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Alberta Hansard Province of Alberta The 30th Legislature Second Session Alberta Hansard Wednesday afternoon, March 17, 2021 Day 86 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 Nancy Robert, Clerk of Journals and Chris Caughell, Sergeant-at-Arms Teri Cherkewich, Law Clerk Research Officer Tom Bell, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Trafton Koenig, Senior Parliamentary Janet Schwegel, Director of Parliamentary Paul Link, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Counsel Programs Philip Massolin, Clerk Assistant and Amanda LeBlanc, Deputy Editor of Director of House Services 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 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 Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship Chair: Mr. Hanson Deputy Chair: Member Ceci Dach Feehan Ganley Getson Guthrie Issik Loewen Singh Turton Yaseen March 17, 2021 Alberta Hansard 4085 Legislative Assembly of Alberta always stick to his hands off the wheel approach to all labour issues, Title: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:30 p.m. and working Albertans end up paying the price every single time. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Workers at Cargill, Harmony Beef, JBS, and Olymel meat- packing plants learned the very hard way that when it comes to [The Speaker in the chair] taking preventative safety steps, this minister will always put employers’ profits ahead of worker safety. This government’s head: Prayers consistent unwillingness to step in and enforce stronger safety measures, as COVID ran wild through plant after plant after plant The Speaker: Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to and from there into the surrounding communities, has illustrated the our Queen and to her government, to Members of the Legislative UCP’s purely ideological and completely failed approach to Assembly, and to all in positions of responsibility the guidance of governing. Your spirit. May they never lead the province wrongly through love Here in Edmonton we see another example of this labour of power, desire to please, or unworthy ideas but, laying aside all minister’s unwillingness to intervene playing out as the unionized private interests and prejudices, keep in mind their responsibility to workers at CESSCO Fabrication & Engineering have been locked seek to improve the condition of all. Amen. out by their employer for going on nine months now. Nine months. The workers on that picket line will tell anyone that visits them that head: Members’ Statements
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