Juno News - Alberta won’t take Quebec’s asylum seekers

00:00:00.000 hey everyone welcome back to the alberta roundup i'm your host rachel emanuel hope you guys are

00:00:14.080 having a great weekend so far it was a big week in alberta politics so here's today's headlines

00:00:19.520 the alberta government says they have no plans to take in any asylum seekers crossing the u.s

00:00:24.880 canada border the alberta ndp and the united conservative party are tied in recent polling

00:00:30.160 alberta premier danielle smith has set the record straight after rachel nolly said the ucp want

00:00:35.580 albertans to pay after visiting the family doctor and alberta justice minister tyler shandro has made

00:00:40.740 progress in his effort to make it harder for violent offenders to get bail all that and more happening

00:00:45.620 now on the alberta roundup okay guys up first asylum seekers crossing roxham road in quebec are

00:00:51.700 straining resources in both the french-speaking province and ontario and now the governments of

00:00:56.840 bc and alberta say they have no plans to take in those crossing the mayor of niagara falls ontario

00:01:02.360 said his city is overwhelmed after accepting nearly 3 000 asylum seekers according to immigration

00:01:07.880 refugees and citizenship canada 702 asylum seekers have been bused from quebec into ottawa another 618

00:01:15.080 to windsor ontario and around 1400 to cornwall ontario furthermore transfers to the maritimes have

00:01:21.040 only just begun with 63 asylum seekers now in halifax another 30 are in fredericton new brunswick

00:01:27.200 these asylum seekers were transferred to ontario and the maritimes after quebec premier francois

00:01:32.260 legault told the prime minister his province cannot accept any more border crossers the province says

00:01:37.080 it's spending 20 million dollars per month on these asylum seekers social benefits in 2022 nearly 38 000

00:01:43.420 asylum seekers were receiving welfare checks that's in quebec alone and most of those asylum seekers

00:01:48.420 were residing in montreal communities hosting roxham road border crossers are seeing their services

00:01:54.380 overextended such as food banks schools shelters and other social services alberta's trade and

00:02:00.080 multiculturalism press secretary gary kohler said the following decisions around accepting asylum claims

00:02:05.300 lie solely with the federal government and alberta does not currently have any arrangement or agreement

00:02:10.700 in place with the federal government that would facilitate individuals who cross the border at

00:02:15.580 unofficial border crossings being transported to alberta okay guys and moving into our next story

00:02:20.820 here a recent poll from abacus data shows the alberta ndp are tied with daniel's fifth united

00:02:25.900 conservative party heading into a spring general election the poll released on monday shows that

00:02:31.220 the governing party and the official opposition which each receive 35 of the vote if the election

00:02:36.580 were held today another one in five said they're still undecided a number that's grown considerably

00:02:41.340 from ucp detractors of those who voted for the alberta ndp in 2019 85 said they plan to vote for

00:02:48.700 rachel notley's party again in 2023 when it comes to the united conservative party 20 of past voters

00:02:55.080 said they're undecided this year abacus data ceo david coletto said quote those reluctant uc peers will

00:03:01.520 decide the outcome of the provincial election you guys likely know from last week show that the ucp is

00:03:06.780 crazy busy tabling legislation right now the alberta legislature is sitting for one month before it

00:03:11.900 breaks ahead of may's general election but the ucp has also begun casually campaigning of course the

00:03:17.920 election campaign has not officially begun at a fundraising dinner at edmonton earlier this week

00:03:22.220 alberta premier daniel smith sought to set the record straight on the ucp's health care plan now

00:03:27.880 let's talk about health care and i want to be very clear on something so rachel notley's twitter

00:03:34.280 account needs to pay attention to this no matter who you are or how much money you make you should

00:03:40.360 never have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor ever

00:03:44.660 and that is why our ucp government has made a record 24.2 billion dollar investment into health

00:03:56.000 care including two billion dollars alone in direct primary care under the ucp alberta has already hired

00:04:02.260 700 more doctors 1800 more nurses to take care of patients and we're continuing with our plan to

00:04:08.720 hire an additional 3600 new doctors nurses paramedics and other health care professionals

00:04:14.760 and that is so that every albertan can get to see a family doctor and get access to health care when

00:04:24.320 and where they need it this also means a new hospital for south edmonton the first hospital

00:04:30.620 in nearly four decades in this city i see uh premier i see deputy premier casey maddie probably out there

00:04:38.940 dancing a jig he's here this evening of course and i want to acknowledge the hard work he has done

00:04:43.560 advocating for the people of edmonton in fact the edmonton south hospital is one of our highest

00:04:48.960 priorities we have uh dedicated over 634 million dollars committed right now with more calming to

00:04:55.020 get the job done so uh casey if you want to go to home depot grab some shovels i'll meet you over

00:05:00.200 there when the spring thaw hits and we'll break some ground on it together what we're watching in

00:05:04.640 the weeks to come this is a huge story definitely something we're going to be keeping our eye on

00:05:08.820 alberta justice minister tyler shandro announced late this week that after meeting with all provinces

00:05:13.400 and territories the federal government has agreed to amend the criminal code to make it harder for

00:05:18.040 violent offenders to get bail the alberta government is now calling on the federal government

00:05:21.960 to pass legislation to amend the criminal code immediately in a statement shandro said quote

00:05:26.680 all provinces and territories did united and demanded this of the federal government in order to make

00:05:31.320 real change and the federal government agreed to amend canada's criminal code as early as this

00:05:36.780 legislative session the march 10 meeting of canada's attorneys general justice and public safety

00:05:41.500 ministers about bail was long overdue but not as long overdue as addressing the current bail system

00:05:46.720 this country has alberta calls on the federal government to walk the walk live up to its

00:05:52.140 promises and make change now it is the right thing to do victims law enforcement and all albertans have

00:05:58.700 been waiting far too long for this to happen as those of you who watched last week's show know the

00:06:03.480 provincial government said it would be tabling legislation on firearms here's what tyler shandro had

00:06:08.320 to say about that legislation earlier this week we're introducing the alberta firearms act to ensure that

00:06:13.220 our law-abiding firearms community here in alberta is better served we're standing up for albertans by

00:06:18.340 ensuring that police resources are kept where they need to be we're stepping in and standing up for

00:06:23.620 albertans by introducing the alberta firearms act for many albertans firearms are a part of everyday life

00:06:30.180 our province is home to a massive community of over 300 000 hunters and farmers and sports shooters

00:06:37.300 farm owners make up a valuable part of our community here in alberta

00:06:41.060 and on top of that we have over 650 firearms related businesses here in in alberta they're all

00:06:47.940 small businesses who survived one of the worst economic periods in the history of this province

00:06:53.220 only to find themselves in the crosshairs of the trudeau liberals none of these federal

00:06:57.780 policies will make our community safer they're targeting law-abiding responsible canadians at a

00:07:04.100 time when violent crime is surging across the country the liberals have decided to waste taxpayer money

00:07:10.100 and waste time on this confiscation program okay guys and i just want to bring you a couple comments

00:07:15.060 from last week's show last week we covered pastor reimer who was arrested after protesting at a drag

00:07:20.420 queen story hour he's being held in prison until he agrees to comply with bail orders youtube user ng

00:07:26.340 said this is insane no to stories in drag for children user bruce turr said daniel smith's budget is

00:07:32.820 brilliant obviously we also covered the budget last week if you're still not sure what's in it you can go

00:07:37.620 find last week's episode it's on youtube and user stan cal wrote family friendly and drag queen are two

00:07:43.220 terms that do not go together at all aaron wood wrote i don't understand why you need drag story

00:07:49.460 time it's unfortunate that they think the average human intelligence is so low and we are somehow

00:07:54.740 systematically discriminating people because they are different at a young age no the answer is quite

00:08:00.340 simple you do what you do i do what i do don't compel me to accept something i don't want to accept

00:08:05.780 or consider being illogical or rooted in deep-seated narcissism or mental illness i hope you get the

00:08:10.660 help you need i will opt for the story time with regular people because that is the 99 i don't think

00:08:17.140 it can be stated enough that when it comes to things like drag queen story hour and allowing

00:08:21.380 adult men into young girls change rooms it is certainly a quiet minority of crazies who are

00:08:26.580 pushing for this stuff it's important that we are louder than they are okay guys thank you so much

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00:08:42.820 at www.freedomoccupation.ca that's everything i have for you today thank you so much have a great weekend

00:08:48.420 and god bless

00:09:01.460 thank you

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Juno News - March 11, 2023

Alberta won’t take Quebec’s asylum seekers

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