
electricity
rebates.
We
have
natural
gas
rebates
and
we
have
fuel
tax
relief
in
fact,
and
I.
Maybe
I
should
take
this
opportunity
to
let
people
know
if
they
haven't
heard
about
it.
Go
to
alberta.ca
affordability,
there's
still
an
opportunity
to
sign
up
and
we're
hoping
that
every
person
who's
eligible
for
it
takes
the
opportunity
we're.
Q
Well
well:
well:
Mr
Speaker,
how
time
changes
a
person
back
in
2012
when
the
then
PC
Premier
Allison
redfer,
approved
a
comparatively
modest
1.3
million
dollars
in
advertising.
The
van
Wilde
Rose
leader
wouldn't
stand
for
the
blatant
electioneering
the
current
Premier
said
and
I
quote.
You
should
not
be
able
to
use
taxpayer
dollars
for
blatant
partisan
advertising
in
advance
of
an
election
Mr
Speaker.
We
are
now
at
nine
times
the
level
she
previously
criticized.
Q
R
You
well
Mr
Speaker.
When
we
got
elected
the
members
opposite
said:
what
are
you
going
to
do
about
affordability?
They
kept
asking
about
affordability,
they
said.
Affordability
was
the
number
one
issue
we
addressed
it.
We
addressed
it
through
the
means
that
I
had
mentioned
and
it's
working
and
it's
working.
R
J
For
messages
from
albertans,
in
support
of
our
Alberta
NDP
commitment
to
provide
Universal
coverage
for
prescription
contraception
and
from
albertans
outraged
at
this
premier's
dismissive
comments,
Darby
wrote
to
me
to
say
how
much
her
prescription
birth
control
costs,
something
that
she
will
likely
have
to
take
for
the
next
25
years
following
radiation
treatment
for
cervical
cancer,
she
says
I'm
31
years
old,
and
this
Premier
is
telling
me
I
should
have
to
pay
for
private
insurance
rather
than
having
this
basic
human
right.
Is
this
really
the
premier's
message
for
Darby?
Thank
you.
R
That's
why
we
are
looking
at
a
program
that
would
allow
for
us
to
support
to
support
all
albertans
in
being
able
to
get
the
same
kind
of
accounts
so
that
they
can
make
the
decisions
and
have
the
priorities
themselves.
We
also
know
that
we've
got
a
number
of
programs
that
are
available
through
our
Alberta
Blue
Cross,
to
be
able
to
support
those
who
don't
have.
J
R
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
comprehensiveness
is
one
of
the
foundational
principles
of
the
Canada
Health
act,
and
that's
part
of
the
reason
why
we
are
looking
at
establishing
Health
spending
accounts
is
to
be
able
to
make
the
system
more
comprehensive.
The
reason
I
know
about
health
spending
accounts
is
because
politicians
have
them.
I
find
it
remarkable
that
the
the
folks
across
the
aisle
won't
give
up
their
own
house
spending
account.
Maybe
they
should,
if
they
object
to
them.
So
much
I
have
a
different
view.
J
That
is
a
self-employed
single
mother
who
pays
for
private
coverage.
I
can
tell
you,
it's
not
cheap
and
it's
certainly
not
fair
Darlene
says:
does
the
premier
not
know
that
Blue
Cross
isn't
free,
it's
just
not
affordable
when
you're
barely
scraping
by
this
is
clearly
a
person
who's
never
struggled
to
make
ends
meet
so
I
need
the
premier
to
tell
Darby
Nikki
Jenny
Darlene,
countless
other
albertans,
why
she
thinks
they
should
be
forced
to
pay
out
of
pocket
for
prescription
contraception.
R
Premiere,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
I
want
to
tell
every
single
albertan
that
we
know
that
they
have
unique
Health
needs,
which
is
why
we're
trying
to
find
a
way
to
give
comprehensive
coverage
to
what
they
identify
as
their
highest
need.
Health
spending
accounts
allows
for
us
to
be
able
to
cover
all
the
things
that
are
not
currently
covered
by
the
by
public
insurance,
and
that
to
me
is
the
approach
that
we
need
to
take
rather
than
identifying
One
Thing
versus
another.
O
Plutar
pay
principle:
if
you
make
a
mess,
you
clean
it
up,
it's
basic
fairness:
we
teach
it
to
our
kids.
Albertans
support
it
albertans
that
is
except
this
UCP
government.
Yesterday,
every
single
UCP
member
in
this
chamber
voted
against
our
motion
to
endorse
the
polluter
pay
principle,
including
the
energy
Minister.
Can
the
premier
please
explain
to
albertans
why
she
thinks
companies
shouldn't
be
responsible
for
cleaning
up
their
own
messages.
B
T
H
R
Put
in
a
program
that
requires
our
our
companies
to
spend
three
percent
of
their
liability
each
year
at
740
million
dollars
is
going
to
increase
year
after
year.
We
I
find
it
interesting.
The
members
opposite
supported
the
federal
government
when
they
gave
a
hundred
when
they
gave
a
billion
dollar
Grant
to
help
accelerate
some
of
these
changes,
there's
still
200
million
dollars
as
I
understand
it
that
we
need
to
allocate
on
that
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
we
support
them.
The.
O
Premier
just
loves
to
point
to
the
loan
we
gave
to
the
orphan
well
Association
as
justification
for
her
20
billion
dollar
handout,
but
there's
a
critical
difference:
orphan
Wells
don't
have
an
owner.
There
is
no
one,
but
the
association
to
clean
them
up
with
the
premier
is
proposing,
is
to
have
a
massive
giveaway
about
Burton's
money
to
companies
who
are
still
operating
and
are
responsible
for
cleaning
up
those
Wells
making
it
just
a
handout.
That's
what
our
motion
opposed.
O
R
R
O
Speaker
is
a
lobbyist
Premier
who
lobbied
for
this
20
billion
dollar
giveaway
before
getting
elected.
She
hired
another
lobbyist
for
the
handout
into
her
office
to
orchestrate
its
execution.
Another
lobbyist
runs
a
pro-ucp
attack
machine,
that's
funded
by
the
people
who
stand
to
benefit
from
the
20
billion
dollar
handout.
She
even
replaced
the
former
UCP
energy
Minister
over
it.
Why
is
the
Premier
so
focused
on
rewarding
a
few
bad
actors,
while
albertans
struggled
to
find
a
doctor
and
put
food
on
the
table
here?.
R
You
know
Mr
Speaker
when
I
was
in
estimates.
I
know
that
the
leader
of
the
opposition
had
the
correct
number.
She
asked
me
about
the
100
million
dollars
that
the
energy
Minister
was
Camp
was
advocating
on
and
Consulting
on
to
see
what
kind
of
feedback
we
would
get
and
yet
every
time
we're
in
this
chamber
they
keep
throwing
a
number
out
of
20
billion
dollars.
They
know
that
they're
being
untruthful.
A
R
They
know
that
we
have
put
forward
a
program
that
requires
companies
to
spend
a
certain
percentage
of
their
own
money
to
clean
up
year
after
year,
and
what
we're
looking
at
is
the
hardest
Wells
to
clean
up
the
ones
that
have
been
there,
the
longest
and
the
ones
that
they
weren't
able
to
clean
up
when
they
were
in
government.
And
that's
what
we're
looking
at.
U
Speaker
Putin
continues
to
commit
genocidal
tactics
onto
the
people
of
Ukraine,
he's
attacking
their
schools,
hospitals
and
key
infrastructure
accompanying
the
senseless
violence.
Putin
is
committing
egregious
war
crimes
against
the
proud
people
of
Ukraine.
In
turn,
Mr
Speaker
ukrainians
are
being
forced
out
of
their
Homeland
and
are
coming
to
Canada
to
date.
Mr
Speaker,
more
than
25
000
ukrainians
have
come
in
and
settled
in
Alberta,
and
we
need
to
continue
to
support
these
evacuees
to
the
premier.
R
U
R
Premier,
thank
you
Mr
Speaker,
it's
over
25
000..
It
is
26
572,
Ukrainian
evacuees
that
have
come
to
our
Province
and
we
have
supported
them
with
28
million
dollars,
with
the
supports
7
million
over
three
years.
Resettlement
and
language
supports
to
help
agencies
and
immigrant
serving
organizations
meet
the
need
for
increased
demand,
9.9
million
in
Social
and
rent
supplement
programs.
We
also
have
that's
on
top
of
6.8
a
million
of
made
available
in
2023
2022
2023.
B
R
Normal
Premiere,
thank
you
for
the
question,
then
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker.
Today
we
made
an
announcement
with
minister
of
trade,
immigration
and
multiculturalism,
as
well
as
our
parliamentary
secretary
for
Ukrainian
Refugee
settlement
about
a
helpline
that
will
allow
for
new
arrivals
in
Alberta
to
very
easily
access
the
services
that
we
need.
R
The
premier
we're
going
to
have
to
do
a
lot,
as
I
mentioned,
we
have
over
25
000
evacuees,
who
have
arrived
here
when
you
think
about
that
and
put
that
into
context
in
all
of
Canada.
Forty
thousand
evacuees
arrived
from
Syria
35
000
arrived
from,
Afghanistan
is
25
000
alone
that
have
come
here
to
almost
a
quarter
of
the
evacuees,
decide
to
make
Alberta
their
home,
and
we
know
that
this
tragedy
is
going
to
continue
for
much
longer.
V
Is
going
to
spend
more
than
9
million
taxpayer
dollars,
trying
to
convince
voters
that
their
pre-election
budget
isn't
that
bad?
This
includes
a
massive
ad
campaign
that
runs
until
the
day
before
the
election
is
called,
but
this
budget
has
zero
dollars
for
University
students
or
a
couple
making
minimum
wage
without
children,
because
the
UCP
chose
to
cut
half
of
albertans
from
their
affordability
payment
schemes.
So
can
the
current
Minister
who's
supposed
to
be
making
life
more
affordable
for
albertans?
W
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
In
January,
our
government
launched
a
dynamic
and
highly
successful
advertising
campaign
to
inform
seniors
parents
and
other
albertans
about
the
billions
of
dollars
in
relief
available
to
them
through
our
affordability
action
plan
that
includes
electricity,
rebates,
fuel
tax
relief,
affordability,
payments
and
more
the
campaign
runs
until
April
and
without
an
advertising
campaign.
Seniors
or
others
who
are
most
in
need,
may
miss
the
opportunity
to
access
benefits
during
this
period
of
high
inflation.
The
campaign
also
informs
vulnerable
albertans
on
core
support
programs.
V
Given
that
the
government
said
they
would
spend
over
900
million
dollars
in
affordability
payments
to
albertans,
but
given
that
an
estimate,
the
minister
revealed
that
only
96
had
actually
been
spent
and
given
that
the
UCP
is
spending
9
million
taxpayer
dollars
trying
to
save
their
own
jobs
when
albertans
are
struggling
to
pay
their
own
bills
and
only
a
quarter
of
Alberts
have
actually
received
any
money
from
this
government.
Is
a
minister
surprise
that
so
few
albertans
support
this
budget?
W
The
minister
Mr
Speaker,
the
affordability
advertising
campaign
has
been
remarkably
effective,
with
nearly
1.2
million
albertans
now
enrolled
to
receive
up
to
600
over
six
months.
That's
about
as
many
people
as
as
came
out
to
vote
last
time
to
remove
the
previous
socialist
government.
The
advertising
campaign
is
helping
to
reduce
fraud
and
protecting
consumers
through
social,
digital
and
video
materials.
Educating
the
public
on
ways
to
avoid
scams
and
safely
access.
Affordability,
supports
translated
information
is
also
available
on
ethnocultural
channels
to
ensure
newcomers
benefit
from
the
programs.
Our
affordability
action
plan
is
working.
V
That
we
know
the
application
process
isn't
easy
for
some
albertans
and
that's
why
the
government
actually
asked
registry
agents
to
support
applications
in-house
and
given
that
there
isn't
an
edit
button
for
people
who
have
applied,
made
a
mistake
and
need
to
be
able
to
have
that
corrected
for
registry
agents.
There
are
thousands
of
people
waiting
on
payments
that
this
government's
been
holding
up.
Will
they
admit
that
they've
messed
it
up
and
will
they
fix
it
before
the
end
of
the
month?
So
people
can
actually
pay
their
rent.
W
Mr,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
I'm
pleased
to
report
that
in
three
weeks
about
a
million
albertans
were
enrolled
on
our
affordability
payment
portal
and
in
February
we
did
launch
edit
functionality
for
the
small
about
one
percent
or
less
that
entered
incorrect
banking
information.
That
patch
went
live
in
February.
We
have
another
pass
upcoming
to
ensure
that
registry
agents
can
also
assist
the
small
number
of
albertans
who
have
incorrect
information.
X
Under
the
UCP,
the
amount
of
unpaid
Municipal
Taxes
from
delinquent
oil
and
gas
companies
grew
every
year
at
first
they
did
nothing.
Then
they
brought
in
legislation.
Everyone
knew
would
fail
and
it
did
now
on
the
even
of
an
election.
They
say
they're
taking
action
by
withholding
licenses
from
companies
that
don't
pay
their
taxes,
something
that
rural
municipalities
have
been
calling
for
for
years
to
the
minister.
Why
did
it
take
you
this
long,
and
why
did
you
ignore
rural
albertans
for
four
years.
B
Y
Speaker,
our
government
understands
why
municipalities
and
land
orders
are
frustrated
by
overdue
and
unpaid
property
taxes.
Yesterday,
I
assigned
an
order
to
allow
the
Alberta
energy
regulator,
tools
to
prevent
the
transfer
of
or
issuance
of
a
well-tran
well
license.
If
a
company
has
outstanding
taxes,
if
it
involves
the
the
sale
of
assets,
the
payment
of
debts
must
be
made
a
condition
of
sale,
so
Mr
Speaker.
We
believe
these
initiatives
will
provide
municipalities
with
the
necessary
leverage
required
to
collect
on
those
bad
debts.
X
Given
that
everyone
knows
that
withholding
licenses
is
a
necessary
step
to
get
these
companies
to
pay
their
taxes,
Municipal
leaders
have
been
calling
for
it
and
has
our
caucus,
and,
given
that,
despite
yesterday's
announcement,
there
are
still
very
few
details
about
how
this
directive
will
actually
work.
With
the
minister
saying
there
will
be
a
threshold
for
unpaid
taxes,
but
not
saying
what
the
threshold
is.
Is
this
another
fake
program
from
the
UCP
that
does
nothing
for
albertans,
just
like
their
fake
electricity
cap,
their
fake
natural
gas
rebate
and
their
fake,
auto
insurance
freeze?
Z
Y
Want
to
be
clear,
the
vast
majority
of
companies
in
Alberta
are
good
operators
and
do
not
fit
this
narrative.
This
order
to
the
AER,
with
updates
to
section
67
of
the
responsible
energy
development
act,
along
with
legislation
regarding
liens,
the
encouraging
letters
that
we
are
also
sending
out
and
the
previous
liability
management
framework
updates
significantly
strengthen
a
municipality's
ability
to
collect
on
delinquent
debt.
So
we
look
forward
to
settling
these
tax
obligations.
Y
AA
X
Well,
given
if
the
threshold
was
meaningful,
the
minister
would
have
just
told
us
what
it
was
right
now
and
given
that
rural
Municipal
leaders
are
also
calling
for
licenses
to
be
withheld
from
oil
and
gas
companies
that
don't
clean
up
their
Wells
and
given
that,
rather
than
listening
to
albertans,
a
UCP
is
pushing
ahead
with
a
program
that
rewards
these
companies
bad
behavior,
with
a
20
billion
dollar
handout.
Will
the
minister
withhold
licenses
for
unpaid
taxes,
but
not
unreclaimed
Wells,
because
of
this
premier's
close
connections
to
the
lobbyist,
pushing
for
this
20
billion
dollar
giveaway.
Y
Additionally,
in
order
to
persuade
compliance,
the
minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
and
I
sent
out
joint
letters
to
every
functioning
company
in
Alberta
that
is
under
default.
Mr
Speaker.
We
can't
do
anything
about
companies
that
are
no
longer
solvent,
but
for
those
healthy
companies
doing
business
in
Alberta,
we
want
to
send
a
clear
message
that
debts
must
be
paid
The.
AB
Mr
Speaker
inflation
and
high
taxes
are
hitting
families
across
Canada
and
the
federal
government
is
moving
forward
with
an
increase
to
their
job-killing
carbon
tax.
On
April
1st
my
question
to
the
premier:
what
is
the
government's
reaction
to
the
federal
government?
Kicking
families
while
they're
down
placing
a
higher
burden
on
the
kitchen
budgets
across
the
province
by
increasing
the
federal
carbon
tax
on
albertans
The.
R
Honorable
Premier,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,
I
I
have
to
say
that
I
was
amused
when
read
dear
South
MLA
talked
about
the
secret
NDP
carbon
tax
and
it
was
brought
in
in
secret.
Now
the
federal
government
won't
let
us
get
rid
of
it.
And
now
the
liberal
NDP
Coalition
in
Ottawa
are
voting
to
increase
it
by
300
percent.
R
AB
Thank
you,
Mr,
Speaker
and
through
you.
Thank
you
to
the
premier
for
that
answer.
Given
that
the
increase
in
carbon
tax
will
mean
a
direct
negative
impact
to
albertans
at
the
pump
which
being
cost
permeating
all
aspects
of
everyday
life
for
albertans
again
to
the
premier,
what
is
the
government
expecting
as
a
result
of
this
harmful
increase
to
the
cost
of
living
to
Alberta
families?.
B
R
R
This
is
essential
to
reducing
the
cost
of
everything
the
rest
of
the
province
or
the
rest
of
the
country
is
even
seeing
a
5.2
percent
inflation
rate
in
Alberta,
it's
3.6,
and
yet
we're
going
to
have
to
fight
the
liberal
NDP
Coalition
in
Ottawa,
because
they
are
increasing
the
carbon
tax,
Canadian
taxpayers
Federation
says
it's
a
whopping
14
cents
per
liter
of
gas
just
for
the
carbon
tax,
14
cents
per
liter.
That's
the
amount
of
our
carbon
tax
relief.
Here,
it's
almost
going
to
be
completely
offset
by
what's
happening
in
Ottawa.
The
member.
AB
Thank
you,
Mr,
Speaker
and
again
to
the
premium
for
that,
given
that
the
federal
government
is
forcing
these
carbon
tax
increases,
despite
Alberta
having
a
world-leading
ethical,
environmental,
responsible
approach
to
energy
development,
and
given
that,
in
the
meantime,
the
federal
government
is
soft
on
regimes
that
destroy
our
environment
and
interfere
with
our
elections
to
the
premier.
What
is
the
government
doing
to
take
a
stand
against
these
cruel
increases
in
the
cost
of
living
and
protect
albertans?
In
the
face
of
these
tax
increases
yeah
the.
R
Premiere
yeah.
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
You
would
think
with
the
liberal
NDP
Coalition
in
Ottawa
that
the
members
opposite
would
have
some
influence
that
they'd
actually
stand
up
for
albertans
and
they'd
stand
with
us
on
saying:
do
not
increase
these
taxes
300
by
2030
and
we're
going
to
see
a
14
Cent
per
liter
increase
as
we
get
into
on
onto
April
1st.
We
are
working
to
reduce
emissions,
a
different
way,
a
better
way
through
technology
and
Innovation.
R
T
There's
a
lack
of
medicine
in
Medicine
Hat
many
Hatters
have
been
without
a
family
doctor
for
years,
as
doctors
chose
to
retire
early
or
move
away
because
of
the
ucp's
war
on
doctors.
This
puts
additional
stress
on
the
ER
and
walk-in
clinics
as
Hatters
know
how
to
rely
on
these
routine
Health
Care,
prescription,
refills
and
minor
medical
issues.
It
also
puts
stress
on
the
residents
like
Kinsey
those
family
who's
been
without
a
doctor
for
over
three
years.
She
regularly
checks
the
internet
and
phones
clinics
in
a
fruitless
search
for
a
doctor.
AC
Honorable,
the
minister
of
Health,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
and
thank
you
to
The
Honorable
member
for
the
question
Mr
Speaker.
As
we
chatted
about
many
times
in
this
house.
There
are
challenges
in
regards
to
the
ongoing
Recruitment
and
and
retention
of
healthcare
workers,
not
only
in
Alberta
but
across
the
entire
country.
Mr
Speaker,
but
Mr
Speaker
I'm,
very
pleased
that
we
are
making
progress.
Mr
Speaker.
T
Given
that
our
health
care
System
continues
to
be
deep
in
crisis,
despite
the
premier's
claims
and
given
that
for
Hatters,
like
Vera,
a
breast
cancer
survivor
having
a
family
doctor
is
vitally
necessary
and
given
that
this
premium
Muse
is
about
albertans,
paying
out
a
pocket
for
visits
to
the
doctor,
while
residents
of
her
riding
are
unable
to
even
find
a
doctor.
Does
the
minister
of
health
support
the
premier's
misguided
scheme
to
force
Hatters
like
Vera
to
pay
out
of
pocket
just
to
monitor
their
health
after
surviving
cancer.
AC
Speaker
I
just
want
to
set
the
record
straight
and
make
the
comment
that
the
premier
has
already
made.
No
one
will
have
to
pay
out
of
pocket
to
go
visit
their
family
doctor,
Mr
Speaker.
To
be
clear,
we
know
that
we
need
more
family
doctors
and
that's
why
I
was
very
pleased
to
make
an
announcement
with
minister
of
advanced
education
to
expand
the
medicine,
the
medical
programs,
both
at
U
of
C
and
U
of
A
and
Mr
Speaker.
Not
only
we're
expanding
the
the
seats
there.
AC
T
Given
that
the
Alberta
NDP
caucus
has
a
plan
to
connect
a
million
more
albertans
with
a
family
doctor
and
a
family
health
Team,
and
given
that
our
family
health
Team
plans
would
directly
meet
the
needs
of
Kinsey
and
Vera
and
thousands
more
people
in
medicine
had
and
given
that
we
are
ready
to
start
the
work
to
build
Family
Health
teams
on
day
one.
Does
the
health
Minister
regret
his
legacy
of
failure
to
provide
basic
Primary
Care
to
albertans
in
Medicine
Hat
and
across
this
province?.
AC
Mr
Speaker
I'm
very
pleased
that
the
members
opposite
endorse
our
approach
for
team-based
Family
Care,
Mr
Speaker.
This
is
something
we
only.
We
already
started
in
our
agreement
that
we
reached
with
the
AMA
to
move
to
a
different
model
of
care,
a
team-based
model
of
care
and
have
the
support
structures
in
place
from
a
funding
standpoint
be
able
to
make
that
happen.
We
are
making
progress.
Mr,
Speaker,
but
I'm
also
very
pleased
that
we
are
also
making
progress
and
bringing
in
more
doctors
International
trained
doctors.
AC
AA
Yesterday,
the
leader
of
the
official
opposition
asked
the
premier
a
single
question:
would
she
fixed
a
malfunctioning
CT
scanner
in
the
Mrs
Concordia
hospital
that
has
forced
hundreds
of
patients
to
be
shipped
to
other
facilities?
The
premier
chose
instead
to
pass
the
buck
to
John
Cowell
and
refused
to
answer.
That's
not
good
enough
when
you're
dealing
with
a
broken
piece
of
essential
equipment
that
doctors
rely
upon
to
save
lives
every
day
at
a
major
Alberta
hospital,
since
the
premier
is
so
indifferent
to
the
health
of
albertans.
B
AC
Speaker
I'm
pleased
to
report
that
the
scanner
actually
is
fixed
and
has
been
fixed
since
March
17th,
Mr
Speaker.
It
was
unfortunate
that
there
was
having
some
issues,
but
you
know
Covenant
Health
worked
to
actually
get
that
get
that
fixed
in
the
interim.
You
know
diagnostic
imaging
had
to
be
done
at
other
locations.
But
again,
please,
let
us
fixed
admission.
AA
AA
Thank
goodness
it's
fixed
right
now,
but
will
the
minister
agree
that
it
needs
to
be
replaced
rather
than
being
fixed
to
Mr,
Speaker
and
I've
had
this
morning
just
this
morning,
an
individual
who
told
me
that
she
would
not
go
to
The
Miser
accordia
to
see
if
she
had
kidney
stones
for
fear
of
that
CT
scan
and
not
not
being
in
commission.
So
will
the
minister
commit
to
actually
getting
that
replaced,
so
we
can
have
one
there.
AC
Speaker,
our
government
is
committing
to
make
sure
that
Alberta
Health
and
all
our
the
hospitals,
including
Covenant
and
AHS,
have
the
equipment
that
they
need
to
actually
deliver
the
service
Mr
Speaker.
We
are,
actually
you
know
talking
putting
money
where
our
mouth
is,
and
over
4
billion
dollars
this
year
in
capital
alone,
Mr
Speaker,
as
the
The
Honorable
member
knows,
if
there's
a
need
for
an
increased
Capital
that
gets
put
into
the
to
the
plan.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
Covenant
and
AHS
on
the
needs
that
Misericordia
has.
B
AC
Minister,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
Mr
Speaker,
as
I've
stated
before,
our
government
is
making
significant
investments
in
health
care
additional
one
billion
dollars
on
the
expense
side
over
four
billion
dollars
on
the
on
the
capital
side,
Mr
Speaker
I
can
I
can
tell
the
honorable
member
and
all
albertans
here
in
the
Edmonton
area
and
those
who
use
them
as
a
career
hospital
that
we
will
continue
to
invest
we're
investing
85
million
dollars
in
a
new
emergency
department.
AD
Highwood
Mr
Speaker
the
appeal
of
the
federal
impact,
Assessment
Act
c69,
better
known
as
the
no
more
pipelines
law
is
underway
at
the
Supreme
Court.
Given
this
act
has
made
it
impossible
for
companies
to
build
pipelines
and
given
the
current
opportunity
for
Alberta
to
be
a
solution
to
help
the
world
transition
away
from
dictator
oil
and,
more
specifically,
Russian
oil
and
gas.
Can
the
premier
remind
this
house
in
albertans
what
this
law
does
and
how
it
puts
jobs
and
investment
at
risk
here
in
Alberta.
R
The
Honorable
Premier,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
I
found
it
interesting
that
the
NDP
liberal
Coalition
in
Ottawa,
rather
than
make
it
a
condition
of
their
continued
coalition
to
repeal
this
bill,
they
made
a
condition
of
their
Coalition,
the
just
transition
which
would
have
phased
out
oil
and
natural
gas
workers.
R
This
bill
is
one
that
is
going
to
propose
an
existential
threat
to
our
ability
to
continue
developing
our
energy
sector,
not
only
puts
in
Jeopardy
billions
of
dollars
that
are
generated
for
albertans
and
all
Canadians,
but
it's
also
a
violation
of
the
exclusive
constitutional
jurisdiction
of
our
provinces
to
control
the
ability
to
develop
our
own
resources.
We
need
to
win
this
in
the
court.
B
AD
Humble
member
Mr
Speaker
threw
you
to
the
premier.
Thank
you
for
that
answer.
Given
that
the
Alberta
Court
of
Appeal
has
rendered
its
decision
regarding
c69
and
given
the
nature
of
the
findings
in
this
court
of
law,
can
the
premier
provide
this
house
in
albertans
what
the
Alberta
Court
of
Appeal
determined
regarding
c-69,
the
no
more
pipelines
law.
R
The
Honorable,
the
premier.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
I
have
read
this
this
the
decision,
maybe
the
member
opposite,
should
too
because
they'll
see
how
much
worse
it
is
than
just
no
more
intraprovincial
pipelines.
They
want
to
stop
all
of
the
development
in
this
province.
They
want
to
put
every
single
project
under
the
scope
of
the
Federal
Environmental
regulation.
Here
is
the
the
quote
from
the
decision,
which
was
in
a
4-1
decision
in
our
favor
Alberta
Court
of
Appeal
says
this:
it
constitutes
a
profound
Invasion
into
provincial
legislative
jurisdiction
and
provincial
proprietary
rights.
R
AD
The
Honorable
member
Mr
Speaker,
given
the
immediate
need
for
energy
Security
in
North,
America
and
worldwide,
and
given
that
Alberta
has
an
abundance
of
environmentally
and
ethically
produced
energy
and
further,
given
that
Alberta's
ability
to
be
a
solution
hinges
on
the
ability
to
build
more
pipelines.
Can
the
premier
tell
this
house
when
we
we
can
expect
a
decision
from
the
Supreme
Court
on
the
constitutionality
of
c69
the.
R
Premier,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
What
a
shame
that
we
weren't
able
to
see
the
the
members
opposite,
Lobby
their
Federal
leader,
to
end
this
legislation
at
the
federal
level.
They
could
have
done
that,
so
we
didn't
have
to
go
through
the
process
of
the
courts.
We
are
going
to
see
a
two-day
hearing
over
the
next
couple
of
days.
AE
Thank
you,
164..
That's
the
number
of
Children
and
Youth
receiving
child
intervention
services
who
have
died
in
the
past
four
years,
98
in
the
last
two
years
alone,
since
last
Thursday.
Another
three
deaths
were
reported.
This
is
the
ucp's
record.
Children
and
struggling
parents
abandoned
young
people
treated
like
pawns
supports,
cut
then
paused
cut
again,
then
renamed
why
to
Save
A
Buck.
All
these
young
people
needed
was
adults,
they
could
trust
and
the
UCP
broke.
That
too,
spare
is
the
line
that
every
death
is
a
tragedy.
The
tragedy
is
the
ucp's
indifference.
H
Mr
Speaker
I
will
continue
to
reiterate
each
and
every
time
that
member
asks
this
question
about
children's
death,
that
our
hearts
do
go
to
the
families
and
those
impacted.
The
work
that
we're
doing
is
the
the
work
that
we
continue
to
do
in
in
this
area
is
difficult
and
challenging,
but
we
will
continue
to
address
everything
one
of
these
deaths
by
investigating
it
thoroughly
by
assessing,
by
reassessing
and
by
implementing
all
of
the
recommendations
of
The
Advocates.
AE
Given
that
the
outcomes
for
children
and
families
who
survive
the
system
are
also
heartbreaking
in
the
past
two
years,
the
number
of
families
that
have
stayed
together
without
a
child
being
apprehended
has
dropped.
56
percent
the
number
of
children
that
were
reunited
with
their
parents
dropped
34
percent
and
the
number
of
children
who
were
adopted,
dropped,
39
and
given
that
means
under
the
UCP,
more
children
are
permanently
separated
from
their
parents
and
spend
their
whole
lives
in
care
and
an
unbelievable
74
percent
of
those
children
are
indigenous.
H
Speaker,
the
reduction
in
the
statistics
of
The
Honorable
member
mentioned
is
evidence
of
so
that
the
system
is
working
and
it's
working
well,
Mr
Speaker.
We
have.
We
have
an
absolute
commitment
to
ensuring
that
the
cultural
components
of
every
single
one
of
our
interventions
is
Paramount
in
all
of
the
decisions
that
the
caseworkers
make
and
that's
what
we'll
continue
to
do,
especially
as
it
relates
to
indigenous
families
as
well.
AE
Given
that
the
UCP
should
listen
to
the
voices
of
young
people
like
Shea,
who
is
22
and
described,
losing
her
caseworker
and
being
moved
to
the
top
program,
as
quote
revisiting
abandonment
of
financial
loss,
the
risk
of
being
homeless,
again
pressure,
instability
and
stress
or
Christian
age
22,
who
says
quote
when
you
decide
to
become
our
parents,
then
you
should
be
in
it
for
life
like
good
parents
are
not
turning
your
back
on
us.
Whenever
you
decide
we
have
aged
out.
So
given
the
deaths,
the
trauma,
the
broken
trust.
AE
H
Mister
Mr
Speaker,
as
I
was
I,
had
the
pleasure
of
announcing
just
last
week,
a
Monumental
investment
in
our
transition
to
adulthood
program
which
dedicated
an
additional
25.6
million
dollars
to
supporting
exactly
what
that
member
just
mentioned.
The
youth
in
this
program
will
continue
to
receive
financial
supports,
but
in
addition
to
that,
they'll
receive
counseling,
they'll,
receive
mentoring,
they'll
receive
workplace
related
training
and
they'll
receive
careers
in
the
trades
funding
as
well.
H
AF
Commerce,
the
leader
of
the
opposition
committed
to
investing
in
the
Lakeview
business
district.
If
elected
this
project
will
support
local
business
development,
create
7,
000,
new
jobs
and
support
Advanced,
manufacturing
agribusiness,
clean
Tech,
Health,
Sciences
sector
and
more
yet.
The
UCP
have
been
vehemently
opposed
to
this
project.
Don't
really
understand
why
so
question?
Why
is
the
UCP
so
opposed
to
investment
and
job
creation
in
St
Albert.
AG
You
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,
The
Honorable
members
continue
to
Peddle
in
fear
and
personal
destruction,
because,
quite
frankly,
they're
not
encumbered
by
the
truth
now
Mr
Speaker
back
in
the
final
days
of
that
administration's
government
in
2019
Mr
Speaker,
they
made
a
campaign
promise
to
expand
regions
drive
because
this
was
important
and
strategic
for
the
growth
of
Saint
Albert.
They
had
four
years
to
fund
it.
Mr
Speaker
and
the
best
that
they
could
do
is
come
up
with
a
campaign
commitment
in
2019
they're
doing
the
same
thing
with
Lakeview
did
business
district
Mr
Speaker?
AF
The
mayor
of
Saint
Albert
said
the
Lakeview
business
district.
Is
the
city's
number
one
priority
and
they
get
calls
all
the
time
from
businesses
that
want
to
set
up
in
St
Albert
that
there's
no
more
land
wow
and
given
that,
if
funding
was
to
come
through
soon,
shovels
could
be
in
the
ground
as
early
as
next
year?
AF
AG
AF
And,
given
that
the
Lakeview
business
district
has
been
described
as
the
city's
main
pillar
of
the
city's
future,
and
given
that
on
this
side
of
the
house,
we
believe
in
building
Alberta's
future
and
we
will
get
the
Lakeview
business
district
built.
Why
is
this
government
so
impo
so
opposed
to
progress,
creating
economic
opportunities
and
good
paying
jobs
for
albertans
they'd,
rather
stand
up
and
Hackle
and
fling
insults
than
actually
get
to
work
and
build
create
projects
build
jobs.
B
AH
Well,
Mr
speaker,
thank
you.
Unlike
the
members
opposite,
when
they
governed
our
government
has
been
laser
focused
on
creating
a
very
competitive
business
environment,
Mr,
Speaker,
Alberta's,
leading
the
nation
in
economic
growth,
we're
diversifying
our
economy
at
record
rates,
Mr
Speaker.
There
are
a
hundred
thousand
unfilled
jobs
in
Alberta
and
we
have
a
balanced
budget.
AI
Here
in
Alberta,
we
are
extremely
fortunate
to
be
the
economic
engine
for
Canada
through
our
natural
resources
like
oil
and
gas.
However,
there
are
a
few
delinquent
companies
that
have
yet
to
pay
their
municipally
owed
taxes.
To
quote
our
minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
in
Alberta,
we
pay
what
we
owe
and
it's
time
to
pay
up:
Mr
Speaker
to
the
premier.
What
were
the
key
findings
from
the
unpaid
oil
and
gas
property
tax
survey
in
2022.,
good
question,
The.
R
Honorable,
the
premier,
thank
you
Mr
Speaker,
and
thank
you
for
the
question.
When
we
did
the
survey,
220
million
in
unpaid
taxes
had
been
reported
by
municipalities
with
the
130
million
in
tax
careers,
including
penalties
and
interest
in
the
remaining
90
million
in
cancellations
and
I
want
to
commend
the
minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
and
the
minister
of
energy
working
together
to
find
a
solution
to
this.
AI
Well,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
through
you
to
the
premier,
given
that
I
have
heard
from
my
constituent
land
owners
and
local
municipalities
about
the
challenge
of
unpaid
Municipal
Taxes,
and
given
that
the
minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
has
been
focused
on
finding
a
solution
to
help
support
municipalities
across
the
province
and
further,
given
that
this
does
not
seem
to
be
a
new
issue,
Mr
Speaker,
to
the
premier.
What
are
your,
what
are
you
doing
to
ensure
the
unpaid
taxes
from
non-compliant
oil
and
gas
companies
are
paid.
R
Premier,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
the
the
the
measure
that
the
minister
of
energy
took
in
the
last
couple
of
days
was
a
ministerial
order.
Under
the
responsible
energy
development
acts,
the
Alberta
energy
regulator.
What
we
will
do
is
provide
a
new
condition
where
companies
will
not
be
able
to
transfer
well
licenses
or
get
new
well
licenses
unless
they
have
satisfied
the
regulator
that
the
taxes
have
been
paid.
R
AI
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
given
that
many
of
my
constituents
tell
me
how
grateful
they
are
that
this
government
is
taking
action
to
address
these
challenges
and
listen
to
our
Municipal
Partners,
unlike
the
NDP
during
their
disastrous
term,
and
given
that
this
government
is
serious
about
addressing
the
problem
of
unpaid
Municipal
Taxes
to
the
premier.
What
else
has
our
government
done
to
support
municipalities
trying
to
collect
what
they
are
legally
owed.
R
R
It's
part
of
the
reason
why
we
have
a
new
program
in
place
where
companies
are
going
to
also
have
to
clear
up
previous
year's
liability
in
order
to
improve
their
balance
sheets
Municipal
Affairs
restored
a
special
lien
in
legislation
to
give
municipalities
priority
over
creditors
and
Municipal
Affairs
as
well
continues
to
deliver
our
provincial
education
requisition
credit,
which
gives
municipalities
a
break
on
their
education
property
taxes
by
giving
them
credit
for
uncollectible
taxes.
Honorable.
B
B
A
Z
Okay,
thank
you
Mr
Speaker,
as
it
is
your
first
day
in
the
chair
ruling
our
points
of
order.
I
wish
you
the
best
of
luck
in
May,
the
force
be
with
you
and
the
table
I
rise
in
a
point
of
order
under
23
h,
I
and
J
specifically
at
the
time,
noted
by
yourself
that
the
leader
of
the
opposition
said
when
asking
a
question
to
the
premier
and
I:
don't
have
the
benefit
of
the
Blues,
but
just
my
I'm
trying
to
find
a
delicate
way
to
describe
my
handwriting
less
than
legible.
Z
The
premiere
is
Shameless
using
public
dollars
for
campaigning
now.
I
understand
that
this
may
be
a
something
that
the
opposition
likes
to
call.
It
often
saying
that
we're
Shameless
or
other
kinds
of
insults,
but
I,
think
that
kind
of
language
is
certainly
would
cause
disorder
in
this
chamber
and
also
suggesting
that
the
government
is
using
public
funds
to
campaign
for
an
election
would
also
be
I.
Think
making
a
false
accusation
against
a
member,
in
particular,
in
this
instance
the
premier,
so
Mr
Speaker
I
do
contend.
AJ
You
Mr
Speaker
I,
also
don't
have
the
benefit
of
the
Blues,
but
in
the
context
question
was
about
government
spending
of
9.6
Million
Dollar
on
government
advertising
just
before
in
election,
and
in
that
context
the
question
were
put
to
Premier
about
that
spending
and
as
head
of
the
government,
it
was
directed
to
Premier
and
I.
Think
they're
talking
about
this
order
in
the
house.
AJ
I
also
note
that
Premier
in
her
answer
prior
to
this
one
also
said
that
I'm
not
lucky
enough
to
have
Lou
Arab,
as
my
husband
who
works
for
QP
and
runs
ads
like
he
also
attacked
personally
directed
attack
personally
on
member
from
Edmonton
strathcon.
So
if
they
want
to
keep
honor
in
the
house,
I
think
they
should
want
their
language
as
well.
It's
not
a
point
of
order.
It's
just
a
matter
of
debate
whether
they're
spending
money
wisely
or
not.
We
disagree
with
that
spin
so
that
what
it
was
about.
B
AJ
Z
Government
house
leader,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I,
believe
we've
traveled
down
this
road,
not
that
long
ago,
where
a
comment
was
made
by
a
member
on
this
side
of
the
house
about
a
member
of
about
members-
plural
on
the
opposite
side.
Had
the
combat
been
made
about
a
specific
member,
and
in
this
case,
without
the
benefit
of
the
Blues
I,
do
recall
the
member
from
the
member
who
is
speaking
say
unencumbered
by
the
truth,
which
would
be
an
indirect
way
of
saying
something
unparliamentary.
Z
In
the
event
it
was
about
a
specific
member
in
this
instance
that
member
ended,
quoting
the
opposition
house.
Theater
said
members.
So
this
is
not
a
point
of
order.
This
has
been
ruled
on
as
recently
as
last
week,
and
it
was
a
point
where
to
call
by
that
specific
member
I'd
hope
that
lessons
are
learned
that
we're
not
wasting
the
chamber's
time
calling
points
of
orders
that
points
of
order.
That
are,
in
fact
not
points
of
order,
and
he
knows
it
so
I
would
contend.
B
And
again,
anyone
else
have
anything
additional
I
do
have
the
benefit
of
the
Blues
and
I
am
prepared
to
rule
at
234
statement
was
made.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
The
Honorable
members
continue
to
Pedal
in
fear
and
personal
destruction,
because,
quite
frankly,
they
are
not
encumbered
by
the
truth
so
to
the
government,
Health
leaders
point
the
comment
was
made
by
about
members
in
general
and
not
a
specific
member.
However,
I
do
once
again
want
to
strongly
caution
members
that
you
cannot
do
indirectly
what
you
can't
do
directly
with
that.
C
AH
AH
This
act
will
provide
funding
authority
to
the
offices
of
the
legislative
assembly
and
the
government
of
Alberta
for
the
2023-24
fiscal
year.
This
includes
the
following
amounts
from
the
General
Revenue
fund:
180
million
for
the
legislative
assembly
50
billion
for
the
public
service,
including
the
government's
various
Ministries
and
departments,
3.9
billion
for
Capital
Investments,
1.5
billion
for
financial
transactions
and
1.5
billion
in
contingency
funding,
which
will
ensure
the
government
is
well
equipped
to
respond
to
disasters
and
emergencies
as
well
as
any
future
pandemic
related
cost
pressures.
AH
AH
budget
23
secures
Alberta's
future
by
growing
and
diversifying
the
economy,
strengthening
health
care
and
education,
improving
the
safety
of
our
communities
across
the
province
and
establishing
a
new
fiscal
framework.
It
continues
our
positive
fiscal
trajectory
with
another
balanced
budget
and
forecasted
surplus
of
2.4
billion
and
2324
and
projected
surpluses
of
2
billion.
The
next
year
and
1.4
billion
in
the
out
year
over
the
last
four
years,
our
Relentless
focus
on
investment
attraction,
job
creation
and
diversification
has
secured
our
position
once
again
as
the
economic
engine
of
the
nation.
AH
AH
Now,
while
economic
growth
is
strong
times
remain
tough
for
many
families
and
households,
new
relief
measures
are
helping
post-secondary
students
we're
providing
more
grants
and
bursaries
to
low-income
albertans,
who
are
looking
to
upgrade
their
skills
to
fill
jobs
in
high
demand
sectors.
These
measures
will
keep
178
million
more
dollars
in
the
pockets
of
our
students
each
year.
AH
Public
Safety
and
a
fair
and
efficient
justice
system
are
key
deliverables
for
government
Mr,
Speaker
and
budget
23
increases
funding
by
12
percent
to
the
ministry
of
justice
and
Public
Safety.
655
million
for
justice
will
increase
the
number
of
crown
prosecutors
and
add
support
staff
to
address
backlogs
increased
capacity
and
modernize.
Our
courts,
1.2
billion
for
Public,
Safety
and
emergency
means
more
boots
on
the
ground
to
better
fight
crime
in
our
communities.
AH
Alberta's
strong
balance
sheet
wouldn't
have
been
possible
without
our
commitment
to
responsible
fiscal
management.
We're
securing
Alberta's
future
with
the
new
fiscal
framework
that
will
require
balanced
budgets,
Control
operating
spending
and
provide
a
framework
for
Surplus
cash,
a
balanced
budget
requirement
and
limiting
spending
increases
to
population
growth
and
inflation
would
ensure
appropriate
and
sustainable
spending.
AH
AH
Budget
23
is
a
budget
that
secures
Alberta's
future
we're
driving
economic
growth
and
Alberta's
Prosperity
with
fiscal
responsibility,
investment
attraction
and
diversification.
This
is
how
we
fund
programs
and
services
that
support
albertans
we're
securing
the
health
and
education
of
albertans
by
increasing
access
to
family
doctors,
surgeries
and
emergency
services
and
making
sure
our
children
and
grandchildren
have
the
education
system.
AH
AK
AK
AL
AH
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
it's
again
my
pleasure
to
rise
and
move
second
reading
of
Bill
12
the
appropriation
supplementary
Supply
act.
2023.
the
funding
in
Bill
12
will
cover
costs
reflecting
the
government's
commitment
to
save
for
the
future,
strengthen
our
Health
Care
system
and
adapt
to
the
changing
global
economy.
It
would
also
provide
for
a
number
of
actions
we've
taken
to
help
albertans
struggling
with
high
costs
due
to
inflation.
It
passed,
Bill
12
will
authorize
an
appropriate
pardon
me.
AH
Mr
Speaker
this
additional
753
million
dollar
investment
in
the
Heritage
savings
trust
fund
will
add
to
the
1.257
billion
already
there
from
the
previous
fiscal
year,
Mr
Speaker,
which
will
make
two
billion
dollars
in
a
net
transfer
to
the
Alberta.
Heritage
savings
trust
fund,
Mr
Speaker.
This
bill
also
supports
other
priorities
and
pressures
that
we,
as
a
government
have
faced
in
the
current
fiscal
year.
AH
636
million
is
earmarked
for
the
Department
of
energy,
and
that
includes
338
million
for
the
cost
of
selling
oil.
This
is
primarily
due
to
the
higher
energy
prices
and
increased
activity
in
the
sector.
279
million
is
earmarked
for
the
site
rehabilitation
program
as
a
result
of
revised
Federal
program
time.
Timelines
and
10.8
million
will
be
earmarked
for
the
Alberta
petrochemical
and
Center
program
for
an
additional
project.
Approval
which
Mr
Speaker
is
again
good
news
for
the
Alberta
economy,
553
million
Mr
speakers
requested
for
the
Department
of
Health
included
in
that
amount.
AH
37
million
is
earmarked
for
payments
to
Allied
health
professionals
and
Mr
Speaker
on
the
matter
of
Health.
It
must
be
noted
that
budget
23
will
provide
funding
beyond
that
which
we
see
in
this
bill
to
continue
to
support
a
stronger
Health
Care
system
for
albertans
fact,
Mr
Speaker
we're
setting
a
new
record
again
for
spending
in
health
care
this
year
by
committing
an
additional
969,
probably
965
million
in
operating
expense
for
23
24
for
the
Ministry
of
Health
Mr
Speaker.
AH
AH
Mr
Speaker
other
fundings
requested
across
departments
to
provide
for
various
services
and
initiatives.
This
includes
32
million
for
public
security,
31
million
for
court
and
Justice
Services,
28
million
for
homeless
and
Outreach
Support
Services,
20
million
for
learning,
support
funding
and
1.5
million
for
Rural
Economic
Development
among
other
program
services
and
initiatives
detailed
before
us
today,
Mr
Speaker
budget
23
keeps
our
net
debt
to
GDP
ratio
well
below
our
targeted
maximum
of
30
percent.
AH
In
fact,
at
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year,
our
net
debt
to
GDP
ratio
will
be
10.2
percent,
Mr
Speaker,
giving
Alberta
the
strongest
balance
sheet
of
any
province
in
the
country.
By
far
simply
put
our
commitment
to
fiscal
anchors
is
paying
off
and
Paving
the
way
for
a
more
prosperous
future
going
forward.
New
fiscal
rules
will
make
sure
governments
continue
to
make
responsible
spending
decisions
and
Mr
Speaker.
Our
new
fiscal
rules
will
require
a
balanced
budget.
Balanced
budgets
will
become
the
norm
instead
of
the
exception,
so
Mr
Speaker.
AH
AK
AG
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
am
pleased
to
move
second
reading
of
Bill
9
the
red
tape,
production
statutes,
Amendment
act,
Bill
9
continues
to
build
on
the
significant
progress
this
government
has
made
in
reducing
red
tape
for
albertans
and
Alberta
businesses.
Now
I
would
like
to
quote
the
greatest
Finance
Minister
in
our
province's
history
when
he
said
that
we
inherited
a
fiscal
train
wreck
when
we
got
elected.
In
fact,
we
didn't
just
inherit
a
fiscal
train
wreck.
AG
Mr
Speaker
We
inherited
a
province
overrun
with
socialist
rot,
and
nowhere
was
that
rot
more
evident
than
the
97
tax
increases
that
were
subject
to
albertans
Mr
Speaker
and
of
those
97
tax
increases
imposed
on
albertans
in
the
previous
four
years.
One
of
them
was
the
greatest
tax
in
our
in
our
province's
history.
The
four
and
a
half
billion
dollar
investment,
crushing
job
killing
carbon
tax
and
and
Mr
Speaker
I'm
happy
to
say
that
we
campaigned
on
a
platform
of
fiscal
restraint
and
we
did
what
we
said.
AG
What
we
were
going
to
do,
which
is
we
cut
taxes
and
we
reduced
red
tape,
Mr
Speaker
Madam
speaker.
We
have
the
lowest
corporate
taxes
in
Canada.
We
are
cheaper
than
44
U.S
states.
Our
taxes
put
us
in
line
with
Louisiana
and
Texas,
but
in
addition
to
that,
we've
made
ourselves
into
a
business
friendly
environment.
We
cut
red
tape.
AG
Let
me
give
you
one
example:
if
you're
building
a
a
billion
dollar
project,
you
can
come
to
the
industrial
Heartland,
which
has
a
pilot
right
now
for
a
designated
industrial
Zone,
where
they
have
things
like
pre-approved
water
licenses,
so
that,
if
you're
coming
to
the
province
for
the
first
time,
you
don't
need
to
spend
18
months
getting
a
water
license,
Madame
speaker,
because
we've
already
done
that.
So
those
are
the
kind
of
things
that
we're
doing
to
attract
investment.
AG
Speaker,
let
me
tell
you,
the
world
is
noticing
they're
watching
and
our
plan
is
working.
Business
is
embracing.
What
we're
doing
a
couple
of
a
couple
of
examples,
of
course,
is
Alberta
has
12
percent
of
Canada's
population,
yet
we've
created
a
quarter
of
the
jobs
in
the
last
12
months,
Mr
Speaker.
We
have
the
Alberta
petrochemical
incentive
program,
which
was
referenced
by
the
Finance
Minister.
We
have
received
40
billion
dollars
in
applications,
Madam
speaker,
not
40
million
40
billion
dollars
worth
of
applications.
We
are
putting
ourselves
on
the
map.
AG
As
the
a
global
leader
in
clean
hydrogen,
six
facilities
have
been
announced
for
Alberta,
four
of
them
coming
to
the
industrial
Heartland
30
minutes
from
where
we
stand
right
now,
and
they
will
be
employing
many
people
in
the
area.
Many
of
those,
my
constituents,
Madam
speaker,
the
first
one,
Air
Products
broke
ground
about
two
months
ago.
So
these
are
exciting
projects.
AG
That's
in
addition
to
the
Dow
Chemical
project,
the
world's
first
Net
Zero,
ethane
cracker,
and
at
a
couple
a
couple
more
examples
of
how
business
is
responding
to
are
cutting
taxes
and
reducing
reducing
red
tape
is,
is
our
film
and
television.
We
have
grown
the
film
and
television
industry
from
100
million
to
a
billion
dollars
in,
in
addition
to
that
de
Havilland,
airplane
manufacturing,
Madame
speaker.
If
I
said
to
you
three
years
ago
that
Alberta
was
going
to
be
a
destination
for
building
airplanes,
most
people
would
have
laughed.
AG
But
yet
that's
what's
happening
is
we're
building
airplanes
in
Alberta,
because
the
investment
Community
is
taking
notice
and
they're
responding.
Madam
speaker
they're,
responding
with
further
Investments,
and
the
good
news
is
they're,
creating
jobs
for
albertans.
Now
our
approach
to
red
tape
has
been
so
successful
that
the
Canadian
Federation
of
Independent
Business
gave
us
the
highest
score
of
the
in
the
country
last
year,
and
they
also
gave
us
the
only
a
an
A
minus
for
red
tape
production.
This
makes
us
a
leader
in
Canada.
AG
AG
2.1
billion
dollars
unnecessary
regulatory
burden
now
bill
nine
moves
forward
under
that
same
premise
that
we're
going
to
make
life
better
we're
going
to
make
life
easier
for
albertans.
If
passed.
This
amendment,
in
this
bill
and
the
previous
six
bills
alone,
will
have
led
to
the
elimination
of
at
least
4
000
unnecessary
requirements
since
the
beginning
of
our
mandate.
Let
me
now
provide
an
overview
of
the
key
amendments
included
in
this
bill.
Madam
speaker,
Bill
9,
helps
agricultural
workers
in
a
number
of
ways.
AG
With
our
proposed
amendments
to
the
irrigation
districts
act,
we
would
cut
red
tape
for
the
irrigation
industry,
a
crucial
part
of
Alberta's
agricultural
sector
and
our
economy.
Several
of
the
Amendments
would
modernize
the
legislation,
giving
irrigation
districts,
more
options
for
public
notification
and,
while
updating
Accounting
Standards,
we
would
also
expand
the
ability
of
irrigation
districts
to
stop
water
delivery
to
those
using
water
and
harmful
or
unauthorized
ways,
while
allowing
them
to
remove
unused
land
from
their
districts.
AG
Meanwhile,
an
expanded,
irrigation
Council
would
respond
to
the
needs
of
districts
and
water
users,
while
adding
more
diverse
representation
and
expertise.
These
amendments
are
well
overdue
and
address
a
number
of
recommendations
that
stakeholders
have
been
asking
for.
Bill
9
also
helps
another
important
agricultural
sector
in
Alberta,
namely
the
beekeeping
industry.
Proposed
amendments
would
modernize
the
B
act
and
its
regulation
to
help
protect
Alberta's
bee
industry.
This
includes
adding
emerging
pests
and
diseases
to
the
legislation
to
allow
industry
and
government
to
respond
more
quickly
in
the
event
of
an
outbreak,
saving
producers,
time
money
and
stress.
AG
AG
That's
why
we
are
proposing
to
amend
the
workers
compensation
act
to
Grant
presumptive
cancer
coverage
to
all
firefighters
who
served
during
the
2016
Fort
McMurray
fires
with
this
change
affected,
firefighters
and
their
families
would
receive
the
benefits
and
supports
they
need
with
fewer
delays,
as
they
would
no
longer
need
to
provide
evidence
that
the
disease
is
work
related,
Mr
Speaker.
We
are
proud
to
include
this
amendment
as
part
of
this
bill
and
we
thank
firefighters
for
their
continued
service
and
sacrifice
and
I
know.
AG
My
colleague,
the
minister
of
jobs,
economy
and
Northern
development
shares
this
view.
As
I
said
earlier,
we
seek
to
help
albertans
with
this
bill
wherever
they
live,
we're
watching
out
for
albertans
who
live
in
the
cities,
our
towns,
as
well
as
our
rural
areas.
That's
why
we're
proposing
important
amendments
to
the
public,
transit
and
green
infrastructure
project
act?
AG
These
changes
would
remove
the
province's
ability
to
terminate
LRT
funding
agreements
with
Calgary
or
Edmonton
without
cause
reducing
the
risk
for
the
cities
and
their
contractors
that
the
projects
may
not
be
able
to
proceed
due
to
withdrawal
of
provincial
support.
Both
cities
have
expressed
concerns
about
this
risk.
Madam
speaker.
This
change
would
also
encourage
more
businesses
to
bid
on
the
LRT
contracts
and
potentially
reduce
project
costs
by
removing
the
need
for
contractors
to
build
in
a
premium
to
protect
themselves.
In
case
provincial
funding
is
terminated
without
cause
to
be
clear.
AG
The
grant
agreements
will
continue
to
provide
the
province
with
appropriate
recourse.
Should
the
cities
not
satisfy
the
terms
of
the
agreement.
We
are
happy
to
bring
these
amendments
forward
to
eliminate
oversight
that
is
no
longer
needed,
helping
both
cities
to
expand
their
respective
LRT
services.
AG
Changes
we're
proposing
for
the
public
works
act
would
allow
the
government
to
support
the
planned
extension
of
prompt
payment
rules
to
Public
Work
projects
as
well.
Madam,
speaker,
albertans,
are
proud
Canadians
and
we
want
to
ensure
that
albertan's
voice
remains
strong
in
our
province's
priorities,
interests
and
concerns.
AG
I
should
also
note
Madame
speaker
that
in
any
trespassing
situations,
Property
Owners
can
still
be
held
responsible
for
their
actions
should
call
law
enforcement
to
deal
with
any
trespassers.
However,
this
change
aligns
with
similar
legislation
brought
forward
in
Saskatchewan
last
fall
and
would
send
a
strong
signal
to
the
federal
government
that
we
are
committed
to
protecting
albertan's
property
rights.
Madam
speaker,
Bill
9,
also
promotes
and
protects
Public
Safety
in
all
areas
of
the
province.
AG
With
this
we
would
ensure
that
taxpayers
funds
are
not
being
used
to
potentially
enable
a
violent
offender
to
avoid
arrest
and
therefore
pose
a
safety
risk
to
the
General
Public.
This
will
also
save
Alberta
police.
The
time
and
resources
in
executing
arrest
warrants,
as
many
offenders
who
rely
on
support
could
be
more
willing
to
turn
themselves
in
for
arrest
to
be
clear,
we
would
maintain
the
flexibility
to
continue
to
provide
these
supports
to
the
families
or
dependents
of
these
offenders.
AG
These
amendments
would
also
align
Alberta's
legislation
with
British,
Columbia,
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan,
all
of
which
have
introduced
similar
amendments
to
address
benefit
suspension
due
to
outstanding
warrants
and
last
but
not
least,
Madam
speaker
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
also
make
note
of
some
important
changes.
We're
proposing
for
legislation
that
belongs
to
by
Ministry
our
land
title's
office
has
experienced
pressure
due
to
significant
real
estate
market
activity
across
Alberta.
AG
Since
April
2021,
there
has
been
an
86
percent
increase
in
registration
documents
coming
into
the
land
title's
office
to
address
the
increase
in
volume
and
the
resulting
backlog.
The
land
title's
office
has
hired
more
staff
to
increase
our
document
processing
capacity,
but
the
changes
we're
proposing
in
bill
nine
would
also
help
relieve
the
pressure.
Our
proposed
amendment
to
the
Land
Titles
Act
would
allow
albertans
to
sign
and
submit
certain
documents
electronically
to
the
land
title's
office,
in
other
words,
no
more
wet
Inc
signatures
for
certain
documents.
AG
This
change
would
be
an
important
first
step
towards
the
future
digitization
of
the
entire
land
title
registration
process
in
Alberta,
contributing
to
the
modernization
of
government
Service
delivery.
I
should
also
mention
Madam
speaker
that
this
change
would
also
align
nicely
with
recent
changes
we
have
made.
That
means
albertans
are
no
longer
required
to
provide
wedding
signatures
for
vehicle
registration,
Madam
speaker.
We
remain
committed
to
these
and
other
solutions
that
continue
to
reduce
red
tape
and
modernize.
AG
AM
AN
AN
Let's
get
back
to
to
bill
nine
and
some
of
the
things
that
are
going
on
here
when
we're
talking
about
Bill,
nine,
obviously,
a
ministry-
that's
now
on
its
third
minister,
has
proposed
over
the
course
of
this
30th
legislature
to
build
taxpayers
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
between
10
and
15
million
dollars,
and
possibly
even
more
as
I
was
not
able
to
get
a
clear
answer
and
estimates
around
investigations
and
and
audits.
There's
a
almost
an
additional
eight
million
dollars.
AN
There
would
have
been
helpful,
especially
you
know,
as
the
minister
was
talking
about
these
different
percentages
of
of
red
tape.
That's
been
reduced
throughout
36
percent
and
30
percent
and
get
in
the
estimates
documents.
It
was
above
29
percent
I'm,
not
really
sure
exactly
what
that
was
whether
it's
29.1
29.5
29.9.
We
seem
to
be
getting
all
kinds
of
different
numbers
here,
but
I
guess.
AN
The
good
news
is
is
at
least
we're
not
looking
at
things
like
reducing
the
fee
to
go
cut,
Christmas
trees,
but
people
still
have
to
fill
out
the
paperwork
so
I'm
glad
we
don't
have
to
discuss
that
in
bill
nine
or
or
something
to
that
effect,
or
at
least
not
giving
out
plaques
to
his
colleagues.
So
I'm
appreciative
of
of
that
Minister
also
made
reference
to
some
significant
dollars
that
that
has
been
saved
due
to
the
efforts
of
red
tape.
Reduction.
AN
I
would,
of
course,
submit
to
the
house
that
a
very
large
portion
of
that
dollar
amount
would
come
from
the
tier
program,
so
I
think
the
numbers
a
little
bit
inflated
there.
So
I
just
thought
I'd
point
that
out,
but
some
of
the
things
that
I
do
want
to
focus
on
in
in
bill
nine
and
when
I
got
the
technical
briefing.
I
didn't
really
get
some
clear
answers
with
regards
to
this,
and
the
first
one
I'll
start
off
with
is
some
of
the
changes
on
the
income
and
employment
and
employment
support.
AN
Was
there
any
kind
of
consultation
with
the
the
Privacy
commissioner?
Was
there
any
kind
of
red
flags
brought
up
or
any
questions
brought
up
to
that
effect?
So
I'd
like
to
know,
obviously
you
know
when
we
get
probably
into
Committee
of
the
whole,
we'll
get
a
chance
to
be
able
to
to
hear
about
some
of
those
those
answers
and,
of
course,
is
it
in
line
completely
with
with
the
privacy
legislation.
AN
Well,
certainly,
I
think
that
if
we
can
show
that
this
kind
of
a
change
does
have
an
impact,
I
do
agree
that
that
is
something
that
we
could
talk
about
and
be
able
to
bring
to
the
Forefront
and
show
albertans
that
that
is
indeed
happening,
but
just
on
the
consultation
I
know
we
could
hear
about.
You
know
from
what
we
heard
during
those
consultations,
and
perhaps
maybe
the
government
will
have
the
ability
to
to
table
those
documents.
AN
AN
I
know
during
briefing
got
the
usual
while
it'll
be
in
the
regulations
and-
and
so
it'd
be
nice
just
to
hear
you
know
some
of
the
protections
around
that
and
obviously
some
of
the
protections
it'll
be
for
families
that,
unfortunately,
do
not
know
that
perhaps
a
family
member
is
engaged
in
criminal
activity,
but
they
do
rely
on
that
individual
for
support.
So
again,
I
just
I
want
to
make
sure
that
that's
covered
and
and
addressed
here
now.
I
also
want
to
focus
in
a
little
bit
here
on
changes
to
the
petty
trespass.
AN
AN
Sometimes
they
have
to
go
back
to
a
property
multiple
times
in
order
to
try
to
get
the
information
that
they're
requesting
via
the
census
and
I,
do
know
of
situations
where
people
really
don't
like
census,
workers
coming
onto
their
property.
What
kind
of
impact
is
that
going
to
have
on
those
workers?
AN
So
you
know?
Are
we
going
to
get
a
situation
where
police
are
called
simply
because
of
a
census
worker,
so
hopefully
we'll?
We
can
get
some
clarity
around
that
the
other
situation
has
come
to
my
attention
here.
Just
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
there
was
a
case
where
many
postal
workers
had
been
suspended.
They
were
trying
to
address
some
safety
issues
within
the
workplace
and
what
entails,
with
their
job
long
story
short.
They
were
essentially
told
they
were
being
suspended
because
they
were
interfering
with
the
delivery
of
mail.
AN
AN
Hopefully
there's
been
some
consultation
by
the
minister
of
red
tape
through
bill
nine
in
terms
of
how
that
will
be.
That
will
be
addressed
now.
The
other
one
I
want
to
quickly
jump
on
is,
of
course,
the
changes
to
public
transit,
the
green
infrastructure
project.
Act,
let's
be
honest
here.
This
is
not
red
tape
production.
This
is
simply
correcting
a
really
big
mistake
that
this
government
made
by
putting
in
this
kind
of
uncertainty
language.
AN
So
this
seems
a
little
bit
like
you
know,
hand-me-down
legislation
like
I've,
seen
in
previous
iterations
of
red
tape,
reduction
Acts,
where
trying
to
fix
a
situation
that
that
was
made.
Perhaps
you
know,
maybe
the
minister
of
Health
could
have
brought
forward
some
changes
around
ripping
up
doctors
contracts
and
could
have
left
the
red
tape
reduction.
Minister
handle
it
in
in
that
sense.
But
you
know
this:
this
is
I'm,
not
saying
it's
a
bad
thing.
I
I
think
the
change
is
a
good
thing.
It's
just.
AN
Why
did
it
take
so
long
for
something
like
this
I'm
sure
that
there
must
have
been
consultations
with
the
cities
of
of
Edmonton
and
Calgary
on
this,
and
why
has
it
taken
literally
until
just
about
the
end
of
this
legislature,
to
to
address
that?
That
was
just
simply
not
a
very
good
policy
that
was
that
was
brought
forward.
AN
AN
There's
been
a
lot
of
very
heated
statements
around
this
and
I
will
continue
to
take
the
position
that
I'm
very,
very
disappointed.
I
appreciate
the
changes
being
proposed
here.
What
I
don't
appreciate,
Madam
speaker,
is
that
it
doesn't
go
far
enough
now,
what
I'm
going
to
do
here,
I'm
I'm,
going
to
hopefully
touch
the
hearts
of
members
opposite,
who
have
said
they
have
roots
in
labor,
just
as
I
do
when
you
have
a
situation
where
language
is
going
to
fail,
a
member
you
need
to
do
something
about
it
to
change
it
in
this
case.
AN
AN
One
failure
where
this
family
is
going
to
have
to
continue
to
try
to
fight
to
get
coverage
for
the
loved
one
that
they
lost.
It
would
just
be
simple
enough
to
retroactively
change
this
language.
Now,
fortunately,
we
have
heard
the
red
tape
minister
say
in
a
news
conference
that
was
impossible
right
up
until
Ontario
data
changes
to
WCB
to
make
these
retroactive
changes.
They
did
it
all
the
way
back
to
1960.,
Madam,
speaker,
I'd,
like
to
say
I
I,
don't
even
think
I
was
a
twinkle
in
my
dad's
eye
at
that
time.
AN
Yet
so,
for
us
to
Simply,
make
a
change
back
to
the
beginning
of
the
Fort
Mill
murdered
fire,
it's
doable.
We
can
change
it
and
I
know
that
my
good
friend
from
Edmonton,
Mill,
Woods
and
critic
for
labor
has
an
amendment
ready
for
that,
and
so
here's
where
I
will
ask
for
those
that
have
roots
in
labor.
You
know
that
this
change
is
the
right
thing
to
do.
AN
We're
not
asking
for
the
moon
we're
not
trying
to
create
any
kind
of
uncertainty,
we're
simply
saying
date
it
back
to
the
start.
This
will
cover
that
one
individual
they
won't
have
to
fight
anymore.
It's
just
the
right
thing
to
do
so.
Hopefully
my
pleas
haven't
fallen
on
deaf
ears,
Madam
speaker
with
regards
to
a
potential
amendment
that
we
can
bring
forward,
probably
likely
during
Committee
of
the
whole,
to
make
some
slight
changes
to
good
language.
I'm
not
saying
what's
proposed
in
here
under
WCB
changes
is
bad.
It's
good
language.
AN
AN
Only
a
handful
barely
mentioned
red
tape.
It
used
to
be
prolific
throughout
all
of
it
there
used
to
be
measurements
included.
There
was
none,
even
in
the
ones
that,
like
I
said
just
bear
ly
mentioned
the
word
red
tape.
There
was
nothing
so
if
it's
still
such
a
focus,
I
was
there
nothing
mentioned
by
all
the
Ministries
about
their
efforts,
or
is
it
simply
a
case
of
every
Ministry
has
been
able
to
accomplish
their
own
red
tape,
reduction
targets
and
again
here
we
have
just
hand-me-down
legislation
to
to
keep
the
red
tape.
AN
Minister
busy
I
will
make
comment
around
some
of
the
changes
to
the
Land
Titles
I'm.
Glad
to
see
these
you
know,
I,
don't
want
to
be
completely
critical
of
that.
I
think
these
changes
will
hopefully
speed
up
the
process.
We'll
make
things
a
little
bit
easier
for
for
albertans
to
to
get
that
kind
of
documentation
done
and
so
I
certainly
don't
have
any
concerns
with
that.
AN
So
again,
hopefully,
as
we
get
further
into
debate,
we'll
get
some
some
answers
to
some
of
the
questions
that
I've
posed.
You
know
find
out
some
clarifying
facts,
I
think
it'll
make
it
a
little
bit
easier
to
be
able
to
go
to
albertans
and
tell
them
that
some
of
their
concerns
are
not
a
problem.
As
I
said,
changes
to
the
trespass
act
have
have
raised
some
red
flags
here
and-
and
so
you
know,
rather
than
just
simply
going
with
the
narrative
well
it'll
all
be
taken
care
of
in
regulations.
AN
AN
I
can't
even
begin
to
try
to
Fathom
and
and
relate
to
it,
but
they
have
said
clearly
that
they
want
their
sisters
and
brothers
covered,
including
the
ones
that
we've
already
lost.
This
is
fundamentally
important
again
this.
This
is
not
about
trying
to
make
the
government
look
bad.
It's
just
a
simple
change
to
cover
it
all
the
way
from
the
start,
so
I
will
be
listening
to
the
rest
of
debate.
AN
AM
O
Thank
you,
madam
speaker,
I'm
pleased
to
rise
and
speak
today
to
bill
nine.
This
is
a
another
in
a
series
of
Acts
that
have
come
forward
from
this
government
and
you
know
I
think
we
all
have
an
interest
in
ensuring
that
our
regulations
work
better,
that
they
protect
the
things
they
need
to
protect
while
being
improved.
O
I'm,
not
saying
none
of
these
bills
have
ever
done
it
at
all,
but
it
is
two
very
very
limited
degree.
The
vast
majority
of
this
is
just
lip
service.
My
personal
favorite
was
the
time
the
UCP
literally
repealed
and
transcribed
an
entire
act
into
another
one
so
that
they
could
claim
to
have
removed
a
regulation.
It
I
mean
the
degree
to
which,
just
like
literally
deleting
an
entire
act
and
rewriting
it
in
another
act
so
that
now
you
have
one
act.
O
O
So
in
this
particular
bill,
one
of
one
of
the
things
that
the
government
actually
gets
right
and
I
say
that
a
little
tongue-in-cheek
because
they
broke
it
in
the
first
place.
One
of
the
things
they
actually
get
right
is
that
they
remove
the
ability,
like
a
sort
of
legislative
provision
and
contracts.
That
would
give
the
government
the
ability
to
withdraw
in
90
days
notice,
and
this
is
from
Big
projects
in
Calgary.
O
O
That
just
seems
crazy,
but
the
UCP
managed
to
to
put
this
in
so
that
they
could
please
their
anti-transit
folks,
I,
guess
and
it
it
had
a
huge
impact,
so
I'm
glad
it's
coming
out.
But
once
again,
this
is
this
government
asking
for
people
to
congratulate
them
for
fixing
things
they
broke.
They
did
it
with
de-indexing
tax
tax
brackets,
something
that
the
former
UCP
Premier
used
to
rail
against
and
then
did
as
soon
as
he
was
in
government.
O
O
These
these
members,
UCP
members,
voted
for
it.
When
we
were
in
government
for
the
indexing
of
benefits
to
ensure
that
the
most
vulnerable
amounts
Among
Us
are
not
losing
to
inflation,
and
then
they
turned
around
and
de-indexed
them
as
soon
as
they
got
in
and
then
they
re-indexed
them,
and
now
they
run
around
the
province.
Saying
look
at
us:
aren't
we
glorious
we've
indexed
benefits
as
though
again
they
weren't
fixing
something
that
they
just
broke.
O
O
So
I
guess
thank
you
for
repealing
your
own
bad
decision.
The
next
part
of
this
that
I
want
to
talk
about
is
the
the
portion
dealing
with
WCB,
and
this
is
a
good
change.
It
is
a
change
that
will
cover
something
that
needs
covering
I.
Think
the
challenge
is,
is
that-
and
we
have
raised
this
multiple
times
in
this
house,
the
government
has
responded
multiple
times,
that
it
doesn't
cover
people
who
were
diagnosed
in
the
interim
period
with
these
cancers,
and
you
know
the
government's
saying
this
isn't
a
problem.
O
In
my
opinion,
when
you
have
a
dispute
as
to
the
facts,
the
the
best
thing
you
can
do
is
to
look
to
what
the
most
credible
source
is
and
Madam
speaker
when
I
examine
it.
The
UCP
government
versus
firefighters,
I
think
it's
pretty
clear
who
the
most
credible
source
is
I,
think
it's
extremely
clear
that
the
firefighters
are
a
more
credible
source
of
information
in
this
case
that
their
story
is
probably
the
correct
story,
because
this
government
has
a
long
history
of.
O
So
you
know
this
is
this
conversation
has
occurred
in
the
house.
We
have
seen
the
minister
stand
up
over
and
over
again
and
claim
that
it's
absolutely
impossible
to
have
this
legislation
operate
retroactively.
It
might
actually
be
retrospectively
because
it
just
changes
the
current
outcome
of
anyway.
It
doesn't
really
matter.
The
point
is:
is
that
Ontario's
done
it
and
in
fact
it
can
be
done?
Courts
tend
to
not
read
things
as
having
retroactive
or
retrospective
operations,
unless
the
legislature
is
really
clear,
so
I
mean
that
is
true.
O
Courts
will
not
assume
that
A
legislature
intended
to
operate
retroactively,
but
you
can
do
it
with
really
clear
language
this
this
rule
has
been
around
for
a
while.
It's
not
a
new
thing.
I
guarantee
you.
The
legislative
drafters,
have
informed
to
the
government
of
the
existence
of
this
rule.
So
it's
it's
not
impossible.
Ontario
has
done
it
and
so
I
think
this
government
should
do
it.
We
will
obviously
be
introducing
an
amendment
to
that
to
that
effect
and
I.
O
O
O
Yes,
yes,
we
clearly
should
I
really
hope
that
the
government
members
change
their
mind
with
respect
to
that
and
honestly
I
have
to
say.
Madam
chair,
I
have
very
rarely
I
mean
I,
find
this
government
disappointing
in
every
possible
way,
but
I
have
very
rarely
been
so
disappointed
as
to
see
you
know.
The
minister
who,
who
represents
the
area
in
question,
stand
up
and
say
the
WCB
is
working.
Just
fine,
there's
nothing
wrong
with
it.
O
A
O
Sometimes
words
we
use
in
legislation
aren't
super
obvious
to
the
public
okay,
so
the
direct
this
is
section
15.1
in
section
9.,
the
director
must
subject
to
the
regulations
refused
to
provide
income
support.
The
use
of
the
word
must
here
is
important:
refuse
to
provide
income,
supports
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
event
and
a
warrant
has
not
been
executed.
O
O
So
this
was
obviously
problematic.
It
bogged
up
the
system
significantly
it
put
people
in
jail
who
didn't
need
to
be
there,
and
there
was
an
incredibly
tragic
case
of
someone
going
to
jail
and
and
dying
as
a
result
of
the
actions
of
their
cellmate,
not
of
the
state,
but
who
really
just
ought
not
to
have
been
there
in
the
first
place,
and
so
this
was
incredibly
serious
and
in
fact,
law
enforcement
was
in
favor
of
this
they
stood,
they
stood
with
me,
the
Edmonton
Police
Service,
when
this
bill
was
introduced.
O
So
this
wasn't
like
letting
people
get
away
with
things.
It
was
just
not
putting
people
in
jail
because
they
didn't
pay
for
the
receipt
trains
ticket.
So
that
was
the
change
we
made.
The
change
this
government
is
making
is
that
warrants
and
I
know
what
they're
gonna
say:
they're
going
to
say,
prescribed
offense,
don't
worry,
we'll
prescribe
only
certain
things,
but
I
mean
this
is
the
problem
with
the
government
that
has
lost
the
trust
of
the
public.
This
fundamentally,
why
would
we
trust
them?
Why
would
we
trust
them
to
do
that?
O
So
that
is
incredibly
problematic
and
I?
Think
it's
just
worth
highlighting
what
a
warrant
in
this
instance
actually
is,
because
what
they're
saying
is
essentially
that
if
you
have
a
warrant,
you
know
you'll
be
denied
benefits
and
those
benefits
like
they
don't
just
surely
go
to
the
individual,
but
you
know
that
individual
may
use
them
to
pay
for
shelter
or
buy
food
for
their
children.
Those
are
important
things,
so
these
are
people
that
have
not
been
convicted
and
are
potentially
dealing
with
an
extremely
low
level.
O
Offense
again,
that's
because
that's
what
warrant
means
in
this
instance,
so
I
think
it's
incredibly
problematic.
I
would
I
would
love
to
hear
an
explanation
from
the
government
as
to
why
this
is
necessary,
because
I
would
be
surprised
to
discover
that
this
will
have
an
overall
effect
on
Public
Safety,
like
I,
would
be
really
surprised
to
discover
that
the
government
has
solid
evidence
that
this
is
going
to
have
an
impact
on
Public
Safety,
because
it
seems
pretty
counter-intuitive.
O
Okay,
so
that
is
amendments
to
the
employment
benefits
public
transit.
Oh
yes,
the
trespass
to
premises
act,
that's
also.
A
potentially
problematic
I
would
love
to
hear
from
the
government
so
essentially
they're,
adding
the
ACT
binds
the
government
of
Canada,
so
government
of
Canada
employees
and
execution
of
their
official
Duty.
O
The
minister
has
admitted
this
has
never
actually
happened
here
in
the
province
of
Alberta,
and
this
has
the
real
potential
to
impair
like
a
census,
taker
or
something
like
that,
and
so
I
think
that
that
is
incredibly
problematic
and
I
would
love
to
hear
what
the
government
has
considered.
What
consultation
they've
done,
what
research
they've
done.
AF
Thank
you,
madam
speaker.
It's
my
pleasure
to
rise
and
speak
at
second
reading
to
Bill,
Nye,
red
tape,
reduction
statutes,
Amendment
act,
2023
and
I'd
like
to
Echo
some
of
the
points
that
my
colleague
just
named.
She
made
some
excellent
points
around
just
the
last
topic
that
she
was
talking
about.
One
of
the
last
ones
was
around
income
support
and
I'll
sort
of
circle
to
those.
AF
You
know,
sadly,
just
like
their
other
red
tape.
Reductions.
I
mean
there
are
some
things
that
have
been
changed,
whether
it's
languages,
updating
just
some
really
small
changes
to
make
things
read
better,
you
know
fixing
some
things
is
fine,
but
what
they
also
put
in
are
some
damaging
or
some
potentially
damaging
pieces,
and
that
my
colleagues
have
talked
about
so
as
you'll
recall,
Madam
speaker
in
2019,
an
Omnibus
Bill
again
did
all
kinds
of
damage
to
income
supports,
so
those
will
be
the
in-cup
support
products.
AF
So
there's
two
different
products
in
in
cup:
support
or
not
products.
Two
different
streams
of
income
support
the
first
one
is
barriers
for
employment
and
the
second
one
is
expected
to
work
and
what
the
UCP
government
did
in
2019
was
de-index
both
of
those
benefits
so
that
caused
over
the
next
three
and
a
half
almost
four
years.
Those
benefits
to
be
worth
less
because
they
were
not
tied
or
coupled
to
inflation.
AF
So,
instead
of
getting
that
extra
money
every
year,
people
were
getting
less
now,
as
if
that
wasn't
bad
enough
Madam
speaker,
this
government
did
not
stop
there.
When
it
comes
to
income
support,
they
took
it
a
little
bit
further
and
so
what
they
decided
to
do.
There's
a
base,
a
core
for
income
support.
It
doesn't
really
talk
about
it
in
this
piece
of
legislation,
but
there's
a
core
benefit
for
income
support,
but
there
are
also
supplemental
pieces.
AF
So
there
are
supplemental
pieces
to
address
things
like
Medical
Transportation,
unique,
Child,
Care
things
like
for
nutrition
people
with
special
diets,
there's
also
a
benefit,
it's
actually
one
of
the
larger
ones,
and
it's
for
people
that
have
pretty
I
would
say
pretty
severe
disabilities,
but
are
in
the
process
of
applying
for
age
and,
as
you
know,
Madam
speaker.
That
is
not
an
easy
process
and
it's
not
a
quick
process.
So
there's
actually
that
supplemental
benefit
for
people
sitting
on
income
support,
but
those
have
been
systematically
removed
over
this
government's
tenure.
AF
So
they
started
by
de-indexing
the
benefits
they
continue
by
removing
supplementals
and
making
it
not
only
that.
But
if,
if
there
was
a
decision
to
remove
something
or
claw
something
back,
then
you
know
and
albertan
had
the
ability
to
appeal
that
decision.
Then
this
UCP
government
went
a
little
bit
further
and
changed
the
rules
around
appeal.
AF
So
you
know
when
we
saw
this
first
change
and
I
just
want
to
remind
this
chamber
about.
You
know
we're
four
years
into
this.
Almost
four
years
into
this,
we
saw
the
cuts
in
2019
and
the
first.
You
know
the
song
that
we
heard
from
the
other
side.
Was
this?
Isn't
a
cut?
This
isn't
a
cut.
This
isn't
a
cut.
Well,
we
know
it
was
a
cut.
I
mean
that
was
just
the
line.
They
were
all
using.
It
was
a
cut
and
we
saw
their
their
earning
power
or
the
amount
they
got
from.
AF
AF
I
admit
we
also
had
a
pandemic
in
there
and
there
was
certainly
some
impact
because
of
the
pandemic,
but
what
we
saw
was
just
an
explosion
of
food
bank
usage
right
across
the
province,
just
an
explosion,
so
much
so
that
for
the
first
time
a
government
really
had
to
step
in
and
provide
some
cash.
Now
we
can
talk
about
how
that
was
distributed
another
day,
but
there
was
a
requirement
for
government
to
do
that
because
they
just
could
not
keep
up
with
demand.
Demand
on
food
banks
exploded
right
across
the
province.
AF
We
also
know
people
without
homes.
The
numbers
of
them
also
exploded.
So
I
think
I
heard
in
Edmonton
that
population
just
about
doubled
in
small
communities
that
don't
typically
have
large
issues
or
big
problems
with
people
without
homes
like
St
Albert,
are
experiencing
more
problems
right
across
the
province.
This
has
happened.
This
is
not
a
coincidence.
AF
We
knew
this
would
happen
when
you
cut
people's
income.
Poverty
gets
worse,
gets
deeper,
so
the
reason
I'm
talking
about
all
of
these
things
is
because
I
want
to
talk
about
the
one
piece
in
this
legislation
today
that
the
red
tape
Minister
has
thrown
into
this.
You
know
everything
but
the
kitchen
sink
sort
of
Bill
and
this
piece
is
to
make
some
changes
to
income
and
employment
supports
Act.
AF
Now
what
this
does
is
adds
us
adds
some
requirements
or
the
ability
of
the
director
to
actually
stop
those
benefits
or
just
say
no
right
off
the
bat.
Now
the
minister
also
stood
up
a
little
while
ago
and
said
well.
Other
jurisdictions
have
done
it.
Three
I
think
he
said:
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
and
another
one.
What
he
failed
to
mention
are.
AF
There
are
far
more
that
chose
not
to
do
that
or
have
not
done
that
yet
now,
if
the
minister
could
have
stood
up
and
said
we're
doing
this
along
with
these
other
provinces,
because
it's
based
in
research,
what
we
found
is,
we
did
the
research.
We
did
the
consultation,
we
did
the
collaboration
for
people
with
people
that
support
others
on
income,
support
or
work
in
poverty
reduction,
and
this
is
a
great
idea,
and
this
is
going
to
help
Alberta,
and
this
is
going
to
make
life
better
for
albertans,
but
that
is
not
the
case.
AF
I
do
believe
that
if
this,
if
this
decision
to
include
this
into
this
piece
of
legislation,
was
actually
based
on
fact
and
data
that
this
would
make
life
better
for
albertans,
we
would
have
heard
that,
but
we
have
not
heard
that
all
we
hear
when
we
ask
questions
well
what
about
this?
What
about?
If
it's
just
for,
say,
parking
or
speeding,
ticket
or
whatever?
What
we
hear
is
well,
it
won't
be
fair,
it'll
be
for
serious
charges.
AF
Well,
it
doesn't
say
that
does
it
all
we
hear
from
this
government
is
oh
it'll,
be
in
regulations,
trust
us.
There
is
no
trust
for
this
government
we
have
seen
year
after
year
after
year,
this
government
has
made
changes
behind
closed
doors
that
we
find
out
about
later,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
community
and
social
services
and
income
support
and
age.
Specifically,
just
what's
today
the
21st
of
March,
just
today
there
was
another
change
to
the
regulations
that
came
out.
It's
like
almost
every
day.
AF
There
are
changes
to
regulations
that
make
life
more
difficult
for
people
that
are
on
income
support.
So
you
know
it's
pretty
clear.
What
the
goal
is
here
is
to
reduce
the
numbers,
reduce
the
spending
when,
in
fact,
as
a
government
we
should
be
looking
at
yes,
the
goal
should
be
getting
people
off
income
support,
but
you
do
it
properly
and
you
do
it
safely.
You
do
it
through
job
creation,
you
do
it
through
retraining,
you
do
it
through
really
good
child
care
for
people
that
need
it.
AF
You
do
it
by
supporting
people
for
people
that
have
issues
with
the
justice
system.
You
do
that
by
supporting
you,
make
sure
that
your
legal
aid
system
is
well
funded.
You
make
sure
that
people
have
access
to
information
and
technology
that
they
need
to
navigate
a
justice
system.
You
throw
in
a
line
and
say
the
director
may
say
no
or
the
director
may
do
this
and
trust
us.
It
won't
be
a
problem
because
we'll
fix
it
in
regulations
again,
albertans
have
zero
trust
for
this
government.
AF
Zero
and
so
again.
I
know
that
some
of
my
colleagues
have
asked
these
questions.
I,
too,
am
going
to
ask
these
very
simple
straight
up
questions.
It
is
my
sincere
hope
that
there
is
somebody
over
there
that
has
some
information
that
can
provide
some
clarity,
because
this
particular
change
I,
think
of
is
not
done
properly
and
if
there
isn't
correct
oversight,
has
the
potential
to
actually
do
damage
in
people's
lives,
but
it
also
has
the
potential
to
cost
the
system,
enormous
amounts
of
money,
and
these
are
unintended
consequences.
So
the
first.
AF
My
first
question
is:
who
has
been
consulted
so
specifically,
has
the
Privacy
commissioner
been
consulted,
so
we
know
that
there
will
be
some
sharing
of
information
based
on
what
this
piece
of
legislation
proposes.
To
do
so
has
that
happened,
and
is
it
possible
for
the
red
tape
Minister,
who
proudly
stands
and
supports
this
bill,
then
back
it
up
with
some
proof
back
it
up
with
some
data
table
something
from
the
privacy.
Commissioner,
that
gives
an
opinion
that
you
know
what
this
is.
This
will
be
fine.
This
will
support
albertans,
nothing
to
worry
about
here.
AF
It's
not
a
hard
thing
to
do
so.
I
would
expect
that's
a
bare
minimum.
So
what
research
as
well
has
the
UCP
does
the
UCP
have
on
the
impact
of
withdrawing
benefits
will
have
on
crime
rates.
So
I,
don't
know
about
you,
madam
speaker,
but
I
would
hope
that
when
a
government
proposes
changes
significant
changes,
so
if
you
are
withdrawing
benefits
or
saying
no
to
benefits
for
someone
that's
applying
for
income
support,
you
need
to
know
that
you
are
impacting
their
lives.
AF
So
if
they
don't
get
access
to
that
pitiful
amount
of
money-
and
it
is
under
900-
is
the
core
benefit.
So
nobody
can
live
on
that.
Let's
just
be
honest
about
that,
but
if
you
say
no
to
someone
that
is
that
desperate
and
perhaps
has
a
child
that
they're
trying
to
support-
and
you
say
no,
because
they
have
an
outstanding
warrant
because
of
this
change
made
in
this
piece
of
legislation,
you
need
to
know
that
you
are
harming
people
and
and
how
is
that
positively?
AF
Going
to
impact
crime
rates,
I
mean
really,
so
you
are
going
to
make
desperate
people
even
more
desperate.
How
on
Earth
is
that
a
positive
step
forward?
I
just
don't
know,
I
have
no
idea
how
this
government
thinks
this
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
Maybe
think
they
think
they're
going
to
come
up
with
some
magical
regulations.
I,
don't
know
what
the
answer
is,
but
this
isn't
looking
good,
so
an
individual
with
a
warrant
that
has
not
been
convicted
of
a
crime.
Okay,
let's
be
clear
about
that.
It's
warrant,
not
conviction.
AF
So
does
this
government
understand
that
their
proposed
change
will
be
penalizing
individuals
who
may
not
actually
be
guilty?
So
let's
say
there's
a
decision
by
the
director
or
or
the
designate
of
the
director
that
decides.
You
know
what
no.
We
are
not
going
to
continue
this
person's
Income
Support
benefits
because
there's
a
warrant
out
for
this
and
then
turns
out
that
that
person
is
innocent
down
the
road
and
unfortunately,
still
needs
income
support
and
gets
it
in
the
interim.
AF
Look
at
the
harm
that
you've
done
and
so
I
would
think
that
a
government
focused
on
albertans,
like
Alberta's
NDP
will
be
I
would
hope
that
a
government
focused
on
albertans
would
do
a
risk
assessment.
The
the
bare
minimum
to
determine
that
legislation
that
they
want
to
enact
will
not
harm
people
to
the
best
of
their
ability.
They
should
determine
that
this
change
will
not
harm
people
and
I.
Don't
believe
that
bare
minimum
has
been
done
by
this
by
this
government.
AF
So,
let's
be
clear
about
what
income
support
is
Income
Support
is
almost.
It
is
something
available
to
people
who
are
some
of
the
most
desperate
people
in
this
province.
They
have
exhausted
all
other
areas
of
income.
They
they're
not
eligible
for
employment,
insurance,
they're
not
eligible
for
any
other
benefits.
They
are
not
working,
and
so
they
have
to
go
and
apply
for
income
support.
Now,
there's
two
streams:
there's
barriers
for
employment
and
there's
expected
to
work
now.
AF
Barriers
for
employment,
Madam
speaker
is,
is
a
stream
that
you
will
find
many
many
people,
the
vast
majority
of
the
people
that
are
sitting
on
there
are
people
that
have
disabilities
that
have
chronic
illnesses
that
are
chronically
unemployed
or
underemployed,
and
these
are
folks
a
lot
of
these
folks
actually
end
up
eventually
going
on
to
age,
because
they
just
have
that
severe
of
a
disability
or
that
severe
of
a
chronic
illness.
Now
that
is
a
group
now
they
live
on
the
core
benefit
of
under
900
a
month.
AF
I,
don't
know
how
anybody
survives
on
that.
The
other
stream
is
expected
to
work,
which
is
a
little
bit
different,
and
this
is
a
group
that
they
do.
People
do
expect
will
will
work
again,
except
they're,
for
whatever
reasons
there
are
big
gaps
and
they're
no
longer
eligible
for
employment
insurance.
So
there
is
this
short-term
assistance
for
people
now
without
this
support,
can
you
imagine
the
the
additional
troubles
that
you
start
to
introduce
into
people's
lives?
This
bare
minimum
small,
tiny,
little
minuscule
amount
that
people
try
to
live
on.
It
actually
does
help.
AF
Sometimes
it
helps
people
stay
away
from
a
food
bank
one
time.
Sometimes
it
helps
them.
You
know
stay
away
from
having
to
sleep
rough
for
that
night
or
stay
in
their
car
or
couch
surf.
It's
that
little
bit
that
keeps
them
away
from
that
chronic
Edge,
and
so
if
this
government
wants
to
introduce
change,
that
will
say
if
there
is
a
warrant,
this
person
is
no
longer
eligible
well
again
to
put
all
of
that
decision-making
power
into
the
hands
of
a
director.
AF
I,
don't
know,
leaves
me
a
little
bit
chilled
Madam
speaker
that
behind
closed
doors,
there
are
going
to
be
people
making
decisions
based
on.
We
don't
know
what
we
don't
know,
what
what
the
warrants
are
for
or
what
is
the
criteria
that
will
be
used
about?
Who
gets
kicked
off
and
who
doesn't
we
don't
know,
nobody
knows?
Is
it
for
like
a
a
traffic
violation
of
some
kind?
AF
We
don't
know,
but
we've
just
been
told
it'll
all
be
sorted
out
in
the
regulations,
and
you
know
what
that
is
not
good
enough
to
be
eligible
for
income
support.
Again,
let
me
describe
to
you
the
people
that
are
on
this
kind
of
benefit,
because
these
are
the
things
right
on
government's
website.
These
are
the
things
these
are
the
eligibility
pieces
that
must
be
met.
You
have
to
be
unable
to
pay
for
your
basic
needs.
That's
pretty
self-explanatory
are.
F
Thank
you
very
much,
Madam
speaker.
It's
a
pleasure
to
rise
to
join
in
debate
on
Bill,
nine,
the
red
tape,
reduction,
statutes,
Amendment
act
and,
as
I
Rise
I'd
like
to
thank
my
colleagues
who
have
already
started
talking
on
so
many
important
parts
of
this
piece
of
legislation.
Madam
speaker
for
for
my
remarks.
F
River,
wildfire
and
I
would
like
to
say
in
second
reading
that
I
look
forward
to
the
official
opposition,
putting
forward
an
amendment
to
improve,
build
nine
specifically
in
this
area,
as
we
have
talked
about
in
this
assembly,
and
it
is
my
hope
that
the
government
will
support
this
amendment
and
will
work
with
the
official
opposition
to
make
the
necessary
changes
as
we
go
forward
now.
This
is
an
issue
that
I
want
to
give
credit.
F
We
know
that
cancer
is
the
number
one
cause
of
firefighter
line
of
duty
deaths,
so
there
can
happen
where
there's
a
specific,
traumatic
injury
at
a
site.
Someone
is
Falls
from
something
or
is
crushed
that
type
of
injury,
but
for
firefighters,
most
often
because
of
the
occupational
exposures,
they
have
firefighters,
develop
cancer
later
in
life.
Now,
it's
excellent
to
know
that
the
health
and
safety
procedures
and
decontamination
procedures
for
firefighters
have
grown
exponentially.
F
Certainly
throughout
the
60
plus
days
until
the
firefighter
fire
was
deemed
to
be
under
control.
The
firefighters
fought
tirelessly
and
they
did
so
for
a
number
of
different
reasons,
including
trying
to
save
as
many
structures
as
possible,
trying
to
preserve
infrastructure
and
then,
of
course,
trying
to
protect
the
citizens
from
any
injury,
and
these
firefighters
were
fighting
against
an
inferno
that
began
with
the
local
firefighters
in
Fort
McMurray
in
many
ways
and
then
brought
in
assistance
from
many
other
locals
and
from
all
across
Alberta
and
other
areas.
F
Something
that
many
people
may
not
realize
is
that
it
wasn't
until
after
the
first
six
days
that
Crews
were
able
to
be
rotated
off
shift
for
the
first
time.
So
we
were
talking
about
firefighters,
who
are
working
almost
to
exhaustion
very
little
rest
and
they
had
limited
to
no
ability
to
decontaminate
or
manage
personal
hygiene.
F
At
times
there
was
no
access
to
breathing
filters
or
to
wear
self-contained
breathing
apparatus
SCBA
it
just
wasn't
feasible
and
the
facilities
that
are
normally
used
to
refill
as
cbas
were
within
the
contaminated
areas
of
toxic
air,
so
it
made
their
breathing
apparatus
ineffective
or
refilling
them
impossible.
And
what
do
we
know
about
that?
Toxic
air,
full
of
cancer-causing
Agents?
We
know
that
2500
structures
were
completely
incinerated
or
partially
destroyed.
F
Eighty
percent
of
the
structures
in
the
city
were
spared,
fortunately,
but
so
much
was
thrown
up
into
the
air,
creating
toxins
and
creating
an
opportunity
for
those
firefighters
on
the
ground
to
be
exposed
that
air
contaminated
remember
skin
clothing
and
lungs,
and
without
the
ability
to
clean
themselves
for
almost
a
week.
This
is
completely
against
the
normal
practice
for
a
firefighter
that
would
visit
the
scene
of
a
regular
fire
and
to
be
able
to
then
do
the
decontamination
that
they
would
need
to
do
so
in
bill
nine.
F
There
is
a
recognition
of
the
catastrophic
traumatic
event
that
occurred
and
the
need
to
support
the
firefighters
who
are
on
the
ground
because,
as
the
the
current
president
of
the
AP
FPA
has
said,
they
were
exposed
to
a
career's
worth
of
toxins
within
a
single
week,
in
many
cases,
making
sure
that
the
occupational
disease,
the
cancers
that
potentially
result
from
that
exposure
is
seamlessly
covered
through
the
WCB,
should
be
a
priority
and
I.
Think
it's
one
that
all
members
of
this
house
supporting
our
firefighters.
F
We
should
be
able
to
agree
on
this
and
so
I'm
pleased
to
see
the
government
bring
this
forward
in
bill.
Nine
I
would
note
that
they
took
four
years
to
do
that,
but
I
will
say
it's
a
good
thing
and
I
am
glad
it
is
there,
unfortunately,
bill
nine
and
the
portions
that
come
into
effect
when
it
comes
to
the
WCB.
F
There
is
already
a
one
known
case
that
we've
talked
about
in
this
house
of
a
firefighter
who
has
passed,
who
SE
family
has
been
fighting
with
the
WCB
for
coverage.
There
is
another
firefighter
story
that
I've
heard
where
they've
had
to
go
through
an
appeals
process
and
I
find
it
completely
inadequate
that
the
minister
responsible
for
this
area
is
responsible
for
occupational
health
and
safety
and
for
WCB
is
suggesting
that
a
fairness
review
process
is
the
right
answer.
F
Here
we
are
asking
for
retroactive
coverage
for
the
firefighters
who
are
on
the
ground
during
this
very
specific
event,
when
they
were
not
able
to
properly
decontaminate
when
we
know
they
are
at
elevated
risk
of
Occupational
disease,
specifically
cancers
and
I.
Think
the
amendment
we
have
put
forward
does
make
sense
and
the
government's
arguments
that
if
somebody
doesn't
fall
within
the
correct
window,
that
they
will
go
through
a
fairness
process
and
and
the
right
thing
will
eventually
happen,
and
if
it
doesn't,
someone
can
call
The
Minister's
office
I
find
completely
unacceptable
and
inadequate.
F
F
This
is
not
a
unique
idea.
After
9
11,
this
is
droga.
Act
was
passed
to
recognize
that,
with
the
amount
of
debris
and
toxins
that
were
thrown
into
the
air
in
that
catastrophic
event,
that
there
was
a
health
impact
for
people
who
are
on
the
ground
for
First
Responders,
so
there's
certainly
precedent
in
other
jurisdictions.
We
can
look
to
when
considering
making
that
change.
F
The
final
way
that
Bill
9
is
inadequate,
but
one
in
which
I
think
that
the
the
government
has
signaled
that
they
are
planning
action
and
I
hope
that
they
do
is
the
fact
that
the
firefighters
primary
site
cancer
regulation
has
not
been
updated
since
2018,
when
I
as
minister
of
Labor
last
updated.
It
now.
F
I
appreciate
the
kind
words
from
colleagues
updating
that
primary
site
cancer
regulation
2018.
We
were
able
to
make
Alberta
the
absolute
best
place
in
Canada
for
supporting
our
firefighters.
We
covered
the
most
up-to-date
science,
the
most
number
of
cancers,
and
we
updated
our
latency
periods
based
on
the
latest
science.
Now,
what's
happened
since
2018,
because
we
are
now
at
2023
number
of
other
provinces
have
now
updated.
Their
regulations
based
on
new
scientific
information
and
Alberta,
is
no
longer
providing
the
most
comprehensive
list.
F
The
impact
of
that
in
relation
to
bill
nine
is
of
course
bill.
Nine
is
providing
presumptive
coverage
for
the
cancers
that
are
listed
in
the
firefighter
primary
site
cancer
regulation,
but
our
primary
site
cancer
regulation
does
not
include
a
number
of
types
of
cancers
that
the
firefighters
have
been.
Lobbying
should
be
included,
and
so
I
would
ask
and
urge
the
government
to
update
that
regulation.
That
is
not
something
that
needs
to
come
through
the
legislature,
which
is
quite
fortunate,
that's
something
that
can
be
done
through
regulation
without
coming
into
this
house.
F
But
we
need
to
do
that
as
well
because
of
the
interaction
between
Bill
Nye
and
the
coverage
performing
Murray
and
then
making
sure
firefighters
are
covered
for
all
different
types.
I
would,
as
an
example,
Manitoba
has
added
pancreatic
thyroid
and
penile
cancers.
The
Yukon
has
added
thyroid
and
pancreatic.
AM
V
V
Talking
about
the
expansion
of
presumptive
coverage
for
a
number
of
different
types
of
cancer
for
firefighters
and
one
that
we
worked
on
together
and
preparing
a
bit
of
a
business
case
is
that
they're
were
many
hormone-based
cancers
that
were
seen
as
having
a
linkage
to
the
workplace
for
men
that
there
were
lots
of
studies
that
showed
that
men
were
increased
likelihood
of
getting
different
types
of
hormone-based
cancers
who
worked
as
firefighters
because
of
workplace
conditions.
But
there
wasn't
this
deep
long.
V
History
of
similar
studies
based
on
women
and
the
biggest
reason
when
firefighters
came
to
meet
with
us
was
because
there
aren't
many
women
who
work
as
firefighters.
But
if
we
use
the
same
logic
to
project
that
the
male
hormone-based
cancers
have
workplace
conditions
that
lead
to
their
outcomes,
that
we
should
be
able
to
draw
those
similar
types
of
conclusions
for
women
and
and
saying
well,
we
need
to
wait
until
we
have
all
the
scientific
evidence
to
be
able
to
back
up
that.
There's
a
definitive
link.
They
said
you
will.
V
You
will
not
get
it
because
we
aren't
attracting
enough
women
to
their
profession.
Right
now
and
one
of
the
ways
we
could
help
attract
more
women
to
the
profession
is
if
we
said
that
the
same
presumptive
coverage
for
those
hormone-based
cancers
applied
for
women
is
due
for
men
and
I'm,
really
honored,
that
I
got
to
support
the
minister
of
Labor
and
that
work
and
that
she
carried
that
through
to
fruition,
I
hear
the
same
arguments
being
made
by
the
minister
of
I.
V
Don't
know
the
title:
the
guy
who's
supposed
to
be
in
charge
of
Labor
protections
for
the
people
of
Alberta,
but
there
isn't
a
current
minister
of
Labor
northern
development.
I
think
is
the
minister
who
is
standing
in
in
that
role
when
it
comes
to
this
file
and
part
of
me
thanks
jobs,
economy
and
Northern
development,
formerly
known
as
the
labor
Ministry,
at
least
in
part.
Thank
you
very
much.
V
I
have
to
say,
being
the
minister
of
health
of
that
time
and
getting
the
daily
briefings
about
the
risk
management
and
where
we
were
at
when
I
heard
that
there
were
fire
trucks
surrounding
the
hospital.
I
was
deeply
concerned
and
it
was
Chief
Fire
officials
who
said
knowing
that
there's
fire
trucks
in
front
of
the
hospital
is
a
very
good
sign
because
it
means
we
think
we
can
save.
It
means
that
we're
fighting
to
save
it.
V
So,
even
though
it
was
getting
that
close,
they
they
put
their
their
resources
their
lives
on
the
line
to
fight
and
protect
the
hospital.
The
major
regional
hospital
for
the
Northeast
part
of
the
north
Zone
in
such
a
difficult
time
and
now
they're
at
the
point
where
many
of
them
have
required
health
care
services
because
of
the
outcomes
that
they
face
being
exposed
to
so
many
chemicals
over
such
a
condensed
period
of
time.
V
You
know
red
tape,
reduction,
statutes,
Amendment
act
and
there's
been
a
whole
Minister
created
to
overseer
tape
that
the
ministry
actually
for
those
since
we're
in
the
process
of
debating
a
budget
as
a
as
a
separate
Pace
to
this
legislation,
but
relevant
to
this.
This
is
the
ministry.
Red
tape
reduction
is
a
Ministry.
That's
going
to
see
the
most
third
most
increases
to
Staffing
levels
and
the
government
of
Alberta.
Should
the
government's
proposed
budget
pass
in
this
house.
V
It
surprised
me
that
that
we
would
see
such
an
increase
to
the
bureaucracy
and
such
an
increase
to
the
number
of
people
working
in
a
department
when
the
the
whole
Ministry
was
created
to
try
to
streamline
and
reduce
government.
Essentially,
so
that's
interesting
piece.
I
I
have
tremendous
respect
for
people
who
do
serve
in
the
public
service
and
hope
that
some
of
that
will
be
used
to
address
the
significant
delays
that
we're
seeing
in
the
Land
Titles
offices.
V
But
I
was
a
bit
surprised
by
the
significant
Staffing
increase,
given
that
this
ministry
typically
tries
to
tout
that
it's
about
streamlining
and
creating
more
efficiencies.
Another
area
where
we've
seen
actually
a
significant
increase
in
red
tape
and
I
imagine
some
of
us
will
be
meeting
with
Catholic
School
trustees
later
this
evening.
Is
the
tremendous
increased
accountability
and
Reporting
tied
to
many
Grant
items
from
the
province
of
Alberta,
there's
always
been
regular
accounting
of
how
many
students
come
to
school.
What
your
class
sizes
are.
V
Let
me
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
earlier
assessments
that
happen,
particularly
in
division.
One
kindergarten
to
grade
three
kindergarten,
I
think
is
assessed
in
January,
but
in
September
we
start
with
early
year
pull
outs
and
much
of
September
teachers
in
grade
one
two
and
three
spend
pulling
kids
out
of
the
class
and
doing
early
assessments
with
them
as
opposed
to
having
that
time
to
be
able
to
build
relationships
and
and
Foster
trust
and
excitement
as
a
large
school
community
and
in
most
of
those
schools.
V
They
do
that
without
any
additional
funding
to
cover
substitute
teachers.
So
often
the
you
know,
single
site,
administrator
School
somebody
will
be
floating
in
and
out
of
the
classroom,
or
maybe
there
will
be
an
educational
assistant
who's
covering
for
a
few
minutes,
while
people
are
being
pulled
out
to
do
these
assessments
and
I
can
also
say,
having
trained
as
a
teacher
having
parents
who
taught
having
worked
with
teachers
most
of
my
professional
life
that
teachers
know
who's
behind
after
a
couple
of
months
in
the
classroom.
V
They
know
from
working
with
students
and
building
those
relationships
and
finding
ways
to
do
authentic
assessment,
where
everyone's
at
and
how
they
can
support
them.
But
there's
been
a
tremendous
amount
of
red
tape
added
to
Alberta
by
Alberta
education
under
the
UCP
when
it
comes
to
education
funding,
and
that
might
be
one
of
the
reasons
why
the
education
budget
was
underspent
by
a
billion
dollars.
When
you
just
look
at
the
last
two
fiscal
years
and
again
here
we
are
considering
an
education
budget.
V
Just
looking
at
the
last
two
fiscal
years,
Albert
education
under
spent
the
UCP
underspend
on
Alberta
classrooms
by
a
billion
dollars.
What
we
had
in
this
assembly
had
approved
them
to
spend
money
that
we
said
should
be
focused
and
spent
on
education
in
this
current
year,
wasn't
spent
whether
it
was
through
the
department
or
whether
through
local
school
authorities,
and
many
have
said.
V
Part
of
that
is
the
frustration
as
it
relates
to
the
red
tape
to
actually
be
able
to
spend
grants
that
the
government
has
applied
that
sometimes
it
isn't
even
worth
the
many
many
hours
you
have
to
put
in
filling
out
paperwork
and
applying
for
Grants
to
be
able
to
access
these
resources.
So
so
a
lot
of
money
got
left
on
the
table,
because
so
much
red
tape
was
added
by
the
UCP
when
it
comes
to
supporting
schools
with
education
dollars.
V
And
it's
interesting
because
I
think
a
lot
of
the
time
we'll
hear
talking
points
from
folks
around.
You
know
the
best
decisions
being
made
closest
to
the
child
and
the
money
should
follow
the
children,
but
there's
been
so
many
layers
of
red
tape,
and
so
many
layers
of
so
many
gates
put
in
the
way
between
good
ideas,
us
making
decisions
in
this
place
around
supporting
education
funding
and
the
barriers
to
that
funding
actually
being
passed
on
to
the
child.
V
What
would
appear
very
intentionally
by
the
minister
in
terms
of
the
billion
dollars
that
hasn't
been
spent
over
the
last
two
years,
when
we
in
this
assembly
have
made
the
decision
to
allocate
that
money?
So
it
is
very
frustrating
and
I.
Imagine
many
of
us
will
hear
more
about
that
tonight
as
we
meet
with
acsta
trustees
when
we
talk
to
them
about
what
their
biggest
frustrations
are
and
what
their
biggest
hopes
are.
Red
tape
is
definitely
something
that
has
come
up
many
times
in
many
meetings,
with
trustees
from
a
variety
of
school
authorities.
V
So
generally,
I've
touched
on
the
firefighter
piece
I've
touched
on
what
I
would
have
liked
to
have
seen
in
terms
of
reducing
red
tape
and
streamlining
services
for
children
and
I
will
say
that
generally
I
think
some
of
the
areas
within
this
bill
are
just
fine.
The
piece
around
agriculture,
as
it
relates
to
tying
the
the
origins
of
bees
to
where
they
are
and
where
they
are
in
Alberta
to
the
the
country
of
origin.
V
V
It
doesn't
appear
that
there's
anything
that's
being
done
in
this
bill
to
make
life
more
affordable
for
albertans,
who
are
facing
some
of
the
biggest
increases
to
regular
things
like
utilities
and
cost
of
living,
as
it
relates
to
being
able
to
put
food
on
their
family's
tables.
Nothing
in
this
bill.
That's
addressed.
Affordability,
nothing
in
this
bill,
that's
going
to
make
Health
Care,
Services,
better
or
more
accessible
for
the
people
of
the
province
and
nothing
in
this
bill.
That's
going
to
actually
address
the
urgent
need
to
have
a
resilient
economy
for
for
all
albertans.
V
So
with
that
I
guess,
I
will
reluctantly
support
this
bill.
I
wish
that
it
was
focused
on
things
that
are
more
aligned
with
the
priorities
of
everyday
families,
but
I.
Don't
think
that
there's
pieces
in
it
that
are
problematic
are
going
to
move
us
backwards.
So
I
guess
in
this
place
some
days
that's
a
win
and
with
that
Madam
speaker,
I,
move
that
we
adjourn
debate.
AM
AM
AH
AH
Certainly,
this
new
fiscal
framework
I
believe
will
be
very
important
to
fiscal
and
financial
stability
in
this
province,
hopefully
for
years
even
decades
to
come,
Madam
speaker
because
I
I
believe
everybody
in
this
house
would
recognize
that
fiscal
sustainability
is
necessary
if
we're
going
to
continue
to
deliver
education,
a
world-class
education
system,
a
world-class
Health
Care
system
and
the
other
deliverables
that
albertans
expect.
This
framework
would
require
annual
balanced
budgets
with
limitations
on
in-year
and
year-over-year
increases
in
expenses.
Now
Madam
speaker,
there
are
going
to
be
exceptions,
necessary
exceptions
to
these
fiscal
rules.
AH
AH
Madam
speaker,
this
fiscal
framework
would
also
set
policies
for
the
allocation
of
surplus
cash
with
at
least
half
of
any
surplus
going
towards
debt.
Repayment
and
Madam
speaker
I
believe
right
now
a
focus
for
Surplus.
It
should
be
debt
repayment,
as
well
as
additional
deposits
into
our
heritage,
savings,
trust
fund
and
Madam
speaker.
This
fiscal
framework
does
create
what
we
will
call
an
Alberta
fund,
which
is
really
a
holding
account
for
surplus
funds
funds
not
used
for
the
repayment
of
debt
in
the
in
a
year
where
a
surplus
is
achieved.
AH
Funds
held
in
this
account
can
only
be
used
for
three
things
they
can
be
held
for
future
debt
repayment,
Madam
speaker.
They
can
be
held
for
future
contributions
into
the
Heritage
savings
trust
fund,
or
they
can
be
held
to
fund
one-time
initiatives.
But
initiatives
subject
to
an
Appropriations
Bill
initiative,
subject
to
the
budget
process
and
Madam
speaker
in
initiatives
subject
to
the
other
fiscal
rules.
AH
Madam
speaker,
another
initiative
in
Bill
10
will
be
legislation
that
will
in
fact
allow
the
Heritage
savings
trust
fund
to
retain
all
of
its
income.
I
think,
as
most
members
in
this
house
know
right
now,
any
income
from
the
Heritage
savings
trust
fund
not
required
to
inflation
proof
the
the
fund
automatically
get
transferred
to
the
General
Revenue
fund.
Well,
Madam
speaker
we're
changing
that
in
built
in.
AH
Madam
speaker
I've,
made
this
point
before,
but
it
Bears
repeating
if
we
as
a
province
is
if
we
as
albertans
from
day
one
had
retained
all
of
the
earnings
in
the
Heritage
savings
trust
fund
without
any
additional
deposits
other
than
those
that
were
made,
we
would
not
have
an
18
billion
dollar
fund.
Today
we
would
have
a
fund
approaching
300
billion
dollars,
Adam
speaker.
It
shows
the
significant
value
of
earnings
compounding
on
themselves
and
how
quickly
we
could
grow
a
fund
and
and
Madam
speaker
as
a
lifelong
albertan.
AH
I
regret
that
we
did
not
start
this
earlier,
but
I'm
so
pleased
to
join
my
colleagues
on
this
side
of
the
house
to
begin
this
savings
practice.
Today,
a
300
billion
dollar
fund,
Madam
speaker,
would
generate
approximately
close
to
20
billion
dollars
in
income
per
year.
That
would
be
absolutely
incredible
for
the
future
of
the
province.
AH
Madam
speaker.
There
are
a
number
of
other
important
pieces
in
Bill
10,
including
ensuring
that
the
changes,
the
tax
changes
that,
regarding
the
tax
credit
with
respect
to
charitable,
giving
are
made
retroactive
to
January
1st
2023.
I,
want
to
once
again
thank
my
colleague,
the
MLA
from
Peace
River.
AH
We're
introducing
this
change
as
a
private
member's
Bill,
effectively
increasing
the
value
of
a
charitable
tax
credit
from
15
to
60
percent
in
terms
of
the
Alberta
portion,
when
you
combine
combine
it
with
the
federal
portion,
it's
a
full
75
percent
tax
credit
on
donations
up
to
the
first
two
hundred
dollars
for
every
albertan
Madam
speaker
albertans
are
generous
albertans
support,
Charities
and
non-profit
organizations
in
their
communities
they
give
back.
This
will
encourage
that
generosity,
Madam,
speaker
and
I'm
excited
to
include
this
piece
in
the
bill.
AH
AH
Madam
speaker
to
further
improve
our
competitiveness
in
this
province.
We
included
in
this
bill
is
the
new
Agri
processing
tax
credit
Madam
speaker.
This
tax
credit
will
provide
a
12
percent
non-refundable
corporate
tax
credit
to
corporations
who
take
on
a
project
a
project
that,
with
a
capex
of
10
million
dollars
or
greater
and
a
project
that
effectively
uses
ad
as
its
feedstock
agricultural
produce.
Goods
Madam
speaker
we've
gone
to
Great
Lengths
to
ensure
that
Alberta
has
the
most
competitive
business
environment
possible
and
that's
an
ongoing
effort.
AH
Introducing
this
additional
non-refundable
corporate
tax
credit
is
part
of
that
effort
in
ensuring
that
our
world-class
agriculture
industry
in
this
province
remains
competitive.
Globally
remains
a
force,
as
we
not
only
generate
Economic
Opportunity
for
Alberta
farmers
and
ranchers,
and
every
Alberta
across
the
province,
but
in
fact,
make
good
on.
What's
is
both
our
opportunity
and
deep
responsibility
to
provide
food
to
a
growing
and
needy
world
Madam
speaker?
AH
This
bill
also
includes
changes
that
will
cover
dental
drug
vision
and
other
that
will
provide
Dental
drug
vision
and
other
supplemental
health
benefits
for
children
adopted
in
the
province
and
Madam
speaker
Alberta
will
be
the
only
province
in
Canada
to
do
so.
It
also
includes
amendments
which
will
increase
the
adoption
expenses
tax
credit
and
offset
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
adoptions
to
help
albertans
who
want
to
start
or
grow
their
families
through
adoption.
AH
Madam
speaker,
Bill
10
also
includes
a
proposed
for
proposed
amendments
to
the
local
government
fiscal
framework
act
that
will
tie
future
Municipal
funding
levels
to
changes
in
provincial
revenues
and
Bill.
10
will
also
update
that
Revenue
index
Factor
starting
in
budget
2526
percentage
changes
in
Municipal
funding
levels
would
be
equal
to
percentage
changes
in
provincial
revenues
from
three
years
prior
again
allowing
municipalities
to
plan
more
effectively
for
the
future
Madam
speaker
of
everything
I
hear
from
municipalities.
AH
Madam
speaker
bill
10.
provides
important
legislative
changes
to
implement
budget
2023,
a
budget
that
focuses
on
strengthening
our
health
care
System,
a
budget
that
ensures
adequate
funding
for
enrollment
growth
in
our
education
system,
but
more
than
that
ensures
additional
funding
to
deal
with
complexity
in
classrooms.
AH
Madam
speaker,
this
budget
also
further
supports
our
justice
system
by
increasing
our
funding
to
the
Justice
Ministry
by
10
percent
Madam
speaker.
We
together
as
albertans,
have
made
great
progress
in
the
last
four
years.
We've
made
great
progress
in
this
economy,
taking
an
economy
that
was
stagnant
and
positioning
it
for
competitiveness,
investment
attraction,
growth,
diversification
to
the
point
where
this
province
now
is
leading
the
nation
in
economic
growth,
Mr
Madam
speaker
that
is
Alberta's
rightful
place.
AH
We've
also
taken
a
province
that
was
really
stuck
in
a
structural
deficit
spending,
far
more
than
compared
to
provinces
on
a
per
capita
basis,
but
not
getting
better
results,
and
over
four
years
we've
worked
thoughtfully
carefully
surgically
compassionately
to
bring
our
spending
in
line
with
comparative
provinces.
Adam
speaker,
this
puts
Alberta
on
a
sustainable
fiscal
trajectory
which
is
good
news
for
future
Generations.
So
Madam
speaker
with
that,
I
would
call
on
all
members
of
this
house
to
support
built
in.
O
O
There
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
potentially
problematic
things
in
this
bill,
but
I
think
by
far
the
most
problematic
and
I
mean
it's
up
there
in
terms
of
problematic
things.
We've
seen
come
before
this
house
at
all
is
the
creation
of
a
1.4
billion
dollar
slush
fund
in
the
two
months
immediately
prior
to
an
election
I
feel
like
it's
it's
difficult
to
to
state
the
revulsion
that
I
feel
and
that
I
think
most
of
the
people
of
Alberta,
a
structured
well.
S
O
O
It
is
it's
something
that
generates
I.
Think
revulsion,
the
idea
of
spending
government
funds
to
achieve
political
ends,
which
is
exactly
what
this
creates.
It
creates
a
fund
now,
admittedly,
it's
not
strictly
untrue
to
say
that
it
can
be
spent
on
three
things.
It's
just
that
one
of
those
things
is
one-time
initiatives
which
could
pretty
much
mean
anything.
O
Not
really
true
either
so
I
think.
The
problem
here
is
that
the
government,
the
government
is
giving
itself
the
power
to
essentially
purchase
votes
and
in
advance
of
an
election
and
I.
Think
it's
problematic.
I
do,
however,
think
Madam
chair
that,
fortunately,
for
us,
the
Alberta
public
will
see
through
it.
O
O
One
of
them
was
this
talk
of
how
the
deficits
went
away
because
of
fiscal
responsibility,
and
just
let
me
start
by
saying
that
is
just
wildly
incorrect
on
the
facts
before
us
in
a
way
because
the
price
of
oil
went
up
and
revenues
into
government
coffers
went
up.
That's
what
happened
honestly.
This
government
has
wasted
honestly.
This
government
has
wasted
massive
amounts
of
money.
Let
us
start
with
the
1.3
billion
dollars.
They
they
gambled
on
Trump's
reelection
after
after
Madam
chair.
O
It
was
clear
in
the
polls
that
he
wasn't
going
to
win,
so
that
was,
it
was
literally
like.
Oh
there's,
less
than
50
success,
there's
less
than
a
50
percent,
significantly
less
than
a
50
percent
chance
of
success.
So,
let's
put
up
1.3
billion
dollars
that
were
most
likely
going
to
lose
I
think
that's
extremely
problematic.
Behavior.
O
You
know
from
from
a
government
that
that
calls
you
know,
spending
to
ensure
that
that
age
recipients
can
afford
food,
fiscal
mismanagement
and
waste,
apparently
food
for
for
people
who
are
disabled
for
children.
This
is
a
waste
of
money,
but
gambling
1.3
billion
dollars.
Well,
that's
just
wise
fiscal
management.
According
to
these
people,
I
think
when
you
see
fiscal
management
that
wise
in
quotes,
you
should.
You
should
read
really
start
to
wonder
every
time.
Those
folks
use
those
terms
because
they
clearly
aren't
reflective
of
reality.
O
So
I
think
that's
the
the
first
big
point
there
is
that
the
price
of
oil
coming
up
and
balancing
the
budget,
for
you
is
not
hard
work
and
fiscal
responsibility.
It's
luck
and
that's
what
this
government
had
and
they
certainly
they
certainly
have
not,
in
my
view,
used
it
wisely.
I
think
it's
also
worth
talking
about.
You
know
some
of
the
spending
projects
that
this
government
has
under
consideration.
There's
the
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
to
repaint
police
cars
for
the
RCMP.
Well,
I.
Guess
they
wouldn't
be
the
RCMP
anymore.
O
O
Quite
apart
from
this
sort
of
massive
waste
of
money
is
the
fact
that
they
could
spend
all
this
money
and
it
might
still
not
work.
So
we
saw
this
attempt
to
transition
away
from
the
RCMP
happened
just
recently,
not
for
the
whole
province
of
BC,
but
for
one
area
and
they
had
to
abandon
it.
The
project
had
to
be
abandoned
because
they
literally
could
not
get
the
officers
to
fill
the
position.
They
were
offering
people.
O
You
know
twenty
thousand
dollar
bonuses
to
like
move
over
and
sign
on,
and
they
could
they
couldn't
get
it
to
work
and
Alberta
is
a
much
bigger
area.
So
it's
going
to
be
the
problem,
magnified,
and
it's
been
the
case
for
quite
a
while
that
it
is
difficult
to
hire
and
retain
qualified
police
officers,
because
you
can't
just
get
anyone
they
have
to
be
able
to
operate
in
certain
conditions.
The
skills
required
are
are
high.
O
They
need
to
be
able
to
sort
of
psychologically
deal
with
a
number
of
things,
and
that's
not
you
can't
just
get
anybody
into
those
positions,
and
so
we've
kind
of
seen
over
time
that
it's
become
more
and
more
difficult
to
hire
to
those
positions.
It's
not
entirely
clear
why
that
is
I
mean
it
could
be
the
the
complexity
of
what
modern
police
officers
have
to
deal
with.
It's
challenging
people
may
be
looking
at
that
and
just
making
a
different
choice,
but
the
the
point
is
that
it
is.
O
We
know
it's
difficult,
sometimes
to
fill
positions
like
that,
so
the
idea
that
the
government
could
just
sort
of-
and
in
fact
when
we
were
in
government,
we
had
challenges
getting
enough
even
RCMP
officers
into
the
province
to
like
fill
the
number
of
positions
that
we
had,
because
you
know
of
the
difficulty,
we're
training
and
attracting
so
yeah.
It's
it's
a
massive
waste
of
money.
It's
a
terrible
idea.
O
The
other
one
would
be
the
move
away
from
the
Canada
Pension
Plan
and
the
move
to
create
our
own
Revenue
collection
agency
and
in
fact,
we
had
been
estimating
that
this
would
be
costly
and
ridiculous
and
require
the
hiring
of
a
whole
bunch
of
civil
servants
and
in
budget
estimates,
Believe,
It
or
Not.
It
turns
out
that
it
was
an
underestimate,
according
to
the
minister,
so
that's
highly
problematic
again
we're
talking
about
millions
of
dollars,
CPP,
you
know
we're
talking
about
a
fund
that
will
be
smaller.
O
That
won't
be
able
to
necessarily
generate
the
same
kind
of
income
and
that's
uncertain
and
that
this
this
government,
who
have
a
history
of
not
spending
other
people's
money,
well
see
the
earlier
gambling
of
1.3
billion
dollars,
those
you
know
they
they
take
that
CPP
and
then
people
don't
know
if
it's
going
to
be
there
for
them
and
that's
not
that's
not
government
money,
that's
not
it's
people's
money.
People
have
paid
into
the
CPP.
It
is
their
retirement
savings.
O
So
those
are
a
few
of
the
reasons
that
I
would
I
would
challenge
that
those
statements,
another
big
one
I
want
to
challenge-
is
that
you
know
the
minister
has
mentioned
several
times,
including
in
in
the
remarks
he
just
made
about
this
increase
in
public
safety.
Now,
leaving
aside
for
a
moment
the
the
problem,
with
switching
away
from
the
RCMP
and
potentially
having
having
insufficient
police
officers
in
The,
Province
yeah,
they
are
investing
in
in
the
in
the
budget
for
Public
Safety.
O
Affordable
housing
increases
Public
Safety
in
a
way
that
nothing
else
does,
and
this
is
quite
consistent
and
in
fact
we
were
you
know
at
meetings
of
chiefs
of
police.
This
was
this
was
stated
almost
universally
and
I
suspect
that
if
you
were,
if
you
were
to
go
and
to
ask
of
a
reporter,
were
to
ask
right
now,
you
know
what's
the
best
investment
affordable
housing
because
they
see
it
every
day,
and
this
government
I
mean
quite
apart
from
the
bill
they
had,
which
changed
the
definition
of
affordable
housing.
O
O
This
government
has
consistently
cut
affordable
housing.
They
have
consistently
under
invested
in
affordable
housing.
They
have
in
in
large
Parts,
not
well
created,
contributed
it's
hard
to
say
they
have
contributed.
They
have
contributed
significantly
to
the
safety
problems
we
see
in
our
downtowns
today,
and
they
have
made
those
contributions
by
withdrawing
funding
for
affordable
housing.
O
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
talk
about
was
the
but
not
getting
better
results.
The
talk
of
we
invest
too
much
in
the
people
of
Alberta,
and
you
know
we
have.
We
have
seen
in
healthcare.
The
results
of
this
particular
UCP
talking
point
now,
first
off
I
think
it's
clear
and
it's
clear
in
the
literature,
it's
clear
from
a
number
of
people
who
who
study
how
we
study
things
that
this
is
a
statement
which
is
entirely
dependent
on
which
results
you
look
at
and
the
UCP
and
their
sort
of
folks
around
them.
O
Just
love
to
cherry
pick,
statistics.
They
love
to
cherry
pick,
the
one
statistic
and
then
be
able
to
say:
well,
we
spend
more
and
we
don't
get
better
and
then
they
attacked
doctors,
they
cut
Health
Care,
they
cut
education
and
lo
and
behold
the
Health
Care
System
got
much
much
worse
and
now
they
stand
up
and
say
wow.
You
know
it's
not
really
that
much
worse
than
other
places
in
Canada.
Well,
it
used
to
be
much
better
than
other
places.
O
In
Canada,
we
used
to
have
the
best
health
care
here
in
Alberta
and
and
these
folks,
with
their
rhetoric
about
it
not
being
better,
have
brought
us
down.
Okay,
yeah,
you
know.
Maybe
it
is
the
case
that
tens
of
thousands
of
people
in
other
provinces
can't
get
access
to
a
family
doctor.
Maybe
it
is
the
case
that
people
are
terrified
because
they
can't
get
an
ambulance
and
because
you
know,
they're
lined
up
with
their
sick
children
outside
the
ER.
O
That's
not
responsibility.
That's
not
a
responsible
way
to
bring
down
the
cause
of
responsibility
would
be
not
giving
20
billion
dollars
away
to
profitable
oil
corporations
to
clean
up
the
messes.
They
already
have
the
legal
responsibility
for
it.
That
would
be
responsibility,
driving
doctors
out
of
the
province
relentlessly
attacking
health
care
until
it
it
it
was
far
worse
until
you
create
problems,
that's
not
responsibility!
That's
that's!
O
That's
making
albertans
pay
the
cost
of
their
their
poor
decisions,
and
when
we
talk
about
this
20
billion
dollars
that
they
plan
to
give
away
to
companies
to
clean
up
liabilities
that
they
already
have
taken
responsibility
to
that's
almost
the
entire
Health
Care
budget.
That's
almost
the
entire
Health
Care
budget.
So
to
turn
around
and
say:
look
we
strangled
health
care
until
your
child
can't
get
into
the
hospital,
but
we're
going
to
spend
the
same
amount
again
to
achieve
absolutely
nothing
and
call
that
fiscally
responsible
is
absolutely
absurd.
O
The
actions
of
this
government
will
will
resonate.
They
will
resonate
throughout
time
and
those
cuts
the
cuts
to
to
children
with
special
needs
that
cut
them
off
from
their
right
to
an
education.
They
cost
20
30,
maybe
more
at
times
into
the
future,
in
in
justice
system
costs
in
health
care
costs
in
in
costs
to
support
these
people.
So
no,
it
is
not
wise
fiscal
management
to
punish
those
with
disabilities.
It
is
not
wise
fiscal
management
to
destroy
a
functioning
Health,
Care
System.
O
O
They
want
1.4
billion
dollars
as
a
slush
fund
to
try
to
obfuscate
to
try
to
buy
back
the
people
that
they
have
lost
by
offering
20
billion
dollars
to
profitable
corporations
to
clean
up
their
own
messes,
while
they
let
the
people
of
this
province
suffer
and
honestly,
at
this
point,
having
sat
here
and
watched
this
government
for
nearly
four
years,
I
think
I
can
say,
madam
speaker,
that
the
point
is
the
suffering:
it
isn't
the
fiscal
responsibility,
it
isn't
the
Savings
in
the
budget.
It
is
the
the
pain
that
they
cause
and
Madam
speaker.
O
I,
really
think
that
this
evidence
can
lead
us
only
to
one
conclusion
that
this
UCP
government
is
a
government
that
thinks
that
poverty
is
a
moral
feeling
and
it
is
incredibly
problematic.
It
shows
in
every
action
it
shows
in
everything
they
do
and
so
I
think
to
to
hear
the
minister
comment
on
how
these
punishing
decisions
that
have
hurt
the
people
of
this
province
that
have
let
them
down
in
a
time
of
Crisis,
while
this
government
hands
out
and
gambles
with
billions
of
people's
dollars
is
just
it's,
it's
flabbergasting,
it's
it's.
O
It
really
really
is
so
I
think
with
that.
I
will
say
that
you
know
I,
think
I
believe
in
the
Democratic
process
and
I
believe
that
people
will
see
through
this
1.4
billion
dollar.
Slash
fund
I
believe
that
people
will
see
through
the
UCP
I
believe
that
the
attempts
to
push
off
wildly
unpopular
wildly
unpopular
programs
like
the
20
billion
dollar
handout,
like
the
the
creation
of
their
own
police
force,
like
withdrawing
from
CPP,
like
creating
a
bureaucracy
of
tax
collectors.
O
So
everyone
can
file
their
taxes
twice
here
in
Alberta,
I
I
think
that
pushing
those
things
off
till
after
the
election
I
think
people
see
through
it
and
I
think
that
people
deserve
better
and
I
think
that
very
very
soon
Madam
chair
people
are
going
to
be
able
to
choose
better
and
I
believe
that
they
will.
Thank
you.
AO
AO
Balancing
the
budget
would
mean
a
lot
to
albertans,
as
it
would
give
us
the
ability
to
reduce
the
debt
servicing
charge
and
eventually
pay
the
debt.
It
would
remove
the
burden
to
Future
generations
to
pay
our
debt
that
they
did
not
incur
built-in
aims
to
do
that.
Madam
speaker.
It
will
require
the
government
to
use
50
percent
of
surplus
cash
to
pay
down
the
debt
maturing
in
that
fiscal
year.
AO
AO
Money
from
the
Alberta
fund
can
only
be
used
for
three
purposes:
to
pay
down,
to
pay
down
debt,
to
invest
in
the
Alberta
Heritage
savings
trust
fund
or
for
one
time
initiatives
they
do
not
permanently
increase.
Government
spending
built-in,
as
well
carries
amendments
to
streamline
the
transfer
of
money
from
the
General
Revenue
fund
to
the
Alberta
Heritage
savings
trust
fund
and
currently,
legislation
requires
a
portion
of
the
Alberta
Heritage
funds
net
income
to
be
kept
in
the
fund
to
protect
against
inflation.
AO
Any
investment
income
not
used
for
the
inflation
proving
of
the
Heritage
fund
must
be
transferred
to
the
General
Revenue
fund
and
Bill
10
will
allow
the
Heritage
fund
to
retain
all
of
its
net
income.
Should
all
the
income
have
been
kept
with
the
fund,
we
would
be
seeing
close
to
300
billion
dollars
in
the
trust
fund.
Madam
speaker,
this
bill
will
also
amend
the
personal
income
tax
amendment
act
to
enable
changes
to
the
charitable
tax
credit
rate.
Starting
this
year.
AO
Last
year,
the
honorable
member
for
Peace
River
tabled
a
private
members
bill
which
this
assembly
passed
to
change
the
provincial
tax
credit
rate
for
the
first
two
hundred
dollars
of
donations
from
10
to
60
percent
and
I
upload,
the
member
for
taking
the
initiative
to
increase
the
tax
credit
to
generous
albertans.
It
will
also
encourage
Alberta
albertans
to
donate
more
built-in
would
enable
the
new
charitable
tax
credit
rate
to
come
into
effect
retroactively
on
January,
1st
2023.
AO
These
changes
would
free
up
both
time
and
money,
so
the
Securities
Commission
can
contain
continue
to
do
what
they
do.
The
best
administrating
The
Province
security
laws,
first
Affair
and
efficient
Captain
Market
in
Alberta,
and
to
protect
investors
through
investigation,
persecutions
of
violations
to
the
Securities
laws,
rules
and
regulations
and
credit
unions
are
an
important
part
of
Alberta's
Financial
Services
sector
credit
unions
are
integral
part
of
our
communities.
They
are
Cooperative
organizations
that
provide
similar
products
in
services
and
other
financial
institutions.
AO
These
are
owned
and
operated
by
its
members
and
when
it
makes
a
profit,
it
shares
it
back
with
its
members
in
the
form
of
annual
returns
in
2021
Madam
speak
Mr
Speaker
about
84
million
dollars
went
back
to
credit.
You
union
members
and
built-in
will
provide
them
new
opportunities
to
generate
revenue
and
take
advantage
of
more
flexible
regulations
to
support
their
operations,
and
these
changes
will
allow
Alberta
Credit
Unions
to
provide
Financial
Services
to
residents
of
Border
communities
and
other
new
customers.
They
cannot
currently
serve.
AO
The
spirit
also
seeks
to
change
the
horse
racing
Alberta
Act.
We
all
know
that
horse
racing
plays
an
important
role
in
Alberta's
economy,
as
as
it
brings
significant
economic
benefit
to
Alberta's
rural
communities,
mostly
thousands
of
albertans
and
Vistas
attend
horse
racing
events
each
year.
In
order
to
ensure
this
vibrant
part
of
Alberta's
economy
thrives,
built-in
will
strengthen
the
leadership
of
horse
racing
Alberta
by
allowing
more
public
and
Industry
representation
to
manage
daily
operations.
AO
Mr
Speaker
albertus
government
is
committed
to
creating
accessible
and
affordable
post-secondary
education
and
build
10
will
Implement
a
two
percent
cap
on
tuition
increases
for
domestic
students
at
the
institutional
level
of
public
post-secondary
institutions
for
2024
and
2025
and
future
academic
years.
This
will
save
students
about
18
million
dollars
annually.
AO
AO
There
is
also
a
six
thousand
dollars
in
grant
funding
for
prospective
adopted
parents
making
less
than
180
000
a
year.
An
increase
of
the
provincial
adoption
expense
tax
credit
to
eighteen
thousand,
two
hundred
and
ten
to
match
the
federal
threshold
in
2023
building
forever
families
shouldn't
be
a
financial
Financial,
bad
and
fault
buttons.
Yearning
to
adopt
new
subsidies,
higher
tax
credit
and
other
supports
would
make
adoptions
more
feasible
for
albertans
the
budget
2023
as
implemented
by
Bill
10
balances.
AO
During
the
past,
four
years
supports
and
relates
to
albertans
during
this
time
of
high
inflation
are
readily
available
without
incurring
debt
and
speaking
of
that
Mr
Speaker.
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
opposite
during
their
time.
In
the
government,
the
members
of
zit
did
the
other
way
around.
AO
When
the
previous
government
began,
the
administration
of
the
province,
debt
servicing
was
under
800
million
a
year
when
they
were
expelled
from
the
government.
It
was
about
2.3
billion
a
year.
As
this
government
paid
down
the
debt
Mr
Speaker,
we
are
able
to
use
this
debt
servicing
amount
to
a
more
available
service.
That
albertans
rely
rely
on
including
Health
Care
infrastructure,
social
programs,
daycare
and
education.
AO
This
government
have
always
aimed
to
have
a
Financial
stability
to
ensure
a
greater
and
successful
future
for
Alberta
by
growing
the
economy,
creating
good
paying
jobs,
strengthening
health
care
and
education
in
keeping
Alberta
communities.
Safe,
Alberta
is
continuously
moving
forward.
Mr
Speaker
through
the
government's
Focus
responsible
fiscal
management,
Relentless
pursuit
of
economic
growth.
It
has
put
the
province
on
a
more
sustainable
fiscal
trajectory,
creating
expanded
Financial
capacity
resulting
in
additional
government
revenues.
AO
AK
E
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
rise
and
speak
to
Bill
10.
offer
some
thoughts
and
I'd
like
to
begin.
If
you'll
indulge
me
with
a
bit
of
a
noun,
an
analogy,
you
know
Mr
Speaker,
we've
all
been
there
at
some
point.
We
sign
a
new
contract,
maybe
it's
with
a
new
cell
phone
company.
Maybe
it's
a
internet
provider,
maybe
cable
TV
little
less
of
that
these
days,
most
folks
are
streaming,
but
you
sign
that
new
contract.
Maybe
you
were
unhappy
with
your
previous
provider.
You're
excited.
E
You
got
a
new
opportunity,
so
you
sign
up
new
contract
and
hey
things
are
going
pretty
well
you're,
pretty
happy
with
the
service.
You're
getting
looks
pretty
good
off
the
top,
but
might
not
be
happy
with
everything
about
it.
But
hey
you
know,
you're
willing
to
give
them
a
chance
time,
progresses,
Mr,
Speaker
and,
as
time
progresses,
you
start
to
see
your
service
degrade.
E
Your
fees
start
going
up
suddenly
you're
being
asked
to
pay
more
while
you're
getting
less
you're,
certainly
not
getting
what
you
were
promised
when
they
sold
you
that
contract
when
they
were
looking
to
get
you
to
sign
up-
and
you
know
you
get
a
hold.
So
maybe
this
is
something
you
can
work
out.
So
you
want
to
get
a
hold
and
raise
your
concerns.
Mr
Speaker,
but
you
know
it's
harder
and
harder
to
get
a
response.
Your
emails,
when
you
send
them
into
your
customer
service
representative,
go
unanswered
or
they
come
back
with
boilerplate.
E
E
They're
sending
you
cards
in
the
mail
they're
calling
you
on
the
phone
to
ask.
If
you
want
to
upgrade
your
service
package
and
telling
you
what
a
wonderful
job
they're
doing,
you're
getting
spammed
on
the
internet,
you
know
and
Mr
Speaker
they're,
all
about
telling
you
what
a
wonderful
job
they're
doing
for
you,
even
while
the
same
time
you're
trying
to
get
through
and
let
them
know
about
your
frustrations
but
they're,
not
interested
in
listening
and
indeed
the
kicker
Mr
Speaker,
the
punch
in
the
gut
is
they're
using
your
money,
the
extra
fees
they
charge.
E
E
E
They
offer
to
lower
your
rates.
Of
course,
it's
just
for
the
next
few
months.
They
might
they'll
go
back
up
eventually,
but
they
offer
you
a
few
months
discount
anything
they
can
do
to
get
you
to
keep
from
canceling
that
country,
because
suddenly
Mr
Speaker
with
that
on
the
horizon,
they
want
you
to
know
how
much
they
value
you.
As
a
customer.
E
That
is
what
we
have
in
built
in
a
government
that
has
spent
the
last
three
years,
undermining
every
single
service
that
albertans
depend
on
these
Minister
of
Finance.
The
minister
for
Calgary
street
is
standing
and
bragging
about
their
investments
in
education,
their
investments
in
health
care
after
years
of
cuts,
Mr
Speaker.
E
E
Having
de-indexed
Asian
income
supports
and
all
these
things
so
make
it
more
difficult
for
people
to
actually
afford
the
cost
of
living
for
the
most
vulnerable
in
the
profits
and,
at
the
same
time,
de-indexing
personal
tax
rates.
So
every
single
albertan
paid
more
while
getting
less
from
this
government.
E
And
now
they
want
to
stand
and
Pat
themselves
on
the
back
for
suddenly
coming
riding
to
the
rescue
with
a
few
extra
dollars,
thanks
to
a
soaring
price
of
oil
when
they
see
there's
an
election
on
the
horizon
and
they
want
to
try
to
get
albertans
to
forget
all
of
the
damage.
This
government
has
done
over
the
last
few
years
and
hey
sign
on
for
another
four
Mr,
Speaker
I
think
albertans
are
smarter
than
that.
E
E
E
When
this
government
refused
to
provide
proper
funding
for
virtual
care
that
1.4
billion
dollars
that
they
squeezed
out
of
albertans,
they
are
awarding
themselves
now
Mr
Speaker
to
use
as
a
slush
fund
for
the
upcoming
election
Shameless
Mr
Speaker.
But,
of
course
his
government
has
shown
us
so
many
times
over
the
last
few
months
that
they
really
don't
care
about
public
dollars
when
it
comes
to
their
political
interests.
E
Who
knows
what
but
initiatives
that
they
feel
will
perhaps
maybe
help
them
get
reelected
much
as
they
like
to
stand
up
cardboard,
cutouts
of
schools
and
point
to
them
and
say:
hey,
look
at
us,
wonderful,
we're
going
to
build
something.
We
went
through
that
with
the
previous
PC
governments,
Mr
Speaker
empty
Fields,
with
signs
talking
about
how
wonderful
the
government
was.
E
E
Albertans
now
and
in
future,
Generations
are
going
to
pay
for
the
damage
this
government
has
done
to
our
health
care,
System
I,
say
more
damage
than
any
previous
government
has
ever
done
to
our
Public
Health
Care
system,
before
driving
doctors
out
of
practice
and
out
of
Province
leaving
entire
communities
in
this
province.
Right
now,
where
there
is
not
a
single-family
doctor,
accepting
new
patients.
E
Leaving
albertans
in
a
position
where
health
care
workers,
Mr
Speaker,
let's
be
clear,
they
are
still
in
a
state
of
Crisis,
they
are
exhausted,
they
are
demoralized
and
they
under
this
government,
Mr
Speaker
because
of
their
financial
decisions,
which
they
are
doubling
down
on
on
built
in
which
they
are
bragging
about
in
this
house.
Today,
healthcare
workers
are
still
being
mandated
forced
to
take
on
extra
hours
despite
their
exhaustion,
despite
the
toll
on
their
Mental
Health,
their
physical
health,
their
families
and
relationships.
E
On
the
even
election,
much
as
his
government
in
Bill
10
is
awarding
themselves
this
1.4
billion
dollar
slush
fund
to
try
to
cover
over
their
mistakes.
They
are
also
within
the
Health
Care
system
mandating
health
care
workers
to
try
to
cover
over
their
damage
to
try
to
juice
the
numbers,
so
they
can
brag
about
their
fixer
Mr
Cowell
having
fixed
the
Health
Care
system
in
a
mere
three
months.
E
But
the
fact
is
that
nurses
on
the
front
lines
are
being
burned
out.
They
are
choosing
to
quit
Mr
Speaker.
They
are
leaving
their
jobs
because
they
have
a
government
that
is
tone
deaf
and
refusing
to
listen
and
is
putting
their
political
priorities
and
their
desperation
ahead
of
the
election
ahead
of
the
actual
good
of
those
health
care
workers
and
the
albertans
that
are
in
desperate
need
of
care.
E
We
see
that
Mr
Speaker
is
the
health
Minister
stood
in
this
house.
It
admitted
that
they
are
mandating
anesthesiologists
from
public
hospitals
in
Calgary
to
go
and
work
in
chartered
surgical
facilities,
because
this
government
is
interested
in
juicing
the
numbers
on
hips
and
knees
to
have
a
bragging
point
and
a
talking
point
ahead
of
the
next
election,
rather
than
actually
looking
at
the
proper
functioning
and
good
of
the
Health
Care
system
as
a
whole,
and
that
is
what
this
Minister
of
Finance,
the
member
for
Calgary
stands
and
brags
about
as
being
fiscal
responsibility.
Mr
Speaker.
E
E
E
E
But
Mr
Speaker
that
doesn't
seem
to
matter
not
to
this
Premier,
not
to
this
government
as
long
as
they're
able
to
provide
the
rewards
that
are
needed
to
their
friends
as
long
as
they're
able
to
cherry
pick
those
particular
statistics.
As
my
calling
from
Calgary
man
reviews
spoke
about
earlier,
to
try
to
make
things
look
good
as
they
try
to
sell
themselves
back
and
get
albertans
to
sign
on
for
another
four
years.
E
M
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
it's
my
pleasure
to
rise
in
the
house
to
add
comments
to
Bill
10.
Financial
statutes,
Amendment
act
2023
on
behalf
of
my
constituents.
So
we're
going
to
say
we
have
my
constituents.
It
really
means
it
because
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
feedback
around
these
issues
on
daily
basis
from
my
constitutions
from
my
communities
and
communities
come
around
the
Riders.
So
there's
many
evidence
like
what
people
wanted,
what
people
suffered
through
and
there's
not
really
a
lot
of
room
for
debate
and
sad
to
see.
M
M
This
government
has
jacked
up
about
maybe
30
to
38
percent
average,
but
in
some
instances
the
premiums
were
up
40,
45
percent
and
the
worst
part
of
this
is
the
government.
I
heard
approved
another
increase
in
the
premium
after
their
Peak
premium,
Gap
and,
and
people
in
my
writings
are
very
concerned.
M
M
And
not
only
this
and
last
few
years,
the
whole
world
been
through
very
unprecedented,
challenging
time
of
gold
pandemic,
and
it's
this
you
know
senseless
to
see
and
it's
very
painful
to
describe-
and
that
was
the
time
when
this
UCB
government
failed
to
fail
to
spend
or
our
account
where
they
I
don't
know.
What
did
they
do
with
the
four
billion
dollars
they
initiated?
The
fight
with
doctors,
nurses
and
I
I
met
a
very
brilliant
young
registered
nurse
I
just
wanted
to
share
the
story
that
she
was
changing
her
career.
Silly.
M
Over
times
all
the
P3
of
n95
equipment-
and
this
and
end
of
the
day,
the
treatments
we
get
I
can't
beat
it
I'm
quitting
it,
and
the
feedbacks
from
doctors
and
I
had
a
constituents
come
into
my
office
with
loaded
information
that
she's
not
happy
with
our
children's
going
to
school,
and
you
know
I
try
to
keep
my
office
as
much
as
non-political
being
their
representative,
so
being
very
polite
and
nice
and
saying
you
know,
you
know,
like
I,
get
reply
before
I
say
anything,
oh
no!
No!
No!
You
don't
have
to
explain
anything.
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
They
might
not
be
able
to
keep
up
with
the
all
the
challenges
they're
facing
so
I,
don't
know
I,
don't
I
cannot
imagine
that
you
know
gcp
mlas
are
the
ministers
and
those
people
would
not
approach
them.
I
can't
I
can't
think,
but
I
don't
know
where
that
feedback
goes
many
see
for
the
past
four
years.
During
all
those
challenges,
none
of
these
UCP
MLA
actually
stood
up
and
share
these
views,
and
these
concerns.
M
Practically
on
the
ground,
and
they
have
planned
to
buy
both
to
bring
this
bill
in
so
they
can.
You
know,
change
their
image,
but
that's
not
what
we
are
here
for
so
we
are
one
of
the
87
privileged
out
of
4
million
population
in
this
province,
and
we
promise
our
constituents
and
albertans
when
we
get
elected
we
will
represent
your
voices
and
we
will
take
your
issues
back
to
the
house.
M
We
will
discuss
in
our
caucus
to
discuss
with
our
colleagues
and
we
will
discuss
this
in
the
house
with
all
the
members
what
one
after
another
4.7
million
dollars
investment
the
government
in
those
four
years
could
not
tie
even
one
job
directly.
You
know,
none
of
the
minister
could
stand
up
and
says.
Oh,
this
is
the
job
you
know,
because
of
that.
This
is
the
investment
because
of
this
and
the
and
our
gymnast
of
them.
M
V
M
And
harms
that
Bell
has
done
sort
of
like
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars,
investment
proposals
to
eliminate
or
address
the
houselessness,
affordable
housing.
The
romantic
city
was
promised
five
thousand
dollar
from
this
government,
and
my
counselor
tells
me.
Finally,
they
got
that
check
two
weeks
ago
after
one
year,
so
this
is
this
is
kind
of
help.
M
This
government
is
doing
to
the
people
and
that's
kind
of
feedback.
I'm
hearing
from
my
constituents
and
I
would
you
know:
I
had
met.
I
had
a
bad,
actually
expectation
from
this
Government
after
four
years.
They
would
have
learned
something
and
they
had
opportunity,
the
the
growing
prices
of
energy
oil
windfall
of
money,
but
they
wasted
the
opportunity
by
handing
again
20
billion
dollars
to
their
corporate
friends,
to
deal
with
the
responsibility
they
already
had
in
their
contract.
M
That
is
sad
to
see.
This
is
how
the
gcp
government
is
dealing
with
public
money,
handing
over
to
multinational
corporations
and
and
Transplant
the
all
kind
of
burdens
to
ordinary
burdens,
so
Mr
Speaker
with
this
I
conclude
my
remarks
and
I'm
sad
to
see
the
government
is
moving
in
this
direction
and
I
would
probably
see
I
know.
My
colleagues
well
definitely
posed
as
well
and
I
will
see.
M
AP
Mr
Speaker
today,
I'd
like
to
address
Bill
10
Financial
statutes
Amendment
act.
The
purpose
of
this
bill
really
is
to
help
build
fiscal
stability,
attract
investment,
support,
Children
and
Families,
cut
more
red
tape,
improve
provincial
funding
mechanisms
and
make
life
more
affordable
for
students.
Fiscal
responsibility
really
requires
that
we
build
a
prosperous
and
a
sustainable
future.
Bill
10
proposes
amendments
that
would
legislate
a
fiscal
framework
to
secure
that
sustainability.
AP
AP
AP
It
will
actually
be
retroactive
to
January.
The
government
is
also
making
changes
to
cut
red
tape
for
publicly
listed
corporations,
saving
them
roughly
7
million
a
year
in
mailing
costs,
if
you
can
believe
it
giving
them
the
ability
to
provide
financial
and
other
shareholder
reporting
documents
electronically,
instead
of
by
mail.
This
happens
across
the
country
pretty
much
everywhere
already
anyway.
AP
Changes
to
the
Securities
act
will
reduce
the
ability
of
Bad
actors
to
use
the
appeal
process
to
endlessly
delay
their
own.
The
enforcement
and,
quite
frankly,
it'll
free
up
both
time
and
money
for
the
Securities
Commission,
so
that
they
can
do
what
they
do
best,
which
is
investigate
and
prosecute
violations
under
the
security
laws
and
rules
and
regulations.
AP
Credit
unions
are
an
important
important
part
of
Alberta's
Financial
Services
sector
changes
proposed
by
Bill
10
will
provide
them
with
new
opportunities
to
generate
Revenue,
take
advantage
of
regulations
that
will
support
their
operations.
It'll
allow
Credit
Unions
to
provide
Financial
Services
to
residents
of
Border
communities
and
other
new
customers
that
they
cannot
currently
serve
again,
providing
sustainability
for
them.
Horse
racing
plays
an
essential
role
in
Alberta's
economy,
particularly
providing
benefits
to
rural
communities.
AP
We
are
committed
also
to
making
post-secondary
education
more
affordable
and
to
improve
that
the
government
will
Implement
a
two
percent
cap
on
tuition
for
domestic
students
and
hopefully
that
will
help
them
as
they
move
forward.
Bill
10
proposed
proposes
the
Alberta
agricultural
processing
investment
tax
credit,
a
12
percent
tax
credit
non-refundable
tax
credit
for
eligible
corporations
that
make
a
minimum
capital
investment
of
10
million
dollars.
AP
The
goal
here
really
is
to
ensure
that
we
have
the
most
effective
tool
kit
in
order
to
land
large-scale
Investments
that
will
help
grow
our
AG
Food
Industries,
building
families
forever.
Families
through
adoption
is
a
noble
Pursuit,
and
so
we
are
introducing
the
child
Youth
and
Family
enhancement,
Act
and
the
Alberta
personal
income
tax
act.
Changes
to
that
one.
AP
These
bills
will
provide
higher
tax
credits
and
other
supports
that
will
make
adoption
more
feasible
for
albertans
by
easing
some
of
the
financial
burden
of
adoption,
and
we
really
hope
to
encourage
more
families
to
open
their
hearts
and
their
homes
to
children
in
need
of
loving
families,
because
we
believe
that
every
child
deserves
a
stable
and
nurturing
environment,
and
these
bills
will
help
make
that
a
reality
for
them.
We're
introducing
the
local
government
fiscal
framework
act
which
addresses
long-standing
concerns
by
municipalities
regarding
predictable
and
sustainable
funding.
AP
It
will
provide
that
to
them
and,
as
was
announced
this
morning
at
the
RMA,
it
will
tie
future
Municipal
funding
levels
more
closely
to
provincial
revenues,
actually
at
a
hundred
percent
at
RMA
request,
and
it
will
help
address
the
concerns
that
have
been
raised
by
for
many
years
by
municipalities.
As
we
move
forward.
AP
Bill
10
also
aims
to
secure
Alberta's
future
by
addressing
some
of
the
most
urgent
needs
of
family
students
and
municipalities
throughout
the
province.
The
proposed
amendments
in
this
bill,
if
implemented,
will
provide
that
fiscal
stability
and
ensure
that
business
investment
continues
to
be
preferential
to
Alberta,
thus
making
life
more
affordable
for
albertans
and
one
last
thing:
the
Alberta
Heritage
savings
trust
fund
act
will
be
strengthened
under
Bill
10..
AP
J
J
It
is
certainly
disappointing
that
you
know
at
a
time
when
this
government
has
an
opportunity
to
really
do
some
some
transformational
work
in.
Instead,
we
see
a
lot
of
you
know:
cleanup
sort
of
bills.
Administration,
you
know,
statutes
a
bunch
of
things
sort
of
addressed
in
a
in
a
bit
of
an
Omnibus,
this
one's
not
as
much
of
an
Omnibus
but
I.
J
Think
back
to
the
comments
from
my
colleague
from
Calgary
Mountain
View,
who,
who
you
know
envisioned
a
world
in
which
you
know,
perhaps
this
government
would
invest
in
affordable
housing
right
as
an
example,
something
that
truly
would
be
transformational
transformational
for
my
constituents
and
constituents
across
the
province
again,
I'm
fully
fully
getting
hackled
heckled,
and
if
the
member
from
Calgary
Klein
would
like
to
join
debate
on
this
I
would
sure
love
to
hear
from
him
as
well.
Well,
please
do
join,
then
you
know
Healthcare
public
education
Healthcare.
J
All
of
these
things
housing
the
list
certainly
goes
on
instead
a
whole
a
whole
lot
of
and
not
much,
and
it
is
of
course
I
would
say
one
of
the
least
robust
legislative
agendas
that
we've
seen.
But,
of
course,
you
know
from
a
premier
without
a
mandate
I
do
get
it
I
understand
why
we
end
up
with
bills
like
this
one,
but
I
digress
so
on
this
bill.
I
think
I
I
do
need
to
get
on
the
record.
J
One
of
my
most
grave
concerns
about
about
this
bill
is
the
slush
fund,
the
slush
fund,
which
you
know
1.4
billion
dollars,
1.4
billion
dollars
as
a
campaign,
slash
fund
to
really
really
buy
votes
and
I
mean,
as
we've
heard
we've
we
talked
about
this
in
question
period
today.
You
know
I'm
not
sure
that
that
member
from
Brooks
Medicine
Hat,
the
premier
would
like
this
at
least
not
her
of
the
the
her
of
10
years
ago,
the
her
of
10
years
ago.
J
Quite
alarming-
and
you
know
this
fund
and
I've
I've-
been
really
really
Blown
Away
by
the
the
discourse
here
for
my
my
colleagues
on
this
side
of
the
house
prior,
especially
the
member
from
Calgary
Mountain
View,
Edmonton,
City
Center.
Well,
all
of
them
I
don't
want
to
put
anybody
on
the
spot,
but
they
all
did
a
great
job
just
outlining
just
how
incredibly
alarming
this.
J
This
slush
fund
is
because
the
fine
print
on
this
fund
allows
the
UCP
to
spend
the
projected
Surplus
for
the
re-election
before
the
bills
come
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
and
as
my
colleague,
the
member
from
Lethbridge
West
put
it.
She
said:
that's
bad
fiscal
management
and
it's
exactly
how
you
squander
resource
boom,
and
we
all
know
in
this
house
the
the
past
saying
around
squandering
a
resource
boom.
J
J
This
is
the
same
UCB
government
that
plans
to
spend
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
on
a
Provincial,
Police
Force,
a
Provincial
Police
Force,
might
I
add
that
albertans
aren't
asking
for
oh
attack,
Alberta
CPP
yeah,
again
something
that
albertans
aren't
asking
for.
They
want
their
retirement
security
protected,
and
you
know
one
more
thing
better.
Add
this
one
for
good
measure,
the
20
billion
dollars
that
this
Premier
hopes
to
give
away
to.
You
know
her
corporate
buddies
to
clean
up
the
messes
that
they're
already
legally
obligated
to
clean
up.