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Province of Alberta The 30th Legislature Second Session Alberta Hansard Wednesday afternoon, April 7, 2021 Day 93 The Honourable Nathan M. Cooper, Speaker Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 30th Legislature Second Session Cooper, Hon. Nathan M., Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (UC), Speaker Pitt, Angela D., Airdrie-East (UC), Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees Milliken, Nicholas, Calgary-Currie (UC), Deputy Chair of Committees Aheer, Hon. Leela Sharon, Chestermere-Strathmore (UC) Nally, Hon. Dale, Morinville-St. Albert (UC), Allard, Tracy L., Grande Prairie (UC) Deputy Government House Leader Amery, Mickey K., Calgary-Cross (UC) Neudorf, Nathan T., Lethbridge-East (UC) Armstrong-Homeniuk, Jackie, Nicolaides, Hon. Demetrios, Calgary-Bow (UC) Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (UC) Nielsen, Christian E., Edmonton-Decore (NDP) Barnes, Drew, Cypress-Medicine Hat (UC) Nixon, Hon. Jason, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre (UC), Bilous, Deron, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview (NDP) Government House Leader Carson, Jonathon, Edmonton-West Henday (NDP) Nixon, Jeremy P., Calgary-Klein (UC) Ceci, Joe, Calgary-Buffalo (NDP) Notley, Rachel, Edmonton-Strathcona (NDP), Copping, Hon. Jason C., Calgary-Varsity (UC) Leader of the Official Opposition Dach, Lorne, Edmonton-McClung (NDP), Orr, Ronald, Lacombe-Ponoka (UC) Official Opposition Deputy Whip Pancholi, Rakhi, Edmonton-Whitemud (NDP) Dang, Thomas, Edmonton-South (NDP), Official Opposition Deputy House Leader Panda, Hon. Prasad, Calgary-Edgemont (UC) Deol, Jasvir, Edmonton-Meadows (NDP) Phillips, Shannon, Lethbridge-West (NDP) Dreeshen, Hon. Devin, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake (UC) Pon, Hon. Josephine, Calgary-Beddington (UC) Eggen, David, Edmonton-North West (NDP), Rehn, Pat, Lesser Slave Lake (Ind) Official Opposition Whip Reid, Roger W., Livingstone-Macleod (UC) Ellis, Mike, Calgary-West (UC), Renaud, Marie F., St. Albert (NDP) Government Whip Rosin, Miranda D., Banff-Kananaskis (UC) Feehan, Richard, Edmonton-Rutherford (NDP) Rowswell, Garth, Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright (UC) Fir, Tanya, Calgary-Peigan (UC) Rutherford, Brad, Leduc-Beaumont (UC) Ganley, Kathleen T., Calgary-Mountain View (NDP) Sabir, Irfan, Calgary-McCall (NDP), Getson, Shane C., Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland (UC) Official Opposition Deputy House Leader Glasgo, Michaela L., Brooks-Medicine Hat (UC) Savage, Hon. Sonya, Calgary-North West (UC), Glubish, Hon. Nate, Strathcona-Sherwood Park (UC) Deputy Government House Leader Goehring, Nicole, Edmonton-Castle Downs (NDP) Sawhney, Hon. Rajan, Calgary-North East (UC) Goodridge, Laila, Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche (UC) Schmidt, Marlin, Edmonton-Gold Bar (NDP) Gotfried, Richard, Calgary-Fish Creek (UC) Schow, Joseph R., Cardston-Siksika (UC), Gray, Christina, Edmonton-Mill Woods (NDP), Deputy Government Whip Official Opposition House Leader Schulz, Hon. Rebecca, Calgary-Shaw (UC) Guthrie, Peter F., Airdrie-Cochrane (UC) Schweitzer, Hon. Doug, QC, Calgary-Elbow (UC), Hanson, David B., Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul (UC) Deputy Government House Leader Hoffman, Sarah, Edmonton-Glenora (NDP) Shandro, Hon. Tyler, QC, Calgary-Acadia (UC) Horner, Nate S., Drumheller-Stettler (UC) Hunter, Hon. Grant R., Taber-Warner (UC) Shepherd, David, Edmonton-City Centre (NDP) Irwin, Janis, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood (NDP), Sigurdson, Lori, Edmonton-Riverview (NDP) Official Opposition Deputy Whip Sigurdson, R.J., Highwood (UC) Issik, Whitney, Calgary-Glenmore (UC) Singh, Peter, Calgary-East (UC) Jones, Matt, Calgary-South East (UC) Smith, Mark W., Drayton Valley-Devon (UC) Kenney, Hon. Jason, PC, Calgary-Lougheed (UC), Stephan, Jason, Red Deer-South (UC) Premier Sweet, Heather, Edmonton-Manning (NDP) LaGrange, Hon. Adriana, Red Deer-North (UC) Toews, Hon. Travis, Grande Prairie-Wapiti (UC) Loewen, Todd, Central Peace-Notley (UC) Toor, Devinder, Calgary-Falconridge (UC) Long, Martin M., West Yellowhead (UC) Turton, Searle, Spruce Grove-Stony Plain (UC) Lovely, Jacqueline, Camrose (UC) van Dijken, Glenn, Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock (UC) Loyola, Rod, Edmonton-Ellerslie (NDP) Walker, Jordan, Sherwood Park (UC) Luan, Hon. Jason, Calgary-Foothills (UC) Williams, Dan D.A., Peace River (UC) Madu, Hon. Kaycee, QC, Edmonton-South West (UC), Wilson, Hon. Rick D., Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin (UC) Deputy Government House Leader Yao, Tany, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (UC) McIver, Hon. Ric, Calgary-Hays (UC), Deputy Government House Leader Yaseen, Muhammad, Calgary-North (UC) Party standings: United Conservative: 62 New Democrat: 24 Independent: 1 Officers and Officials of the Legislative Assembly Shannon Dean, QC, Clerk Michael Kulicki, Clerk of Committees and Amanda LeBlanc, Deputy Editor of Alberta Teri Cherkewich, Law Clerk Research Services Hansard Trafton Koenig, Senior Parliamentary Nancy Robert, Clerk of Journals and Chris Caughell, Sergeant-at-Arms Counsel Research Officer Tom Bell, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Philip Massolin, Clerk Assistant and Janet Schwegel, Director of Parliamentary Paul Link, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Director of House Services Programs Executive Council Jason Kenney Premier, President of Executive Council, Minister of Intergovernmental Relations Leela Aheer Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women Jason Copping Minister of Labour and Immigration Devin Dreeshen Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Nate Glubish Minister of Service Alberta Grant Hunter Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction Adriana LaGrange Minister of Education Jason Luan Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Kaycee Madu Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Ric McIver Minister of Transportation, Minister of Municipal Affairs Dale Nally Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity Demetrios Nicolaides Minister of Advanced Education Jason Nixon Minister of Environment and Parks Prasad Panda Minister of Infrastructure Josephine Pon Minister of Seniors and Housing Sonya Savage Minister of Energy Rajan Sawhney Minister of Community and Social Services Rebecca Schulz Minister of Children’s Services Doug Schweitzer Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation Tyler Shandro Minister of Health Travis Toews President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Rick Wilson Minister of Indigenous Relations Parliamentary Secretaries Laila Goodridge Parliamentary Secretary Responsible for Alberta’s Francophonie Martin Long Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Tourism Muhammad Yaseen Parliamentary Secretary of Immigration STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA Standing Committee on the Standing Committee on Standing Committee on Standing Committee on Alberta Heritage Savings Alberta’s Economic Future Families and Communities Legislative Offices Trust Fund Chair: Mr. Neudorf Chair: Ms Goodridge Chair: Mr. Schow Chair: Mr. Orr Deputy Chair: Ms Goehring Deputy Chair: Ms Sigurdson Deputy Chair: Mr. Sigurdson Deputy Chair: Mr. Rowswell Armstrong-Homeniuk Amery Ceci Eggen Barnes Carson Lovely Gray Bilous Glasgo Loyola Issik Irwin Gotfried Rosin Jones Reid Lovely Rutherford Phillips Rosin Neudorf Shepherd Singh Rowswell Pancholi Smith Yaseen Sweet Rutherford Sweet Sabir Yaseen van Dijken Smith Walker Special Standing Committee Standing Committee on Standing Committee on Standing Committee on on Members’ Services Private Bills and Private Privileges and Elections, Public Accounts Chair: Mr. Cooper Members’ Public Bills Standing Orders and Chair: Ms Phillips Printing Deputy Chair: Mr. Ellis Chair: Mr. Ellis Deputy Chair: Mr. Guthrie Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Chair: Mr. Smith Dang Armstrong-Homeniuk Deputy Chair: Mr. Reid Deol Amery Lovely Goehring Dang Armstrong-Homeniuk Neudorf Goodridge Getson Barnes Pancholi Long Glasgo Deol Renaud Neudorf Irwin Ganley Rowswell Sabir Nielsen Gotfried Schmidt Sigurdson, R.J. Rutherford Jones Singh Williams Sigurdson, L. Lovely Turton Sigurdson, R.J. Loyola Walker Rehn Renaud Select Special Committee on Standing Committee on Real Property Rights Resource Stewardship Chair: Mr. Sigurdson Chair: Mr. Hanson Deputy Chair: Mr. Rutherford Deputy Chair: Member Ceci Ganley Dach Glasgo Feehan Goodridge Ganley Hanson Getson Milliken Guthrie Nielsen Issik Orr Loewen Rowswell Singh Schmidt Turton Sweet Yaseen April 7, 2021 Alberta Hansard 4329 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Not only is this exciting news for people like me, who Title: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 1:30 p.m. meticulously clean our sour cream containers for recycling and do 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2021 our laundry with wooly dryer balls instead of dryer sheets, but this is expected to grow recycling into a $148 million industry in [The Speaker in the chair] Alberta and reduce our emissions by the equivalent of 120,000 cars every single year. On top of it all, our government also is establishing head: Prayers an environmental, social, and governance secretariat, who will help our energy producers continue their world-leading production and The Speaker: Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to environmental standards while making sure that global investors our Queen and to her government, to Members of the Legislative know just how environmentally conscious we are. In two short Assembly, and to all in positions of responsibility the guidance of years, Mr. Speaker, our government has invested an unprecedented Your spirit. May they never lead the province wrongly through love amount into conservation of our environment, and that is a legacy of power, desire to please, or unworthy ideas but, laying aside all that I am proud of. private interest and prejudice, keep in mind their responsibility to seek