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Member Memories: The Stories Behind the Service is a Member-narrated video docuseries that highlights the experiences of Members beyond their service records. It explores Alberta’s changing political climate and illustrates the evolution of the role of an elected representative over the past century.
A
A
Recall
this
very
clearly,
I
was
in
grade
eight
and
the
teacher
of
the
day
a
nun
asked
the
question.
So
what
do
you
all
want
to
be
when
you
grow
up
now?
Remember
we're
looking
at
1953
and
in
1953
there
were
pretty
limited
opportunities
for
anybody
living
in
western
canada,
but,
more
importantly,
for
anybody
living
in
rural,
western
canada.
A
There
was
no
date.
There
was
no
safe.
There
were
no
colleges,
there
were.
There
was
a
university
of
alberta,
yes,
but
there
wasn't
even
the
university
of
calgary.
As
I
recall
when
you
asked
the
question,
what
is
it
you
want
to
be
boys
would
normally
say
I
want
to
be
farmer.
Like
my
dad.
I
want
to
be
a
carpenter.
Like
my
dad.
I
want
to
be
a
fireman
if,
if
you
had
a
fiery
department,
we
didn't
have
one
in
bonnie
well
other
than
the
volunteer
one.
A
A
I
said:
well,
we
have
coming
to
our
community
now
one
radio
station
cbc
out
of
edmonton
and
then
a
few
years
later,
cksa
out
of
lloydminster,
so
you
were
being
connected
to
the
world
in
a
way
that
you
had
not
been
before,
and
I
had
heard
of
people
like
premier,
ernest
manning
in
the
province
of
alberta
and
prime
minister
john
deep
in
baker
on
another
date,
and
they
said
these
are
pretty
fascinating
people.
What
do
they
do?
They
go
around
talking
to
people
they
make
decisions,
they're
leaders
in
government.
A
I
think
that's
a
neat
idea.
I
think
that's
a
neat
thing
to
do.
At
the
same
time
as
I
grew
older,
my
father
was
in
business
in
downtown
bonneville
and
the
politicals
would
come
and
see
him.
The
members
of
the
alberta
legislative
assembly
were
all
our
neighbors
or
businessmen
or
or
or
tradesmen
across
the
road
kind
of
thing
people
you
knew
and
the
member
of
parliament
who
would
come
and
visit
periodically
and
I
got
to
know
them.
A
When
I
was
in
high
school,
I
did
run
for
students
union
president
when
I
was
at
grade
11.,
but
the
grade
12s
would
have
no
part
of
electing
somebody
who
was
in
grade
11
and
the
grade
10s
weren't
interested.
So
the
grade
11
candidate
got
defeated
and
defeated
badly,
so,
okay,
fine
years
go
by
in
1974,
was
in
barhead
alberta,
teaching
the
last
day
of
the
fifth
year.
I
made
it
out
of
myself
earlier
the
before
that
time.
Then
I
would
do
something
different
every
five
years.
A
So
this
is
the
last
day
of
the
fifth
year
and
I
got
up-
and
I
told
my
wife
well
I'm
going
to
see
the
superintendent
I've
written
him
a
letter
and
I'm
going
to
resign.
We
already
talked
about
it
her
and
I
and
she
said
well,
are
you
really
serious
about
doing
this?
I
said
yes,
okay
and
she
said
fine,
so
we're
really
gonna
go
yes,
we
are
well.
A
Where
are
we
gonna
go
we're
gonna
go
to
greece
and
I'm
gonna
write
a
spy
thriller,
and
so
I
resigned
that
day
the
last
day
of
june
1974
that
same
evening
there
was
a
huge
community
event
going
on
in
the
town
of
barhead
and
there
was
a
dance
and
believe
it
or
not.
This
is
not
a
fairy
tale.
This
is
not.
They
believe.
It's
not
me
making
up
a
story
at
midnight.
A
My
wife
and
I
were
on
the
dance
floor
and
and
we
bumped
into
ran
into
the
deputy
premier,
minister
of
agriculture,
in
the
province
of
alberta,
dr
eu
horner,
and
we
stopped
momentarily
and
he
looked
at
me
and
he
said,
have
you
ever
thought
about
doing
anything
besides
teaching,
and
I
said
yes,
he
said
well,
why
don't
you
come
work
for
me
and,
I
said
sure,
and
then
the
crowd
moved,
and
I
went
back
to
my
place
where
I
was
sitting
and
I
kept
saying
to
my
wife:
did
we
run
into
dr
horner?
A
Did
he
offer
me
a
job?
Did
I
say?
Yes,
I
really
convinced
him.
I
had
been
convinced
that
I
had
a
couple
too
many
and
this
was
leading
to
some
strange
stories,
but
no
I
got
up
and
I
went
and
found
him
and
he
said
I
asked
him
if
he
had
asked
me
to
come
and
work
for
him
and
he
said
yes
and
did
I
agree?
Yes
and
then
his
next
question
was.
Why
are
you
losing
confidence?
You
don't
want
to
do
it
now.
I
said
no,
no!
A
No,
but
don't
you
think
we
should
talk
about
it.
He
said
absolutely
get
up
in
the
morning
and
give
me
a
call
or
better
yet
put
the
coffee
on
I'll,
be
there
at
10,
10
o'clock
or
10
15.
and
the
next
morning
I
woke
up
and
I
still
didn't
believe
that
I'd
run
into
him
and
I
was
unsure
of
it,
but
I
didn't
want
to
be
embarrassed
by
him
or
embarrass
him.
So
I
phoned
him
and
he
said
yes,
I'm
coming
over
and
put
the
coffee
on.
A
A
Your
longevity,
as
an
executive
assistant
in
the
minister's
office,
seemed
to
seem
to
be
finite.
You
seemed
if
you
stayed
there
for
two
years
to
three
years.
You
were
doing
pretty
good
and
I
was
there
for
my
third
year
and
then
I
was
getting
tired.
I
was
getting
restless
and
I
had
an
opportunity.
The
I
was
appointed
as
a
deputy
minister
in
the
department
of
transportation
and
regional
transportation
services
turns
out.
A
I
was
the
youngest
deputy
minister
in
the
history
of
alberta
with
my
appointment
and
that
then
embarked
in
a
whole
new
vogue
for
me,
but
remember
I
had
made
my
five
five-year
promise,
so
I
was
in
the
third
year
plus
going
on
into
this
five-year
thing
and
well
by
the
time
the
end
of
the
fifth
year
came.
A
Dr
horner
had
decided
after
the
election
of
1979
that
he
wanted
to
move
as
well
away
from
politics,
so
he
in
every
word
was
my
mentor.
Despite
the
fact
he
wasn't.
My
minister,
when
I
became
a
deputy
mr
henry
kruger,
was
I
used
to
meet
with
dr
horner
periodically
quite
frequently,
so
he
said
well,
if
you're
interested
in
seeking
a
nomination
now's
the
time
so
get
ready
to
go
and
do
it,
and
so
when
he
was
resigning
from
politics
october
1
of
1979,
I
went
to
bar
head
and
seek
sought
the
nomination.
A
B
A
I'd
had
my
experiences
in
the
minister's
office
going
back
to
1974
the
diploma
nurse's
office
going
back
to
1977,
and
I
had
my
previous
teaching
experience
that
I
had
from
1969
to
1974
and
my
university
experiences,
which
were
six
years.
So
I
had
a
lot
of
little
little
experiences
and
what
have
you?
A
If
you
wanted
to
take
a
leave
of
absence
to
seek
a
nomination
for
a
political
party
or
seek
an
election
in
all
likelihood,
you
would
be
given
a
leave
of
absence
and
you
might
expect
to
be
able
to
come
back
to
your
job.
If
you
were
unsuccessful
in
your
quest,
however,
there
was
one
position
that
that
did
not
apply
to
and
that
position
was
deputy
minister.
A
A
As
of
today
you're
on
your
own,
so,
okay,
I
had
to
buy
the
car
that
same
morning
and
afternoon
I
had
to
make
provision
to
get
the
health
care
benefits
that
all
paid
for,
and
then
I
drove
home
feeling
as
lonely
as
anybody
would
ever
hope
to
be
lonely.
I
was
no
longer
a
deputy
minister
with
all
the
accoutrements
all
the
benefits
that
you
had
all
the
the
staff
that
you
had.
I
was
on
my
own
that
was
pretty
intimidating.
A
Then,
when
you
consider
one
other
thing
which
is
not
was
not
a
major
factor,
but
it
had
been
discussed
with
my
wife
and
I
because
it
was
going
to
be
one
of
the
most
gut-wrenching
decisions
I
would
ever
make
in
my
life,
I
was
making
about
55
000
a
year
as
a
deputy
minister
in
1979.
A
Mlas
were
being
paid
twelve
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
1979.
So
if
I
ran-
and
I
was
successful,
I
would
move
from
my
fifty
five
thousand
dollar
year,
salary
to
my
twelve
thousand
dollar
a
year.
Salary.
I've
never
gambled
that
way.
In
my
life
that
was,
and
thank
god
that
my
wife
at
the
time
was
totally
supportive.
A
A
Once
again,
because
of
the
experiences
that
I
had
because
I'd
gone
into
the
minister's
office
in
1974.,
I
observed
attended
cabinet
meetings
caucus
meetings
over
the
next
five
years.
I
got
to
meet
virtually
every
mla
in
the
province,
alberta
every
minister
in
the
province
of
alberta.
I
had
many
conversations
with
them.
I
had
a
pretty
good
idea,
plus
with
the
fact
in
working
in
new
horner's
office.
One
of
the
things
he
wanted
me
to
do
was
to
help
him
in
his
constituency
as
his
executive
assistant.
A
So
he
sent
me
out
to
do
all
kinds
of
things
and
meet
all
kinds
of
people
and
try
and
solve
all
kinds
of
problems.
So
I
was
really
familiar.
I
I
was
not
lost
with
it
when
it
came
my
turn
to
get
elected
in
1979,
but
I
knew
what
I
had
to
do
and
first
of
all,
you
had
to
make
sure
you
got
to
communicate
with
your
constituents
number
one.
You
have
to
remember
that
they
were
your
boss
and
number
three
was
part
of
my
mentor's
advice.
Was
that,
oh
you
never
say?
No.
A
If
somebody
comes
and
sees
you,
they
have
a
concern.
They
have
a
problem.
They
want
some
help.
They
need
some
help.
You
should
be
there
to
help
them
and
to
guide
them.
You
can't
solve
every
problem,
but
you
darn
well,
don't
walk
away
from
anybody
and
give
them
your
back
you'd
be
there
to
help
them.
That
was
the
best
advice
I
ever
had
so
got
into
it
and
started
writing
a
weekly
column
for
the
local
papers.
A
Did
a
weekly
column
on
the
radio
station
went
to
every
event
that
I
was
invited
to.
If
I
could,
you
had
to
make
some
choices?
Sometimes,
if
you
were
invited
to
two
as
an
example
anniversary
parties
on
a
saturday
afternoon,
one
was
your
25th
anniversary
and
one
is
for
50th
anniversary,
which
one
would
you
go
to?
Of
course,
you'd
pick
the
50th,
that's
the
one
you
went
to
because
it
was
still
time
to
do
the
25th
in
the
years
to
come.
A
If
you
were
going
to
be
there
yeah,
I
revamped
the
whole
constituency
organization
at
committee
after
committee,
but
just
simply
moved
and
I
started
traveling.
Although
I
lived
100
kilometers
away
from
edmonton,
maybe
a
little
more
than
100
in
bar
head
60
000
kilometers
a
year
and
that
was
close,
I
was
not
like
the
mla
for
peace
river,
who
had
to
drive
for
five
hours
to
the
mla
from
crow's
nest
pass.
Who
would
drive
for
five
or
six
hours?
A
Mine
was
an
hour
and
a
half,
but
even
so
I
started
accumulating
sixty
thousand
kilometers
a
year
so
think
of
it.
Another
way,
if
you
traveled
60
000
kilometers
a
year
and
if
you
averaged
100
kilometers
an
hour
which
you
could
never
do,
it
was
always
less
than
that.
You're
looking
at
600
hours,
well
600
hours.
If
you
worked
50
hours
a
week,
gave
you
12
weeks.
12
weeks
became
3
months.
A
So
that's
what
I
would
do
in
my
car
by
myself,
lonely
at
night,
sometimes
in
major
snowstorms,
sometimes
in
major
rainstorms,
sometimes
passing
moose
on
the
highway
and
deer
on
the
highway.
A
A
A
He
was
going
as
the
deputy
premier
of
the
province
alberta
and
to
meet
with
the
deputy
premier
of
the
state
of
bavaria
in
southern
germany,
and
we
were
there
for
a
number
of
days
and
we
were
given
the
vip
treatment,
including
the
vi.
Treatment,
was
a
holiday
holiday
on
a
monday
in
the
state
of
bavaria,
and
some
cars
pulled
up
at
a
hotel
that
we
stayed
at
in
in
munich
and
we
got
in
these
cars
and
there
were
five
of
us
and
there
were
five
cars
one
car
for
each
one
of
us.
A
So
we
hit
the
autobahn
on
this
holiday
and
these
auto
these
cars
were
shooting
160,
170,
180
and
the
cars
will
be
pulling
over.
And
what
have
you?
But
we
ended
up
at
a
place
called
birch's
garden
and
there
we
took
some
cars
and
wound
up.
Some
really
defying
hair
turns
going
up
to
an
elevator
that
went
into
and
then
we
got
in
the
elevator.
A
A
So
I
could
never
support
capital
punishment
as
a
politician
in
canada.
Nor
could
I
support
abortion
on
demand
and
survived
my
years
in
politics,
so
that
was
number
one
number
two,
a
private
visit
in
1995
or
1996
after
I
had
left
cabinet
and
before
I'd
ever
become
the
speaker.
I
was
asked
to
lead
a
group
of
canadian
canadians
to
russia
to
speak
about
federalism,
and
this
is
only
what
five
years
after
the
demise
of
the
soviet
empire,
and
so
here
we're
there
and
but
before
we
get
to
where
we're
going
to
in
central
russia.
A
We
spent
three
days
in
moscow
and
I
got
to
visit
the
gremlin
well,
if
you
ever
want
to
see
a
building
of
history
and
and
go
through
all
the
things
that
there
are
in
the
kremlin,
all
the
churches,
all
the
little
places
where,
where
the
royalty
could
go
and
and
have
their
own,
their
own
prayers,
it
was
remarkable
because
included
in
the
kremlin,
including
the
kremlin,
is
a
room.
That's
about
30
feet
by
30
feet
and
it's
loaded
with
diamonds,
russia
being
the
largest
producer
of
diamonds
in
the
world.
A
A
The
third
came
on
business
later
when
I
was
not
a
speaker,
but
I
was
a
minister
and
it
was
the
trip
that
I
had
to
beijing,
china
in
beijing
after
you
saw
everything
you
wanted
to
see
after
you
went
to
the
great
wall
after
you
saw
the
ming
tombs
after
you
saw
this,
and
you
saw
that
there
was
one
last
thing
to
see,
and
that
was
the
forbidden
city,
the
most
grandiose
palace
that
I've
ever
seen
in
ever
in
my
history.
It
beats
versailles
and
the
day
they
were
there.
A
A
Then
you
get
an
idea
what
the
forbidden
city
is
but
to
be
in
that
kind
of
an
edifice
and
to
see
all
the
history
associated
with
it
and
to
recognize
that
500
years,
600
years
of
chinese
histories
embodied
in
this
one
building
that
has
hundreds
and
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
rooms
associated
with
it
and
to
have
an
opportunity
to
go
the
way
I
was
given
an
opportunity
to
go.
It
remained
with
me
as
one
of
those
top
three
things
that
I'd
ever
seen.
A
I
had
been
here
for
five
years
and
being
in
the
assembly
as
an
executive
assistant.
I
sit
in
one
of
the
galleries,
but
I
never
had
an
opportunity
to
be
on
the
floor
of
the
legislative
assembly.
I've
been
when
it
was
closed.
Yes,
but
because
you
weren't
elected
you
couldn't
get
onto
the
floor
of
the
legislative
assembly.
A
So
when
we,
after
the
election,
the
by-election
of
1979,
we
sat
back
here,
I
think
it
was
february
of
1980
and
that
afternoon,
at
three
o'clock
is
when
the
speech
from
the
throne
came
down
was
the
first
time
that
I'd
ever
entered
the
floor
of
the
legislative
assembly,
and
I
was
about
as
far
away
from
the
speaker's
shirt
as
you'd
ever
hoped
to
get.
I
was
the
extreme
left-hand
corner
because
we
had
75
out
of
79
seats.
A
A
As
an
example,
there
was
a
time
when
I
became
speaker
in
1997
and
when
you
could
not
touch
the
water
in
the
wading
pools
out
front
well,
but
every
summer,
all
these
little
mummies
and
these
little
daddies
would
come
with
these
little
children
and
they'd
touch
the
water.
But
the
rule
was
it's
forgotten.
You
can't
get
into
the
water.
A
Well,
why
can't
they
come
to
the
water
if
they
wanted
to
go
swimming
in
the
water
and
let
them
swim
and
it
wouldn't
it
be
neat
to
have
a
hot
dog
stand
someplace
on
the
grounds
of
the
legislative
building,
so
some
mommy
and
daddy
and
their
little
children
came
to
visit
that
they
could
actually
have
something,
and
why
couldn't
they
come
onto
the
legislature
floor
so
starting
that
july,
1
6
000
people
turned
up
incredible
and
I
hope
all
speakers
have
continued
it.
Since
then,.
A
Well,
first
of
all,
as
a
member
of
the
legislative
assembly,
it
struck
me
as
odd
that
people
would
work
really
hard
to
get
elected
and
then
some
of
them,
not
all
of
that
I'd,
be
very,
very
clear
about
this.
Some
of
them
thought
that
once
they
had
been
elected,
that
was
it
that
they
had
reached
the
top,
and
basically
they
didn't
have
to
work
that
much
harder.
That
was
a
few
of
them
and
I
kind
of
disappointed
in
them.
A
When
I,
when
I
got
to
meet
them
as
minister,
I
think
the
neatest
thing
about
being
a
minister
was
the
fact
that
you
had
to
understand
that
you
had
to
work
together
in
a
committee
of
equals
and
if
you
thought
that
you
were
better
than
somebody
else
or
advanced
over
somebody
else
or
had
more
to
say
than
somebody
else,
you
quickly
found
out
that
your
ego
was
going
to
come
under
attack
and
you
better
get
with
the
fact
that
you
were
part
of
a
collective,
a
cabinet
and
you
would
work
together
and
be
together
peter
light,
as
an
example
had
had
the
round
table
in
in
in
the
in
government.
A
And
everybody
would
know
that
he's
simply
now
the
mla
for
calgary
that
constituency
he
represented,
and
he
was
not
the
premier,
and
that
was
pretty
neat,
because
if
you
could
work
together
collectively,
you
would
not
have
a
lot
of
problems,
and
we
know
as
well
that
over
the
last
decades
in
politics
that
governments
usually
get
into
trouble
when
they
decide
they're
not
going
to
work
together
harmoniously
as
a
group.
But
if
they
work
together
harmoniously
as
a
group,
everything
will
be
fine.
A
Probably
the
neatest
lesson
I
ever
got
as
being
deputy
dreamer
is
the
fact
that
you
quickly
found
out,
after
a
period
of
time
that
the
role
that
you
played
in
the
beginning,
when
you
were
considered
a
hot
commodity
after
a
period
of
time,
would
lessen
because
all
the
people
around
the
big
guy,
the
premier,
will
quickly
conclude
that
they've
been
here
long
enough.
Now
they
knew
all
the
answers.
A
They
really
didn't
need
the
guy
who
was
the
deputy
premier,
because
they
in
fact
were
making
all
decisions
for
the
premier,
and
that
was
the
kind
of
an
eagle
thing
that
kept
you
going
pretty
much
for
some
period
of
time.
But
in
the
end,
that's
why
there
were
some
premiers
that
had
deputy
premieres
and
supreme
rivers
didn't
have
deputy
puberty
to
make
sure
that
all
that
would
come
into
play.
The
best
role
that
I
ever
had
in
my
political
life
33
years
to
be
speaker
of
the
legislative
assembly
of
alberta.
A
A
Some
people
come
for
one
term,
some
for
two
terms,
but
in
my
case
it
was
15
years,
and
that
gave
me
a
tremendous
opportunity
to
basically
see
a
lot
of
things
happen
in
a
very
positive
way
in
the
province
of
alberta,
including,
I
believe,
an
upgrading
and
equality
of
the
members
in
the
legislative
assembly
of
alberta
in
terms
of
decorum
and
other
things.
A
By
the
time
I
became
speaker
of
the
legislative
assembly
in
1997,
I'd
already
been
an
elected
person
for
18
years,
which
is
more
years
than
most
people
are
very
elected
for,
but
it's
three
terms
on
average,
not
even
three
full
terms
in
irish
in
terms
of
longevity
in
the
house.
In
my
case
I
had
been
there
now
for
five
elections
plus,
and
I
had
the
experiences
I
had
the
experience.
As
a
minister,
I
had
the
experiences
of
mla.
I
had
the
experience
of
the
committee
chairman.
A
I
had
the
experience
of
government
house
leader,
I
had
experience
of
deputy
premier,
and
people
knew
that
I
knew
and
if
they
thought
they're
gonna
pull
a
fast
one
on
me.
All
I
had
to
do
was
remind
them.
I
tried
this
12
years
ago.
I
tried
this
17
years
ago.
I
was
through
this
and
here's
what
happened
to
me
when
they
threw.
A
You
know
punished
me
for
being
arrogant
kind
of
thing:
you're
not
going
to
win
you're
not
going
to
win,
because
the
speaker
always
has
the
last
word
and
if
you
work
with
him,
you'll
find
that
he
will
respect
you
and
respect
you
dramatically
and
you
will
get
farther
ahead
by
working
with
him
than
trying
to
work
against
him.
A
I
really
loved
what
I
was
doing.
I
really
did
I
remember
coming
to
the
building
on
august
1
of
1974
to
work
in
a
minister's
office,
and
I
remember
the
grandeur
of
the
steps
walking
up
into
the
building.
I
remember
the
entrance.
I
remember
the
rotunda
that
you
saw.
I
remember
the
steps
going
up
to
the
minister's
office
going
down
the
long
hallway
to
his
office
and
going
into
his
office
and
seeing
a
little
desk
office
about
10
feet
by
10
feet
in
size
and
saying:
oh,
this
can
become
mine
for
a
period
of
time.
A
Whoa
all
this
grad
you're
out
there
and
I
get
this.
That
was
okay,
but
I
loved
it.
I
I
loved
all
of
it.
Yes,
there
were
some
disappointments
along
the
way
there
were.
There
were
some.
There
were
some
events
that
were
stressful,
but
they
weren't
damaging
to
my
personality
or
my
psychic.
They
just
set
us
back
as
an
example.
A
A
man
stood
up
and
I
immediately
jumped
up
and
I
immediately
told
him
to
stop
and
desist
as
it
was,
and
I
then
directed
that
the
jean
d'arm
come
in
and
pick
him
up
and
take
him
out
of
there.
And
the
reason
I
was
so
concerned
is
that
in
front
of
him
directly
in
front
of
him
was
a
child
of
about
six
or
seven
years
of
age.
He
was
sitting
with
his.
I
presume
this
papa,
but
this
man
who
stood
up
if
he
would
have
lunged
forward.
A
A
A
A
The
bullet,
of
course,
missed
him.
Thank
god,
but
you,
the
bullet
holes,
remained
in
those
doors.
For
quite
a
few
days,
one
bullet
hole
still
remains
in
the
legislative
assembly
of
alberta
and
that's
in
the
elevator
I
remember
coming
in
because
the
the
fellow
who
went
shooting
in
the
in
the
door,
I
think
it
was
about
7
or
7
15
in
the
morning.
If
I
recall
correctly,
I
usually
came
in
around
8
o'clock,
so
it
had
already
been
done
and
dealt
with.
A
You
had
the
situation
in
quebec,
where
a
gunman
got
into
the
legislative
assembly
of
quebec
and
actually
occupied
the
speaker's
chair
and
was
on
camera
with
a
gun
pointing
out.
We
never
came
that
close
to
anything
like
that,
but
there
were
occasions
there
were
occasions
in
where
security
tended
to
be
enhanced
and
reviewed,
and
what
have
you
periodically?
I'm
sure
that
it
continues
through
to
today.
A
But
what
it
was
was
a
a
godsend
for
southern
alberta,
because
under
under
our
treaties
that
we
have
in
canada,
alberta
must
deliver
to
saskatchewan
50
of
the
water
that
comes
out
of
the
rocky
mountains.
So
if
you
don't
store
it,
they
don't
get
any
water,
but
with
dams
reservoirs
you
could
actually
hold
water,
hold
water
back
and
accomplish
several
things.
First
of
all,
you
could
reduce
flooding
in
southern
alberta.
Secondly,
you
would
have
a
ready
water
supply
for
the
50,
somewhat
towns
that
could
feed
off
of
it.
A
And
thirdly,
you
were
dealing
with
your
contractual
obligations
to
saskatchewan,
but
you
think
that,
as
a
minister
as
a
politician,
you
could
ever
convince
the
critics
of
that
no
way
I
mean
this
is
a
lost
cause
from
day,
one
that
that
made
it
interesting
but
difficult
in
terms
of
other
kind
of
proudest
accomplishments.
I
think
the
fact
that
this
is
not
so
much
an
accomplishment
as
a
gift
given
to
me.
A
The
alexis
nakota
sioux
first
nation
made
me
an
indian
chief,
an
honorary
indian
chief
and
of
all
the
benefits
I've
had
and
all
the
the
awards
that
have
come.
My
way.
That
was
the
to
me,
the
most
significant
one
of
them
all.
They
invited
me
to
a
big
event.
They
had
in
one
of
their
community
halls
and
during
the
dancing
and
the
drumming
a
diminutive
little
elder
about
five
feet.
A
It
means
white
man
with
a
kind
heart
now
to
you,
for
you
to
have
a
an
indigenous
nation
conclude
in
their
minds
that
you've
got
a
kind
heart
told
me
something
very
dramatically
about
myself.
That
day,
I
never
considered
myself
that
kind
of
a
person
completely,
but
they
viewed
me
as
such,
and
I
could
never
have
been
more
proud
of
that,
and
that
is
the
most
significant
accomplishment
has
ever
come
my
way
in
33
years
of
politics,.
A
A
By
the
time
I
left
in
2012,
55
of
the
people
who
lived
in
alberta
were
born
in
alberta.
That's
how
much
our
population
changed
over
those
decades.
We
had
tremendous
immigration
coming
into
this
province
because
of
the
economic
situation,
the
opportunities
here,
and
what
have
you
and
as
a
result,
so
many
people
came
from
different
parts
of
the
world
and
in
the
legislative
assembly,
same
thing
applies.
A
We
were
becoming
very
global
and
that's
why
I
like
to
send
mlas
away
on
to
attend
conferences
anywhere
in
the
world.
I
thought
it
was
a
great
benefit
to
the
province
of
alberta
to
get
that
that
knowledge
and
that
experience,
and
thirdly,
it
was
a
a
very
positive
thing
for
the
member
himself
to
basically
get
to
learn
what
the
outside
world
was
all
about.
A
They
were
talking
a
language
that
some
of
us
didn't
know
if
you
had
been
born
in
alberta
and
all
of
your
members
came
from
the
one
province,
you're
going
to
be
pretty
darn
in
perspective,
you're
not
going
to
have
too
much
knowledge
of
the
rest
of
the
world,
and
this
is
not
to
be
a
demeaning
statement
to
make
for
somebody
else.
But
if
you
were
to
go
to
quebec
today,
and
you
asked
the
members
of
the
quebec
legislative
assembly,
how
many
were
born
outside
of
quebec,
the
answer
may
very
much
surprise
you.
A
A
Look,
this
is
a
democracy
and
in
a
democracy,
people
put
forward
their
name
to
get
elected.
Yes,
but
there's
always
usually
a
phrase
that
goes
along
with
it
to
serve
and
to
serve
the
public
good
not
to
serve
yourself.
Unfortunately,
there's
the
odd
one
that
did
along
the
way,
but
to
serve
the
public
good.
So,
okay
number
one
you
better,
be
storefront
and
when
I
say
retail
politics,
that
means
you
better
have
an
office
and
you
better
have
a
sign
and
people
should
be
able
to
find
you
and
you
don't
hide
in
the
phone
book.
A
You
have
your
name
in
the
phone
book
with
your
number
that
people
can
phone
you
at
your
home
and
I
used
to
have
people
phoned
me
christmas
day.
Oh
saddest
thing
in
the
world,
because
these
people
had
nobody.
They
could
talk
to
on
christmas
day
and
they
would
phone
me
and
basically
say
ken
we're
phoning
you
to
wish
you
merry
christmas
to
you
and
your
family.
But
you
knew
darn
well.
A
There
was
nobody
else
for
them
to
talk
to.
It
would
take
an
hour
or
two
to
go
through
the
list
of
it.
I
used
to
send
our
christmas
cards
to
every
one
of
my
constituents,
six
thousand
or
six
homes.
What
have
you,
but
during
the
years
I
went
to
visit
this
senior
home
or
that
senior
home
this
long-term
care
facility,
invariably
the
only
christmas
card
or
the
only
card
of
any
type
that
they
would
have
in
their
room
was
of
me
for
me
on
their
mental,
and
that
was
very
surprising
for
many
people.
A
But
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
there
are
a
lot
of
pretty
lonely
people.
So
if
you
want
to
talk
and
believe
that
you're
there
to
serve,
you
better
really
believe
in
the
whole
concept
that
they
should
be
able
to
get
a
hold
of
you
and
you
should
be
able
to
get
a
hold
of
them
and
you
better
get
out
there
and
visit
and
you
better
go
and
do
all
these
events
that
you're
invited
to.
And
yes,
I
know,
you're
tired
and
yes,
I
know
you
haven't
been
home
for
a
day.
A
And
yes,
I
know
your
children
are
saying
daddy
daddy.
Where
are
you
and
why
aren't
you
here?
Yes,
I
know
all
those
things
and
they
can't
be
set
aside,
but
by
the
same
token,
you've
got
to
find
more
hours
in
the
day
to
basically
get
to
see
the
people
who
took
you
to
the
dance
you
better
dance
with
them.
B
A
A
A
When
a
fellow
by
the
name
of
milton
born
with
a
tooth
publicly
declared,
he
was
going
to
shoot
me
on
site
that
had
reverberations
from
my
wife
and
I
had
reverberations
for
my
children
in
the
small
town
of
barham
and
one
had
to
be
careful
and
one
had
to
be
cognizant
of
it,
and
over
the
years
there
were
many
many
members
who
had
threats
against
them
that
we'd
had
dealt
with
through
the
sergeant-at-arms
or
others
to
assist
them
and
protect
them.
There
are
some
very
terrifying
moments,
and
this
is
all
before
social
media.
A
Because
some
people
are
ill-educated
and
some
people
are
morose
and
some
people
are
just
stupid-
does
not
mean
that
the
whole
of
society
is
anywhere
like
that.
It's
just
simply
too
easy
for
people
to
hide
behind
a
little
gizmo
machine.
You're
bent
over
you
can't
even
walk
straight
anymore
and
you've
got
two
thumbs
going
here
back
and
forth,
and
you
can't
communicate
to
anybody
because
you've
never
done
anything
for
the
last
number
of
years,
but
hit
this
little
punch
pad
that
you've
got.
A
I
don't
get
up
in
the
morning
and
have
heartburn
seeing
reading
about
somebody.
I
know
that
I
like,
and
I
know
is
an
honest
and
good
person
won't
need
to
be
attacked
by
some
somebody
else
who
won't
even
identify
who
they
are.
I
basically
have
no
time
for
it.
Maybe
it's
because
I'm
illiterate
when
it
comes
to
technology,
but
I'm
not
wasting
my
time
putting
down
other
people
and
watching
destruction
and
other
forces.
There's
too
much
good
in
the
world.
There
are
too
many
good
people.
A
A
Well,
it
sure
was
tricky
when
you're
sitting
in
the
chair
and
and
the
debate
before
the
house
is
something
that
you
know
that
your
constituents
are
concerned
about
or
may
even
be
opposed
to.
How
do
you
get
involved
in
in
in
in
the
debate?
Well,
you
don't
get
involved
in
the
debate
directly.
First
of
all,
the
speaker
you're,
going
to
keep
your
mouth
closed.
Captioning
not.
A
A
A
A
Well,
one
of
those
two
are
going
to
win
because
they've
done
that
kind
of
work,
the
ones
who
are
just
putting
an
advertisement
in
the
paper
and
using
their
machine
to
send
out
messages,
I
don't
think,
are
going
to
be
anywhere
successful.
So
I
encourage
people
to
run.
I
think
there's
tremendous
opportunity
to
run,
but
you
better
articulate
the
work
effort
more
than
anything
else.
A
A
It
was
a
very
significant
and
proud
day
in
the
history
of
alberta,
you're,
absolutely
correct.
It
was
the
first
monarch
to
address
our
assembly.
Ever
a
monarch
had
been
in
edmonton
before
a
monarch
had
been
to
the
ledger,
but
never
in
the
legislature
itself.
Until
I
became
speaker
there
was
one
person
who
had
been
a
stranger
to
the
floor,
and
that
was
william
eberhart
in
1935-36.
A
When
I
left,
I
think
there
was.
We
were
up
to
nine
strange
ten
10.
The
nine
came
when
I
was
speaker,
including
her
majesty,
the
queen,
well
she's
a
diminutive
lady
tremendous
aura
of
respect.
She
just
it
just
oozes
out
of
her.
I
mean
this
is
the
most
significant
monarch
in
the
history
of
the
british
people
and
she
will
without
any
doubt
when
she
reaches
her
next
plateau,
platinum
jubilee
when
she
reaches
that.
A
That
will
be
something
unmatched,
unparalleled
and
just
incredible,
but
she
it
was
a
woman
who
basically
said
that
she
would
be
there
to
serve
her
people
when
she
became
the
monarch
and
she's
kept
a
word.
I
mean
her
son,
who
will
become
the
king
one
day.
It
must
be
sitting
saying
mom
a
mama
one
of
these
days.
You
might
want
to
take
a
rest
kind
of
thing,
but
no
she
prom
kept
her
word
she's
done
exactly
what
it
is.
She
was
the
mainstay
proponent
of
the
commonwealth.
A
She
kept
it
going
more
than
any
other
leader
in
in
the
british
government,
despite
the
fact
that
it
was
so
important
to
the
british
nation
on
the
day
she's.
Here
we
greet
her
outside
and
she
goes
up
to
the
lieutenant
governor's
suite.
In
the
left
hand,
governor
of
course,
is
not
here
because
his
protocol
says
he
shouldn't
be
so
I
go
get
together.
A
So
I
knock
on
the
door
and
she
says
please
enta
and
I
come
in
and
she's
sitting
on,
one
of
the
couches
this
the
lieutenant
governor
suite,
is
akin
to
the
speaker
suite
pretty
similar,
so
she's
sitting
there.
So
we
have
a
nice
little
conversation
for
three
minutes,
four
minutes
or
something
and
then
there's
a
wrap
on
the
door
and
there's
sergeant
arms
comes
to
get
us
and-
and
she
goes
out
first
and
I
follow,
and
then
he
leads
us
into
the
assembly.
A
A
She
was
a
rock
star
not
only
here
in
edmonton
on
that
day,
but
in
the
other
events
were
in
the
edmond
area
and
then
when
she
flew
to
calgary
before
going
home
again
overflow
crowds
everywhere-
and
she
is
just
a
magnificent
woman,
we're
so
blessed
to
have
in
our
presence-
and
there
will
be
a
lot
of
soul-searching
and
sadness
when
the
day
comes
for
her
to
depart.
A
A
No,
I
enjoyed
every
every
minute
of
it.
I've
been
a
very
lucky
person,
extremely
lucky
in
terms
of
the
backgrounds
that
I've
had
in
terms
of
what
I've
been
able
to
do
and
what
I've
not
been
able
to
do.
A
But
as
a
rural
school,
we
started
to
play
this
game
called
reach
for
the
top
and
it
was
filmed
on.
Cbc.
Television
was
quite
popular
at
the
time
and
we
started
playing
in
it
and
we
emerged
as
the
alberta
champion,
and
then
we
went
to
ottawa
for
the
national
champion
and
we
obliterated
every
other
province
in
the
country
and
these
group
of
four
young
students,
one
grade
11
and
three
in
grade
12
in
bar
head
alberta.
A
It
had
to
do
because
you
like
to
be
a
teacher
and
you
enjoy
teaching
and
you
like
working
with
young
people
and
that
sort
of
thing
it
becomes
one
of
those
lasting
memories
of
fulfillment
that
you
have
as
an
individual
and
as
a
person,
and
it's
something
you
can
say
well
that
whole
community
rallied
behind
it
and
that
old
community
still
remembers
it
in
the
year.
2021.