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November 7, 2007 Alberta Hansard 1849 Legislative Assembly of Alberta in my office. May I just say that Raffaele emigrated to Canada from Italy in 1952 at the age of 25. He travelled by boat from southern Title: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 1:00 p.m. Italy to Halifax, then by train from Halifax to Wainwright, where he Date: 07/11/07 worked on the railway for four years and earned 90 cents an hour. [The Speaker in the chair] Rosetta emigrated to Canada in 1957 at the age of 20 and joined Raffaele in Edmonton. She raised her family, working for GWG, head: Prayers the Hotel Macdonald, and finally for the University of Alberta hospital. They have been married 50 years and will celebrate that The Speaker: Good afternoon. Let us pray. We give thanks for our anniversary November 9, and Raffaele will also be celebrating his abundant blessings to our province and ourselves. We ask for 80th birthday on November 17. Please join me in welcoming guidance and the will to follow it. Amen. Sandra, Chiarina, Rosetta, and Raffaele. Would they please rise. Please be seated. I have another introduction, Mr. Speaker. They are the dream team, some of Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry’s head: Introduction of Visitors finest, and they are Veronika Woek, Theresa Wilson, Terri Mason, The Speaker: The hon. Minister of International, Intergovernmental Angela Woo, Joyce Ford, and Jan Bystrom. They’re here today to and Aboriginal Relations. have a look at the Legislature and be able to expand on our activities in their workplace. May they please rise, and please acknowledge them. Mr. Boutilier: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am very pleased today to introduce to you and to members of the Assembly Mr. Tong-Mo The Speaker: The hon. Minister of Health and Wellness. Suh, the consul general of the Republic of Korea. I also welcome Mr. Jeong-Sik Kang, the consul of the Republic of Korea. They are Mr. Hancock: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s an honour and a in your gallery today, Mr. Speaker. privilege for me today to introduce to you and through you to I might add that Alberta’s relationship with Korea is rich and members of the Assembly a number of people who were involved in multifaceted. We have 8,000 Albertans of Korean descent. We a very special announcement at the Stollery children’s hospital this have two-way trade of over a billion dollars, making Korea Alberta’s morning. Thanks to a $500,000 donation from Bell an echocardiog- fifth-largest trading partner, and certainly a long-standing twinning. raphy telehealth outreach program will be established at the Stollery I would like to just finally add, Mr. Speaker, that with Remem- using the most advanced technology from Bell Canada. The brance Day only four days away it is an appropriate time to reflect program will provide patients and health care professionals from on another bond between Alberta and Korea. It was during the dark communities throughout central and northern Alberta with access to hours of the Korean War that the members of Alberta’s Princess Stollery’s advanced diagnostic tools and medical expertise in Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry came to the assistance of Korea. cardiology. The solution will be delivered using the Alberta What a proud moment for our nation in helping an important partner. SuperNet, a partnership between the Alberta government and Bell I’d ask all members of the Assembly to join me in asking the Canada, which members know is a high-speed network made visitors to stand and be recognized as a welcome to the province of possible through that partnership. Alberta. With us today are Dallas Smith, chair of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation board of directors; Dr. Terry Klassen, chair of The Speaker: Hon. members, I might just add as a supplement to the department of pediatrics at the Stollery children’s hospital; Jean the hon. minister that two former members of this Assembly served Trines, a senior echocardiography technician at the Stollery chil- in the Korean conflict, Mr. John Gogo and Mr. Doug Cherry. dren’s hospital and a recent new Albertan; Jack Janssen, associate director of government relations with Bell; Jeff Meerman, associate head: Introduction of Guests director of media relations with Bell; Judy Mahaffy, associate director of community investment with Bell; and Kelly Frank, the The Speaker: The hon. the Premier. director of business development with Bell. I’d ask our guests to rise and be recognized for the contribution that Bell has made and Mr. Stelmach: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my pleasure to rise to the good work that Stollery does. introduce to you and to all members of the Assembly Mrs. Janice Sarich. Janice is the nominated candidate for the Progressive The Speaker: The hon. Minister of Service Alberta and President of Conservative Party in the constituency of Edmonton-Decore. She the Treasury Board. has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, having served as a Catholic school trustee and also as the owner of Mr. Snelgrove: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is indeed my privilege her own business. Janice is a mother of two who has very strong ties to introduce to you and through you today a very bright young man to her community, obviously her city, and her province. I’m proud who’s here on a work shadow with his father. Levi Dibben is a to have Janice as a member of my team as we move towards a better grade 9 student out in Lakeland Ridge in Sherwood Park. He’s future for all Albertans. I would now ask her to rise and receive the here today job shadowing his dad, my executive assistant, Dwight traditional warm welcome of this Assembly. Dibben; however, he has promised not to share everything with his mom when he gets home. I would ask Levi to rise and accept the The Speaker: The hon. Minister of Employment, Immigration and warm welcome of the Assembly. Industry. The Speaker: The hon. Minister of Finance. Ms Evans: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have two groups to introduce today. In the first group, a very special group, I’d like to introduce Dr. Oberg: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I am certainly and present Raffaele and Rosetta Talarico along with their daughter honoured to introduce to you and through you to Members of the Sandra Talarico and another daughter, Chiarina Rosin, who works Legislative Assembly a group of young people who are taking part 1850 Alberta Hansard November 7, 2007 in the national Take Our Kids to Work day today. We have Mr. Martin: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s indeed a pleasure to Meaghan Mackenzie, Rachel Finnessy, Julianne Belzile, Lindsay introduce to you and Members of the Legislative Assembly some 51 Kitson, James Contos, Myles Grunling, Alicia Powers, Jacquelyn energetic and keen students from Overlanders elementary school. Harrison, Kiera Forrest, Jocelyn McDonald. They are accompanied They are accompanied today by their teachers, Ms Laura Wenger, today by Manfred Grunling, who works as a technical training Ms Christine Novesel, and Ms Cindy Chisholm. Also along are manager in our division of tax and revenue administration within the parents Mrs. Karen Timmann, Mrs. Kim Militsala, Mrs. Skye Ministry of Finance. All of these grade 9 students are going to be Griffiths, and Mr. Marcus Frey. They’re in the public gallery. I working in the Ministry of Finance this afternoon, and I understand would ask that they stand and receive the traditional warm welcome they’re going to be doing such interesting things as consolidated of the Assembly. financial statements and all of those. I would ask all the students to rise and receive the very warm welcome of the Legislative Assem- The Speaker: The hon. Member for Edmonton-Mill Woods. bly. Mrs. Mather: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my pleasure and The Speaker: The hon. Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. privilege to introduce to you and through you to members of the Assembly three constituents of Edmonton-Mill Woods: Rajiv, Sonia, Mr. Danyluk: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. It’s indeed a and Nikhil Sinha. Rajiv is the vice-president of the Woodvale pleasure to introduce to you and through you to members of this Community League, and he is a member of the Mill Woods Presi- Assembly a very dedicated, knowledgeable, and charismatic lady dent’s Council. Their son, Nikhil, is 14 years of age, and Rajiv and who hails from my constituency of Lac La Biche-St. Paul. She now his wife want him to have the experience of question period today. resides in the constituency of Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, in the I’ll ask them to rise and receive the warm traditional welcome of the constituency of the Premier, and she also happens to be one of my Assembly. assistants in my office. Ladies and gentlemen of this Assembly, if I could ask you to give a warm welcome for Candice O’Neill. head: Members’ Statements 1:10 The Speaker: The hon. Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar. Mr. Zwozdesky: M. le Président, il me fait beaucoup de plaisir de vous présenter quelques élèves, des parents et enseignants de l’école Alberta Utilities Commission Act Ste-Jeanne-d’Arc. C’est une école très magnifique dans ma Mr. MacDonald: Thank you. Bill 46 was quietly introduced on the circonscription d’Edmonton-Mill Creek. The students are all in last day of the spring sitting of the Legislature. At the same time in grade 6.