December 4, 2002 Alberta Hansard 1709 Legislative Assembly of Alberta the rugby team and intends to work in the agricultural industry on her graduation. I would ask that Lindsay Paulsen, who is seated in Title: Wednesday, December 4, 2002 1:30 p.m. the members’ gallery, rise and receive the warm traditional welcome Date: 02/12/04 of the Assembly. [The Speaker in the chair] THE SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Redwater. head: Prayers MR. BRODA: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s my pleasure to rise THE SPEAKER: Good afternoon. today to introduce to you and through you to the members of this Let us pray. O Lord, we give thanks for the bounty of our Assembly 33 very bright young individuals from a school in province: our land, our resources, and our people. We pledge Thorhild. They’re grade 6 students. They’re accompanied by their ourselves to act as good stewards on behalf of all Albertans. Amen. teachers Mr. Mike Popowicz and Mr. Larry Hryciw; also, parent Please be seated. helpers Peter Kochmarski, Mrs. Brenda Danbrook, and Mrs. Leslie Kwasny. I would ask them to please rise and receive the warm head: Introduction of Visitors welcome of this Assembly. MR. JONSON: Mr. Speaker, I’m pleased to introduce to you and through you to members of the Assembly Mr. Defay, the consul THE SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Calgary-Mountain View. general of France. He is accompanied today by his wife, Mrs. Defay. France is a significant trade and investment partner for MR. HLADY: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure Alberta with two-way trade totaling more than $300 million last to rise and introduce to you and through you to members of the year. We co-operate in many different areas such as culture, Assembly 31 visitors from Rosedale school. With them is their education, and tourism. Alberta is home to a vibrant and active teacher, Mrs. Kate Blackburn, and parents Ms Anne Wallis, Mr. French community consisting of more than 300,000 people of Cliff Courtice, and Ms Betty-Lynn Morrice. Recently on their unit French descent. I would ask that our honoured guests please rise and of Canadian studies they averaged 86 percent in the class. After an receive the traditional warm welcome of this Assembly. hour and a half of discussion and debate on Kyoto in their class- Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Bienvenue. room, I’d like to just say that I think it was, actually, a higher quality than I’ve heard from some of our opposition. [interjections] Sorry. THE SPEAKER: Hon. members, I’d like to introduce today three I’d ask them to please rise and receive the warm welcome of this guests from Capital City Savings & Credit Union. Capital City Assembly. Savings is a community sponsor of the School at the Legislature program, which gives grade 6 teachers from across the province an THE SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Edmonton-Centre. opportunity to relocate their classroom to the Alberta Legislature for an entire week. In the fiscal year 2001-2002, 500 students and 145 MS BLAKEMAN: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to teachers and parent volunteers participated, and for this current year introduce to you and through you to all members of the Assembly 14 the program has been filled once again. Capital City has been an people joining us from NorQuest College. We have 12 students, and integral part of the program’s success, and we’re very grateful for it says here that they’re from Wetaskiwin and Stony Plain. They’re their support. Seated in the Speaker’s gallery today are Mr. Harry accompanied today by their instructors Mrs. Pat McQueen and Mr. Buddle, chief executive officer; Mr. Peter Galloway, chairman of the Bruce Huebener. I believe that they’re seated in the members’ board of directors; and Mrs. Jacqueline Broverman, community gallery. I would ask them to now please rise and accept the warm investment adviser. I would ask that they rise and receive the warm welcome of the Assembly. welcome of the House. THE SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Drayton Valley-Calmar. head: Introduction of Guests REV. ABBOTT: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my great pleasure to THE SPEAKER: The hon. Minister of Finance. introduce to you and through you 18 visitors from Thorsby high school. These students visited our Provincial Museum this morning MRS. NELSON: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Today we and later will tour these historic hallways with their principal, Mr. Al have with us a group of 12 very dedicated people from the Depart- Bratland. I would ask them all to rise and please receive the warm ment of Finance. They are here to observe question period in welcome of the House. addition to having a tour of the Legislature Building. They are seated in the public gallery, and we have with us Rod Matheson, the THE SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Clover Bar-Fort Saskatche- executive director; Lowell Epp; John Forst; Frank Hanus; Mavis wan. Harke; David Hinman; Chris Hoogewoonink; Sue Kitson; Mike Neuman; Dave Parker; and Marie Perpeluk. I would ask that they MR. LOUGHEED: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Two introductions now rise and receive the very warm welcome of this Assembly. today. First of all, I’m pleased to introduce to you and to the members assembled two people from Fort Saskatchewan, Stu THE SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Highwood. Hennig and his son Scott. Stu and Scott are the grandson and great- grandson of Rudolph Hennig, who was the MLA for the newly MR. TANNAS: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m pleased today to constituted constituency of Clover Bar from 1930 to 1935. Scott introduce to you and through you to members of the Assembly Miss manages my Fort Saskatchewan constituency office. I’d ask them Lindsay Paulsen from Stavely, Alberta, which is in my constituency. to please rise and receive the warm welcome of the Assembly. Lindsay currently attends the University of Alberta and is working Also, Mr. Speaker, I’m pleased to introduce Dr. Gary McPherson. on a degree in science. She’s also a member of the soccer team and Gary was the chair of the Premier’s council for the first 10 years, 1710 Alberta Hansard December 4, 2002 and he’s a leader in our community, an advocate for disability issues. Mr. Speaker, my second introduction is a very special one. I’m I’d ask that the Assembly please welcome Dr. McPherson. thrilled to rise today to introduce to you and through you to the Assembly my very dear grandniece who is visiting with us from THE SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne. India. Dr. Rupeet Sandhu is here to write some exams that will enable her to go into graduate studies in the area of dentistry in MR. VANDERBURG: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to either Canada or the U.S. She lives with her family in the capital introduce to you and through you four guests today in the members’ city of Punjab, Chandigarh, and she’s leaving tomorrow for a short gallery. They’re representatives of Alberta’s nonenergy mineral visit to Vancouver before she returns to India. She’s accompanied industry. Visiting us today are Larry Kryska, president of New Blue by my significant other, that is, my wife, Swinder Pannu, who is Ribbon Resources; Mike Dufresne, president of APEX Geoscience sitting with her in the public gallery. So I would now ask both of Ltd; Brooke Clements, the vice-president of Ashton Mining of them to please rise and receive the warm welcome of the Assembly. Canada; and, most important, from Whitecourt-Ste. Anne, my number one gold prospector and diamond prospector, Brian Testo THE SPEAKER: The hon. Minister of Justice and Attorney General. from Grizzly Gold. I’d ask them to rise and receive the warm welcome of this Assembly. MR. HANCOCK: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure today to rise and introduce to you and to all members of the THE SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Calgary-North Hill. Assembly a group of people who are with us in both the members’ and the public galleries today who support the work that we do day MR. MAGNUS: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today it’s a pleasure and in, day out, long days, so that we can serve the people of Alberta: a privilege for me to rise in my place and introduce to you and staff from ministerial offices, ministerial assistants, special assis- through you to Members of this Legislative Assembly a number of tants, legislative assistants, the research branch for caucus, even very, very special people to all of us. I mentioned these people last members from the party offices, people who work very, very hard to week in the Assembly. Let me say that they are the bravest, make sure that the work is done for the people of Alberta so that we toughest, most physically fit profession in the entire world. It’s also can do our jobs. There are too many to name individually, but I’d said that they’re the only people crazy enough to run into a burning ask them all to rise and receive the traditional warm welcome of the building. There are four representatives with us today, and I’d ask House. them to rise as I call their names – I don’t see them in the members’ gallery, so I assume they’re behind me in the public gallery – Alex THE SPEAKER: The hon.