The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - 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 emmanuel 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

00:00:19.540 the alberta government says they have no plans to take in any asylum seekers crossing the u.s

00:00:24.900 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

00:00:40.760 progress in his effort to make it harder for violent offenders to get bail all that and more happening

00:00:45.640 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

00:00:56.860 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

00:01:21.060 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

00:01:32.280 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

00:01:43.440 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

00:02:04.900 claims lie solely with the federal government and alberta does not currently have any arrangement

00:02:09.960 or agreement in place with the federal government that would facilitate individuals who cross the

00:02:14.980 border at unofficial border crossings being transported to alberta okay guys and moving

00:02:19.980 into our next story here a recent poll from abacus data shows the alberta ndp are tied with daniel's fifth

00:02:25.500 united conservative party heading into a spring general election the poll released on monday shows

00:02:31.080 that 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

00:02:41.360 from ucp detractors of those who voted for the alberta ndp in 2019 85 said they planned to vote

00:02:48.540 for rachel notley's party again in 2023 when it comes to the united conservative party 20 of past

00:02:54.840 voters said they're undecided this year abacus data ceo david coletto said quote those reluctant

00:03:00.740 uc peers will decide the outcome of the provincial election you guys likely know from last week show

00:03:05.840 that the ucp is crazy busy tabling legislation right now the alberta legislature is sitting for one

00:03:11.280 month before it breaks ahead of may's general election but the ucp has also begun casually

00:03:16.780 campaigning of course the election campaign has not officially begun at a fundraising dinner in

00:03:20.980 edmonton earlier this week alberta premier daniel smith sought to set the record straight

00:03:25.260 on the ucp's health care plan now let's talk about health care and i want to be very clear

00:03:31.320 on something so rachel notley's twitter account needs to pay attention to this no matter who you are

00:03:38.540 or how much money you make you should never have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor ever

00:03:49.260 and that is why our ucp government has made a record 24.2 billion dollar investment into health

00:03:55.900 care including two billion dollars alone in direct primary care under the ucp alberta has already hired

00:04:02.380 700 more doctors 1800 more nurses to take care of patients and we're continuing with our plan to

00:04:08.620 hire an additional 3600 new doctors nurses paramedics and other health care professionals

00:04:19.260 and that is so that every albertan can get to see a family doctor and get access to health care when

00:04:24.220 and where they need it this also means a new hospital for south edmonton the first hospital in nearly four

00:04:31.340 decades in this city i see uh free uh premier i see deputy premier casey maddu probably out there

00:04:38.860 dancing a jig he's here this evening of course and i want to acknowledge the hard work he has done

00:04:43.580 advocating for the people of edmonton in fact the edmonton south hospital is one of our highest

00:04:48.940 priorities we have uh dedicated over 634 million dollars committed right now with more calming to get

00:04:55.260 the job done so uh casey if you want to go to home depot grab some shovels i'll meet you over there

00:05:00.300 when the spring thaw hits and we'll break some ground on it together what we're watching in the

00:05:04.620 weeks to come this is a huge story definitely something we're going to be keeping our eye on

00:05:08.620 alberta justice minister tyler shandro announced late this week that after meeting with all provinces

00:05:13.420 and territories the federal government has agreed to amend the criminal code to make it harder for

00:05:17.980 violent offenders to get bail the alberta government is now calling on the federal government to pass

00:05:22.460 legislation to amend the criminal code immediately in a statement shandro said quote all provinces and

00:05:27.500 territories stood united and demanded this of the federal government in order to make real change

00:05:32.300 and the federal government agreed to amend canada's criminal code as early as this legislative session

00:05:37.820 the march 10 meeting of canada's attorneys general justice and public safety ministers about bail

00:05:42.620 was long overdue but not as long overdue as addressing the current bail system this country has

00:05:48.140 alberta calls on the federal government to walk the walk live up to its promises and make change now

00:05:54.300 it is the right thing to do victims law enforcement and all albertans have been waiting far too long for

00:05:59.900 this to happen as those of you who watched last week's show know the provincial government said it

00:06:04.460 would be tabling legislation on firearms here's what tyler shandro had to say about that legislation

00:06:09.420 earlier this week we're introducing the alberta firearms act to ensure that our law-abiding firearms

00:06:14.460 community here in alberta is better served we're standing up for albertans by ensuring that police

00:06:19.100 resources are kept where they need to be we're stepping in and standing up for albertans by

00:06:24.620 introducing the alberta firearms act for many albertans firearms are a part of everyday life

00:06:30.220 our province is home to a massive community of over 300 000 hunters and farmers and sports shooters

00:06:37.340 farm owners make up a valuable part of our community here in alberta

00:06:41.020 and on top of that we have over 650 firearms related businesses here in in alberta they're all

00:06:47.900 small businesses who survived one of the worst economic periods in the history of this province

00:06:53.180 only to find themselves in the crosshairs of the trudeau liberals none of these federal

00:06:57.740 policies will make our community safer they're targeting law-abiding responsible canadians at a time

00:07:04.380 when violent crime is surging across the country the liberals have decided to waste taxpayer money

00:07:10.060 and waste time on this confiscation program okay guys and i just want to bring you a couple comments

00:07:15.020 from last week's show last week we covered pastor reimer who was arrested after protesting at a drag

00:07:20.380 queen story hour he's being held in prison until he agrees to comply with bail orders youtube user ng

00:07:26.300 said this is insane no two stories in drag for children user bruce turr said daniel smith's budget is

00:07:32.860 brilliant obviously we also covered the budget last week if you're still not sure what's in it you can go find

00:07:37.900 last week's episode it's on youtube and user stan cal wrote family friendly and drag queen are two

00:07:43.260 terms that do not go together at all aaron wood wrote i don't understand why you need drag story

00:07:49.500 time it's unfortunate that they think the average human intelligence is so low and we are somehow

00:07:54.700 systematically discriminating people because they are different at a young age no the answer is quite

00:08:00.380 simple you do what you do i do what i do don't compel me to accept something i don't want to accept

00:08:05.820 or consider being illogical or rooted in deep-seated narcissism or mental illness

00:08:10.060 i hope you get the help you need i will opt for the story time with regular people because that is

00:08:15.100 the 99 i don't think it can be stated enough that when it comes to things like drag queen story hour

00:08:20.540 and allowing adult men into young girls change rooms it is certainly a quiet minority of crazies who

00:08:26.540 are pushing for this stuff it's important that we are louder than they are okay guys thank you so much

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00:08:42.860 at www.freedomoccupation.ca that's everything i have for you today thank you so much have a great weekend and god bless

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The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - March 11, 2023

Alberta won’t take Quebec’s asylum seekers

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