The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - February 11, 2023


Handshake from hell

Hosted by
Isaac Lamoureux
Mentioned
Danielle Smith Henry Hinshaw Shelley Chappelle Florence Lawrence Arthur Pawlowski Rachel Emanuel Pierre Poilievre David Coletto Rachel Notley Jason Kenney Dina Hinshaw Bonnie Henry Aaron M Trudeau Bitcoin
Hinshaw hired in British Columbia Poilievre denounces “Just Transition”

Episode Stats


Length

9 minutes

Words per minute

179.07

Word count

1,773

Sentence count

116

Harmful content

Misogyny

4

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Summary

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This week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was caught on camera having a rather awkward handshake with the Prime Minister. The topic of amnesty for those charged for breaching COVID-19 came up again this week, and we have some new polling numbers as the United Conservative Party prepares to face the Alberta NDP in a spring general election. All that and more happening now on the Alberta Roundup.

Transcript

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00:00:24.980 Hey everyone, welcome back to the Alberta Roundup. I'm your host, Rachel Emanuel.
00:00:28.480 I hope that you guys are having a great week so far.
00:00:31.400 Let's take a look at what happened this week in Alberta politics.
00:00:34.200 Unless you're living under a rock, you probably know that Alberta Premier Daniel Smith was in Ottawa this week.
00:00:39.640 And she had some new announcements to make about healthcare funding.
00:00:43.000 The topic of amnesty for those charged for breaching COVID-19 restrictions came up again this week.
00:00:48.240 And we have some new polling numbers as the United Conservative Party prepares to face the Alberta NDP in a spring general election.
00:00:55.100 All that and more happening now on the Alberta Roundup.
00:00:57.440 Okay guys, let's start with the story that everybody is talking about this week.
00:01:01.360 The infamous handshake.
00:01:02.780 This week, while she was in Ottawa, Alberta Premier Daniel Smith was captured on video having a rather awkward handshake with the Prime Minister.
00:01:09.640 If you're like me, you're probably wondering what on earth happened that was a very uncomfortable looking exchange.
00:01:24.480 Well, the Premier clarified afterwards that she wasn't expecting the Prime Minister to go in for a handshake because they had just grasped hands backstage.
00:01:32.360 I had already shaken his hand, so we already said our hellos.
00:01:36.820 I was taken a bit by surprise that he wanted me to shake hands again, so we kind of missed the landing.
00:01:42.060 It was a little bit awkward, but we ended up having a really good discussion after that.
00:01:46.620 Smith also started her Thursday afternoon press conference in Calgary by going around the room and shaking everyone's hands,
00:01:52.320 probably just to prove that she could do it.
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00:02:19.840 She also met with federal Conservative leader Pierre Polyev and, of course, with the Prime Minister.
00:02:26.900 She spoke at length about their discussion, which she said was overall positive.
00:02:30.980 Smith also said she told Trudeau his government must end work on its proposed just transition legislation,
00:02:36.600 which the Premier has been a staunch opponent of, as well as its emissions reduction cap
00:02:40.740 and its ban on electricity for natural gas.
00:02:43.720 Take a listen to some of her remarks now.
00:02:45.220 Let me be brutally honest.
00:02:47.420 The Prime Minister has not yet shown himself to be a friend of Alberta.
00:02:52.300 There are a litany of federal policies that he has imposed that have been exceptionally harmful to our economy
00:02:57.900 and to our investment climate, and that have cost Albertans tens of thousands of jobs
00:03:02.600 and tens of billions of investment and projects.
00:03:05.880 But this issue is far bigger than me or this Prime Minister.
00:03:09.580 I know that, and I hope that he knows that, too.
00:03:12.720 There are trillions of dollars in revenues, hundreds of billions of dollars in investment,
00:03:17.080 and millions of jobs riding on Alberta and Ottawa working together instead of in conflict
00:03:22.580 and creating an attractive and certain investment climate that millions around the world want to invest in and move to.
00:03:29.580 The Prime Minister is being criticized across the country and from within his own party
00:03:35.660 as being unnecessarily divisive and unable to improve national unity or economic growth.
00:03:42.460 Well, here's a golden opportunity.
00:03:44.680 Come to the table and work collaboratively with Alberta
00:03:47.340 on probably the most important economic issue facing this country in a generation.
00:03:51.920 I'm opening the door, but I also have to be pretty clear.
00:03:56.660 If the Prime Minister chooses to slam this door in our face and moves unilaterally forward
00:04:01.940 with just transition or other impossible and arbitrary emissions targets or policies
00:04:07.920 without Alberta's involvement and agreement, Alberta will be relentless in our opposition,
00:04:13.080 and we will use every tool at our disposal to protect Albertans, their jobs, and their future.
00:04:17.920 The ball is now in the Prime Minister's court, and I hope his response to my offer is the right one.
00:04:23.460 The Premier also said she expects to ink a 10-year funding health care agreement with Ottawa
00:04:27.700 in the coming days or weeks.
00:04:30.200 The province is estimating its shares will be about $518 million new dollars.
00:04:35.480 The Alberta government plans to use the new cash, which Smith called significant,
00:04:39.800 to double down on its initiatives to improve the health care sector.
00:04:42.800 She also pointed to Alberta's ongoing efforts to reduce emergency room wait times,
00:04:47.840 ambulance wait times, and the surgical backlog.
00:04:50.420 The Premier also said she's pleased that most of the funding will come with no strings attached.
00:04:54.860 Moving into our next story here, Alberta Premier Daniel Smith also said she's spoken to people
00:04:59.020 who have been charged for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
00:05:02.240 That includes Arthur Pawlowski, but Smith said she explained to the street preacher
00:05:05.760 that she was unable to grant him amnesty.
00:05:08.440 Pawlowski faces two charges of criminal mischief,
00:05:10.880 and a charge under Alberta's Critical Infrastructure Defence Act
00:05:14.300 related to the Coutts border blockade, which took place one year ago.
00:05:17.800 His trial took place last week, and the judge's decision has not yet been set.
00:05:21.940 Here's what the Premier had to say about it.
00:05:23.460 You know, I've talked to everyone who has concerns about some of the enforcement orders
00:05:30.860 that are against them, and I have told them the same thing that I have told all of you,
00:05:37.040 that I'm awaiting to see the result of a couple of different cases.
00:05:39.760 I'm taking the advice of my Attorney General, and that we'll have to wait for the process to play out.
00:05:44.600 Just specifically, have you spoken to him directly?
00:05:47.400 Yes.
00:05:47.820 Okay.
00:05:48.380 And could you let me know, in the course of that conversation,
00:05:53.180 did you tell him or indicate to him that you would have people looking in
00:05:59.660 to see what could be done with his specific charges?
00:06:01.620 I have always said that I campaigned on it for seven months,
00:06:05.540 that I would look into what the options were for amnesty,
00:06:08.420 and that I would look into what the options were on that.
00:06:11.000 And my Justice Minister came back and said that amnesty is not possible for a Premier.
00:06:16.260 The only role of amnesty is the Governor General in our country, the way our system works.
00:06:20.060 And his advice to me was having lost one case, the CM versus Alberta case,
00:06:24.840 that we were going to wait on the Ingram case to see if there's some clarity in law.
00:06:28.440 So that was the advice of my Justice Minister, and that's what I'm waiting for.
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00:07:05.040 You might remember that a couple of weeks ago,
00:07:07.240 the CBC reported that Premier Smith has been inappropriately pressuring
00:07:11.180 her Justice Minister to drop COVID cases.
00:07:13.800 In my opinion, the Premier looks less than impressed with the exchange.
00:07:18.280 And finally, what we're watching in the weeks to come,
00:07:20.500 a new poll from Abacus Data suggests that the United Conservative Party is ramping up steam
00:07:25.260 as it prepares for a spring election against the Alberta NDP.
00:07:29.240 The poll shows that it will once again be a two-horse race between the NDP and the UCP,
00:07:33.700 with the Alberta Party sitting in a distant third.
00:07:36.480 David Coletto, Abacus Data chairman and CEO, said,
00:07:39.300 There is still a sizable group of people who did vote for the UCP back in 2019 who remain undecided.
00:07:47.180 They still are not entirely comfortable with Danielle Smith.
00:07:50.500 They're still, I think, disappointed with some of the decisions that the Jason Kenney administration made.
00:07:55.960 And so they're still sitting on the sidelines.
00:07:58.220 The other side of that, though, is that they aren't completely comfortable with the New Democrats
00:08:02.420 and Rachel Notley either.
00:08:04.880 The survey also found that Calgary will be a key battleground in the election,
00:08:08.460 which you likely know if you're living in Alberta.
00:08:10.900 In Calgary, the NDP currently hold a slight edge over the UCP.
00:08:14.980 Voters in Edmonton seem more likely to vote for the NDP,
00:08:18.080 while outside of Alberta's two major cities, the UCP is leading.
00:08:21.880 Okay, guys, and now it's time for my daily comment roundup.
00:08:24.420 I wanted to go over some of your comments from last week
00:08:26.500 when I asked you what you thought about Dina Hinshaw being hired in BC. 0.80
00:08:30.420 You guys had some pretty funny responses, so I'm going to read some of them now.
00:08:34.180 User Aaron M says,
00:08:35.540 As a resident of BC, I am ashamed and appalled about this decision.
00:08:40.140 User Shelley Chappelle said,
00:08:41.740 I cannot believe Hinshaw made so much money because of 2020.
00:08:45.920 While the rest of us suffered enormous mental and social conditions,
00:08:49.400 while high government officials get bonuses from our hard work.
00:08:53.360 It's criminal, really.
00:08:55.080 User Lawrence Lawrence wrote,
00:08:56.760 I applauded that Hinshaw and her overpriced accomplices got fired in Alberta.
00:09:01.260 Good move, Alberta.
00:09:02.560 But for her to be hired in BC is shocking.
00:09:05.320 Bonnie Henry, an unelected official, and her tyranny needed to be fired a long time ago. 1.00
00:09:10.680 But now we have the Henry Hinshaw clown show
00:09:13.680 to set this province back when others are moving forward.
00:09:17.760 BC needs a better political party besides the NDP.
00:09:21.720 And user New Sabinium says,
00:09:23.580 I wish I could fail up as much as these bureaucrats. 0.99
00:09:26.800 Honestly, I think that's how most of us feel.
00:09:28.820 It seems like there's really no repercussions for them,
00:09:31.500 no matter what their actions are.
00:09:33.560 Okay, everyone, that's all I have for you today.
00:09:35.340 Thank you so much for tuning in to the Alberta Roundup.
00:09:37.720 I hope that you guys have a great rest of your weekend,
00:09:39.640 and God bless.
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