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12 JULY 2021 I Call 403-720-0762 for advertising opportunities MP Calgary Rocky Ridge Pat Kelly Hon. Michelle Rempel, MP 202, 400 Crowfoot Crescent NW #115 – 70 Country Hills Landing NW Calgary, Alberta T3G 5H6 Calgary, AB, T3K 2L2 403-216-7777 403-282-7980 403-282-3587 [email protected] [email protected] www.michellerempel.ca My staff and I have worked hard throughout the pandemic I want to wish everyone in our community a happy to assist constituents in various ways. Some have needed Canada Day and a safe summer! help with accessing federal benefits, others have had Though the past 16 months have looked very different ongoing challenges with Immigration Refugees Citizenship for our community, I was beyond grateful to see how we Canada or the Canada Revenue Agency, and Border came together in the face of adversity and supported Services. For the most part, we have been able to provide each other. As we begin to move forward in the reopening the assistance without a need to meet with constituents in of our country and province, I am looking forward to the person, and as public health restrictions are relaxed, we will opportunity to gather and connect with residents in our be able to return to a more personal level of service. community safely once again. I have received many phone calls and email messages This spring, in my role as your Member of Parliament from people who needed assistance accessing support and as Shadow Minister for Health, I remained focused benefits, those who are concerned about the economy, on holding the federal government accountable for and constituents who have identified shortcomings of providing Canadians with a clear plan that would allow the federal government’s response to the crisis. Thank you our country to safely resume normal life. After months to those who have taken the time to communicate with of intense pressure that I placed on the government, me on these and dozens of other issues. Canadians are finally seeing rapid tests being deployed Some businesses are now able to resume their activities across the country, vaccinations getting to provinces after enduring extreme hardship over the course of the and territories more quickly and in larger amounts, and pandemic. Please support local businesses whenever businesses and workers being able to access financial possible, as they work to recover from their losses. support they need in order to keep their businesses open. Thank you to the thousands of Canadians who have Parliament does not sit over the summer, and I hope contacted me to share their concerns about the federal we return to full in-person sittings in the chamber in government’s response. I would not be able to do my job the fall. While a mostly virtual parliament, including if it were not for the many voices that contact my office virtual parliamentary voting, restored the basic tools and share their perspectives with me. available to MPs to represent their constituents, there is no substitute for meeting in person. Parliament is a place Please know that I continue to be very concerned about where the Prime Minister and other powerful leaders of the economic situation in Alberta and the unemployment the government must face and respond to the opposition in our community. As we begin to see our country reopen, every day, and much of the force of debate and demands Alberta workers must not be forgotten. You can rest assured for accountability are diluted when done virtually. that I will be working hard and fighting on your behalf. Please continue to reach out to my Calgary office with As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if I can comments and concerns. You may do so by email at be of assistance to you or if you have a concern to share [email protected] or by telephone at 403-282-7980. I with me. welcome invitations to virtual and in-person events and The Hon. will attend whenever possible. Calgary Nose Hill

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