Danielle Smith Leader, Wildrose Alliance Party How Governments Can Avoid Greek-Style Meltdowns: Look to the Non-Profit Sector Date & Time: Governments around the world are facing falling Friday, May 28, 2010 tax revenues and demands for increased social 7:30 a.m. spending. The combination has resulted in squeezed budgets and demands for higher taxes. Place: Some, such as Greece, face severe Chamber of Commerce consequences for their past profligacy. While 100 - 6 Avenue SW Calgary and the rest of Canada are not in a Greek- style budgetary crunch yet, there is an increasing Price (partial tax receipt available): tendency to forget the lessons of the 1990s and $100 for a Reserved Seat throw money at problems and leave the fiscal bills to future generations. $600 for a Table of 8 But there is a third way: governments need to re-focus their efforts and How to Register (before May 26th): allow the non-profit sector and communities to do what they always do

ON-LINE: www.fcpp.org much better than government—demonstrate compassion and flexibility in delivering help to those who most need it. Alberta Wildrose Alliance E-MAIL: [email protected] leader Danielle Smith will discuss some successful models of PHONE: 204-977-5050 or community-based compassion as a way to square the circle of toll free 877-219-0033 ext. 4 governments in fiscal crisis and individuals in need. FAX this form to: 204-957-1570

Danielle Smith, leader of Alberta’s Wildrose Alliance party, is a believer in the power of free enterprise to drive the economy and “high performance government” to deliver essential social services cost effectively and with maximum value. Until recently, Danielle was the Director of Provincial Affairs for Alberta with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. She worked with all levels of government to represent the CFIB’s small business members. Before CFIB, Smith was an editorial writer and columnist at the Calgary Herald and host of . Early in her care, Smith spent a year with as an intern, tried her hand at elected office as a trustee for the Calgary Board of Education and worked in advocacy as director of the Alberta Property Rights Initiative and the Canadian Property Rights Research Institute. Danielle Smith received a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Economics from the . She was named one of Calgary Inc. Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 in 2004.

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