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Alberta Hansard Province of Alberta The 30th Legislature First Session Alberta Hansard Tuesday morning, June 4, 2019 Day 8 The Honourable Nathan Cooper, Speaker Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 30th Legislature First Session Cooper, Hon. Nathan, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (UCP), Speaker Pitt, Angela D., Airdrie-East (UCP), Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees Milliken, Nicholas, Calgary-Currie (UCP), Deputy Chair of Committees Aheer, Hon. Leela Sharon, Chestermere-Strathmore (UCP) Nally, Hon. Dale, Morinville-St. Albert (UCP) Allard, Tracy L., Grande Prairie (UCP) Neudorf, Nathan T., Lethbridge-East (UCP) Amery, Mickey K., Calgary-Cross (UCP) Nicolaides, Hon. Demetrios, Calgary-Bow (UCP) Armstrong-Homeniuk, Jackie, Nielsen, Christian E., Edmonton-Decore (NDP) Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (UCP) Nixon, Hon. Jason, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Barnes, Drew, Cypress-Medicine Hat (UCP) (UCP), Government House Leader Bilous, Deron, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview (NDP), Nixon, Jeremy P., Calgary-Klein (UCP) Official Opposition House Leader Notley, Rachel, Edmonton-Strathcona (NDP), Carson, Jonathon, Edmonton-West Henday (NDP) Leader of the Official Opposition Ceci, Joe, Calgary-Buffalo (NDP) Orr, Ronald, Lacombe-Ponoka (UCP) Copping, Hon. Jason C., Calgary-Varsity (UCP) Pancholi, Rakhi, Edmonton-Whitemud (NDP) Dach, Lorne, Edmonton-McClung (NDP) Panda, Hon. Prasad, Calgary-Edgemont (UCP) Dang, Thomas, Edmonton-South (NDP) Phillips, Shannon, Lethbridge-West (NDP) Deol, Jasvir, Edmonton-Meadows (NDP) Pon, Hon. Josephine, Calgary-Beddington (UCP) Dreeshen, Hon. Devin, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake (UCP) Rehn, Pat, Lesser Slave Lake (UCP) Eggen, David, Edmonton-North West (NDP), Reid, Roger W., Livingstone-Macleod (UCP) Official Opposition Whip Renaud, Marie F., St. Albert (NDP) Ellis, Mike, Calgary-West (UCP), Government Whip Rosin, Miranda D., Banff-Kananaskis (UCP) Feehan, Richard, Edmonton-Rutherford (NDP) Rowswell, Garth, Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright (UCP) Fir, Hon. Tanya, Calgary-Peigan (UCP) Rutherford, Brad, Leduc-Beaumont (UCP) Ganley, Kathleen T., Calgary-Mountain View (NDP) Sabir, Irfan, Calgary-McCall (NDP) Getson, Shane C., Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland (UCP) Savage, Hon. Sonya, Calgary-North West (UCP), Glasgo, Michaela L., Brooks-Medicine Hat (UCP) Deputy Government House Leader Glubish, Hon. Nate, Strathcona-Sherwood Park (UCP) Sawhney, Hon. Rajan, Calgary-North East (UCP) Goehring, Nicole, Edmonton-Castle Downs (NDP) Schmidt, Marlin, Edmonton-Gold Bar (NDP) Goodridge, Laila, Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche (UCP) Schow, Joseph R., Cardston-Siksika (UCP), Gotfried, Richard, Calgary-Fish Creek (UCP) Deputy Government Whip Gray, Christina, Edmonton-Mill Woods (NDP) Schulz, Hon. Rebecca, Calgary-Shaw (UCP) Guthrie, Peter F., Airdrie-Cochrane (UCP) Schweitzer, Hon. Doug, Calgary-Elbow (UCP), Deputy Government House Leader Hanson, David B., Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul (UCP) Hoffman, Sarah, Edmonton-Glenora (NDP) Shandro, Hon. Tyler, Calgary-Acadia (UCP) Horner, Nate S., Drumheller-Stettler (UCP) Shepherd, David, Edmonton-City Centre (NDP) Hunter, Hon. Grant R., Taber-Warner (UCP) Sigurdson, Lori, Edmonton-Riverview (NDP) Irwin, Janis, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood (NDP), Sigurdson, R.J., Highwood (UCP) Official Opposition Deputy Whip Singh, Peter, Calgary-East (UCP) Issik, Whitney, Calgary-Glenmore (UCP) Smith, Mark W., Drayton Valley-Devon (UCP) Jones, Matt, Calgary-South East (UCP) Stephan, Jason, Red Deer-South (UCP) Kenney, Hon. Jason, PC, Calgary-Lougheed (UCP), Sweet, Heather, Edmonton-Manning (NDP), Premier Official Opposition Deputy House Leader LaGrange, Hon. Adriana, Red Deer-North (UCP) Toews, Hon. Travis, Grande Prairie-Wapiti (UCP) Loewen, Todd, Central Peace-Notley (UCP) Toor, Devinder, Calgary-Falconridge (UCP) Long, Martin M., West Yellowhead (UCP) Turton, Searle, Spruce Grove-Stony Plain (UCP) Lovely, Jacqueline, Camrose (UCP) van Dijken, Glenn, Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock (UCP) Loyola, Rod, Edmonton-Ellerslie (NDP) Walker, Jordan, Sherwood Park (UCP) Luan, Hon. Jason, Calgary-Foothills (UCP) Williams, Dan D.A., Peace River (UCP) Madu, Hon. Kaycee, Edmonton-South West (UCP) Wilson, Hon. Rick D., Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin (UCP) McIver, Hon. Ric, Calgary-Hays (UCP), Yao, Tany, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (UCP) Deputy Government House Leader Yaseen, Muhammad, Calgary-North (UCP) Party standings: United Conservative: 63 New Democrat: 24 Officers and Officials of the Legislative Assembly Shannon Dean, Clerk Philip Massolin, Manager of Research and Brian G. Hodgson, Sergeant-at-Arms Stephanie LeBlanc, Acting Law Clerk Committee Services Chris Caughell, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms and Senior Parliamentary Counsel Nancy Robert, Research Officer Tom Bell, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Trafton Koenig, Parliamentary Counsel Janet Schwegel, Managing Editor of Paul Link, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Alberta Hansard 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 Tanya Fir Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism 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 Municipal Affairs Ric McIver Minister of Transportation Dale Nally Associate Minister of Natural Gas 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 Justice and Solicitor General Tyler Shandro Minister of Health Travis Toews President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Rick Wilson Minister of Indigenous Relations Parliamentary Secretary 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. van Dijken Chair: Ms Goodridge Chair: Mr. Ellis Chair: Mr. Gotfried Deputy Chair: Ms Goehring Deputy Chair: Ms Sigurdson Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Deputy Chair: Mr. Orr Allard Amery Goodridge Allard Barnes Carson Gray Eggen Bilous Ganley Lovely Getson Dach Glasgo Nixon, Jeremy Glasgo Dang Guthrie Rutherford Irwin Gray Irwin Schmidt Jones Horner Long Shepherd Nielsen Issik Neudorf Sigurdson, R.J. Jones Nixon, Jeremy Sweet Pancholi Reid Rowswell Rutherford Stephan Walker Yao Toor 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. Gotfried Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Chair: Mr. Smith Armstrong-Homeniuk Amery Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Dang Gotfried Barnes Deol Horner Carson Dach Goehring Irwin Deol Feehan Goodridge Neudorf Ganley Guthrie Gotfried Nielsen Horner Hoffman Long Nixon, Jeremy Issik Renaud Sweet Pancholi Jones Rosin Williams Sigurdson, L. Loyola Rowswell Sigurdson, R.J. Neudorf Stephan Rehn Toor Reid Turton Renaud Walker Turton Yao Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship Chair: Mr. Hanson Deputy Chair: Member Ceci Armstrong-Homeniuk Feehan Getson Loyola Rehn Rosin Sabir Schmidt Sigurdson, R.J. Singh Smith Turton Yaseen June 4, 2019 Alberta Hansard 341 Legislative Assembly of Alberta It’s a thing that happened once. So I think, Mr. Speaker, it’s become Title: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 9:00 a.m. increasingly clear that it hasn’t worked and it won’t work. 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Interesting backstory on this. One of the first times I remember having a sort of genuinely political thought was actually in the 8th [The Speaker in the chair] grade. We were doing projects on different countries in the world, and my project mates and I happened to have Brazil. We were head: Prayers working on a project about Brazil, and we were talking about, you know, a situation within South America and the sort of history of The Speaker: Good morning. how things came to be the way they were. The impacts of the Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to our Queen and exporting of these sort of artificial, “Give all of the money to the her government, to Members of the Legislative Assembly, and to rich and that will solve all of your problems,” ideals that had come all in positions of responsibility the guidance of Your spirit. May from the U.S. were pretty clear already at that time. they never lead the province wrongly through love of power, desire I think the fact that still today we’re having these conversations to please, or unworthy ideas but, laying aside all private interests and these debates and there’s this idea that it might work is just and prejudices, keep in mind their responsibilities to seek to wishful thinking, really. These sorts of problems are complex. The improve the condition of all. Amen. economy, especially on a world-wide scale now, is incredibly You may be seated. complex. People want to believe that there’s a simple solution, that you just give
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