Province of Alberta The 30th Legislature First Session Alberta Hansard Tuesday afternoon, November 26, 2019 Day 47 The Honourable Nathan M. Cooper, Speaker Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 30th Legislature First Session Cooper, Hon. Nathan M., 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) Shandro, Hon. Tyler, Calgary-Acadia (UCP) Hoffman, Sarah, Edmonton-Glenora (NDP) 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, Clerk of Committees and Chris Caughell, Acting Sergeant-at-Arms Teri Cherkewich, Law Clerk Research Services Tom Bell, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Stephanie LeBlanc, Clerk Assistant and Nancy Robert, Research Officer Paul Link, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Senior Parliamentary Counsel Janet Schwegel, Managing Editor of Trafton Koenig, Parliamentary Counsel 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 Secretaries Laila Goodridge Parliamentary Secretary Responsible for Alberta’s Francophonie 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. Orr Deputy Chair: Ms Goehring Deputy Chair: Ms Sigurdson Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Deputy Chair: Mr. Getson Allard Amery Goodridge Allard Barnes Carson Gray Eggen Bilous Ganley Lovely Glasgo Dang Glasgo Nixon, Jeremy Jones Gray Guthrie Rutherford Loyola Horner Long Schmidt Nielsen Irwin Neudorf Shepherd Singh Issik Nixon, Jeremy Sigurdson, R.J. Jones Pancholi Sweet Rutherford Reid Rowswell Shepherd Stephan Walker Yao Toor 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. Gotfried Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Chair: Mr. Smith Dang Barnes Deputy Chair: Mr. Schow Deol Glasgo Dach Goehring Horner Carson Feehan Goodridge Irwin Deol Guthrie Gotfried Neudorf Ganley Hoffman Long Nielsen Horner Nixon, Jeremy Neudorf Nixon, Jeremy Issik Renaud Sweet Pancholi Jones Rosin Williams Sigurdson, L. Loyola Rowswell Sigurdson, R.J. Neudorf Stephan Rehn Toor Reid Turton Renaud Walker Turton Yao Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship Chair: Mr. Hanson Deputy Chair: Member Ceci Dach Feehan Getson Loewen Rehn Rosin Sabir Schmidt Sigurdson, R.J. Singh Smith Turton Yaseen November 26, 2019 Alberta Hansard 2539 Legislative Assembly of Alberta jacked-up interest on student debt, and cancellation of the tuition Title: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 1:30 p.m. tax credits, just to pay for a $4.7 billion no-jobs corporate handout. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Sylvia, Louise, and Edda could have stayed home. They could have stayed warm. But they came here to support Alberta’s young [The Speaker in the chair] people and make those points using their constitutional rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. After the event was The Speaker: Hon. members, please be seated. concluded, Sylvia, Louise, and Edda, who are all seniors, were hoping for a moment to sit down, warm up a bit, have a cup of tea, head: Introduction of Visitors and maybe use the bathroom. But when they came into the front doors of this House, the people’s House, they were denied access The Speaker: Hon. members, this morning I had the pleasure to and turned away. Imagine that, Mr. Speaker, tour groups being meet with the consul general of the Czech Republic in Toronto, Mr. ushered in but engaged and publicly active citizens from Alberta Ivan Počuch. He’s accompanied today by Jerry Jelinek and Trade turned away. This is disgraceful. Commissioner David Müller. Thank you, all, for joining us at the It is also very symbolic of this government, a government that Assembly. has broken its promise to Albertans, a government whose attention is focused on rewarding its cronies and donors, a government that head: Introduction of Guests is dismantling and firing agencies and people who hold them to The Speaker: Hon. members, there are several guests joining us account. The Alberta