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Province of Alberta The 30th Legislature First Session Alberta Hansard Wednesday morning, May 29, 2019 Day 5 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 Privileges and Elections, Public Accounts Chair: Mr. Cooper Chair: Mr. Ellis Standing Orders and Chair: Ms Phillips Printing Deputy Chair: Mr. Ellis Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Deputy Chair: Mr. Gotfried Chair: Mr. Smith Armstrong-Homeniuk Gotfried Amery Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Dang Horner Barnes Deol Irwin Carson Dach Goehring Neudorf Deol Feehan Goodridge Nielsen Ganley Guthrie Gotfried Nixon, Jeremy Horner Hoffman Long Pancholi Issik Renaud Sweet Sigurdson, L. Jones Rosin Williams Sigurdson, R.J. Loyola Rowswell Vacant Neudorf Stephan Vacant Rehn Toor Vacant Reid Turton Vacant 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 May 29, 2019 Alberta Hansard 171 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Most members here have heard the story of my father, Pat Nixon, Title: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 9:00 a.m. a street kid making his way out of poverty, battling overwhelming 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2019 obstacles to go on and build one of the most amazing community- driven organizations in Canada, the Mustard Seed. His example is [The Deputy Speaker in the chair] a large part of what shaped me into who I am today and what drives me forward in imagining a future that is available for my children, head: Prayers my community, and this province. His vision was a mobilization of community and church to serve The Deputy Speaker: Good morning, hon. members. It’s a their neighbours in need. His success was demonstrated not only in wonderful day outside, but we are going to be working hard for the thousands of people who were able to overcome addiction and Albertans here indoors today. poverty; it was also seen in the thousands of volunteers who As per the long-standing tradition of this House please let us pray. discovered the impact of giving. What our family learned was that Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to our Queen and even though our beliefs may have been different, people with many her government, to Members of the Legislative Assembly, and to different backgrounds and ideologies could work shoulder to all in positions of responsibility the guidance of Your spirit. May shoulder because they shared the conviction and the hope that they they never lead the province wrongly through love of power, desire could make a difference. When I was knocking on doors in Calgary- to please, or unworthy ideals but, laying aside all private interests Klein, it was rare for me to make