The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - February 04, 2023


Hinshaw hired in British Columbia

Topics
Hinshaw hired in BC Edmonton safety measures child care agreement
Hosted by
Isaac Lamoureux
Mentioned
Dina Hinshaw Marshall Smith Danielle Smith Bonnie Henry Rachel Emanuel Andrew Stanton Kate McKinnon Daveed Diggs Kennedy Oscar
Smith calls out the CBC Handshake from hell

Episode Stats


Length

9 minutes

Words per minute

163.67

Word count

1,586

Sentence count

107

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Dr. Dino Hinshaw has been hired in BC, there s a new public safety strategy for Edmonton, and finally, the UCP's recovery plan for addictions and homelessness is hitting a milestone this month. All that and more happening now on the Alberta Roundup.

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00:00:24.900 Hey everyone, welcome back to the Alberta Roundup. I'm your host, Rachel Emanuel.
00:00:28.180 I hope that you guys are having a great weekend so far.
00:00:31.280 Let's take a look at what happened this week in Alberta politics.
00:00:34.460 Dino Hinshaw has been hired in BC.
00:00:36.980 There's a new public safety strategy for Edmonton.
00:00:40.280 And finally, the UCP's recovery plan for addictions and homelessness is hitting a big milestone this month.
00:00:47.280 All that and more happening now on the Alberta Roundup.
00:00:50.160 Okay guys, let's dive into this first story here because I know you guys are going to have a lot to say about it.
00:00:54.700 Alberta's former Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Dino Hinshaw, has been given a six-month contract in BC as the Deputy Provincial Health Officer.
00:01:03.620 I'm sure you guys remember that during the United Conservative Party leadership race this past summer,
00:01:07.880 Danielle Smith, now the Premier, campaigned on promises to do away with Dino Hinshaw and the COVID-19 restrictions she implemented.
00:01:15.180 Smith made good on those promises very quickly after being elected and Hinshaw was turfed in November.
00:01:19.920 But the BC government says Hinshaw will, quote, support the work of the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry,
00:01:27.940 while filling in for another Deputy Provincial Health Officer.
00:01:31.100 In a statement, Henry wrote, quote,
00:01:32.760 Under Hinshaw's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kennedy government implemented vaccine passports and closed schools and churches for a while.
00:01:54.840 And you guys likely remember the backlash Hinshaw received when it was revealed that she took home a $228,000 COVID bonus in 2021.
00:02:03.340 Now, that was on top of her over $360,000 salary. 0.87
00:02:07.400 So, in 2021, she took home well over half a million dollars.
00:02:11.520 Let me know in the comments section below what you think about Hinshaw getting hired in BC.
00:02:15.240 Another big story this week is that the Alberta government announced measures to improve safety in Edmonton.
00:02:21.100 If you guys live in Edmonton, you know how unsafe the city can be, especially if you need to use public transit.
00:02:26.320 So, the Alberta government made an announcement to that effect earlier this week.
00:02:29.700 Take a listen to those comments now.
00:02:31.120 When the provincial government announced the Edmonton Task Force, I made it very clear that action must be taken immediately.
00:02:39.060 Today, I'm proud to share that we are doing just that.
00:02:42.640 In partnership with the Edmonton Police Service, Alberta sheriffs are being redeployed to the downtown streets and keeping Edmontonians safe.
00:02:51.640 By establishing a more visible presence with more boots on the ground, we can deter crime and make Albertans who live, work, and visit these communities feel safe.
00:03:03.080 With the help of Alberta sheriffs, EPS can run these patrols seven days a week and cover a larger geographic area.
00:03:10.480 A larger area may include specific LRT locations, the Pedway system, and other areas of high crime and social disorder.
00:03:18.620 And that announcement was met with a positive reaction from Edmonton's Chinatown community.
00:03:23.040 Representatives said that crime has cost them a million dollars in damages.
00:03:26.920 In the past year, Chinatown has suffered numerous and unprecedented safety issues in our community.
00:03:38.480 We have suffered from millions of dollars worth of property damages.
00:03:46.640 We have lost of businesses.
00:03:49.260 We have lost our personal safety aspect of everything, including life itself.
00:03:58.920 So, with this action by the province and the police, I would like to thank you, because without action, there will be no moving forward.
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00:04:23.840 Moving on to our next story here.
00:04:28.420 For those of you who have kids at home, you might be following the federal and provincial government's efforts to provide $10 a day child daycare.
00:04:34.980 In November 2021, Alberta and Ottawa agreed on a $3.8 billion deal to reduce child care to $10 a day in the province within five years.
00:04:44.580 The original deal included plans to open 42,500 new non-profit spaces.
00:04:49.780 Tuesday's announcement would add an additional 22,500 spaces, with the hopes of having them operational by 2025 to 2026.
00:04:58.380 The deal officially called the Canada-Alberta Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
00:05:03.360 That is an absolute mouthful.
00:05:04.840 I feel like they could have come up with a better name.
00:05:06.800 It's expected to save parents between $450 and $635 per month for each child receiving full-time care.
00:05:14.500 That's an absolutely massive amount of savings.
00:05:16.860 It's good news for parents who rely on those spaces.
00:05:18.820 Okay, moving into our Daily Comment Roundup.
00:05:21.620 Last week, we spent a lot of time going over the CBC story.
00:05:24.980 You guys remember the details, I'm sure.
00:05:27.180 CBC has written two stories alleging that the Premier has in some way or another put pressure on the Justice Minister and Crown Prosecutors
00:05:34.240 regarding cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Coutts border blockade.
00:05:39.240 No emails or evidence of other exchanges between the Premier and the Crown Prosecutors being inappropriate has been uncovered.
00:05:44.820 And the Premier has called the CBC's reporting defamatory and asked them to issue a retraction and an apology.
00:05:51.180 The CBC is standing behind their reporting as we discussed last week.
00:05:54.960 And here's what you guys had to say about it.
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00:06:59.760 Okay, moving into what we're watching in the weeks to come, I think this is a really important story
00:07:03.940 because it relates to public safety in our cities across Alberta.
00:07:07.700 And of course, across Canada, but Alberta is really the only province that's taking serious action
00:07:11.960 to address the crisis of homelessness and addiction right now.
00:07:15.580 In fact, the United Conservative Party government's first major project in their efforts to stem this crisis
00:07:20.380 is opening later this month.
00:07:22.040 It's the size of a football field, and it's the first of its kind in Alberta.
00:07:25.760 It's also the first of states' massive recovery communities currently being built by the province.
00:07:31.380 I was able to go get a tour of it earlier this week, and so we're going to show some of that footage for you now.
00:07:36.100 I also spoke to Marshall Smith about the recovery community.
00:07:39.120 He is Alberta Premier Daniel Smith's Chief of Staff, and he's also a recovered addict of 17 years.
00:07:43.980 A couple weeks ago, I wrote a profile on Marshall, who spent four years living on Vancouver streets as a homeless drug addict.
00:07:49.780 If you guys haven't read that profile already, you should absolutely go check it out.
00:07:52.840 In the past four years, Marshall has been guiding the UCP's approach to homelessness and addiction.
00:07:57.880 He says previous governments of all political spectrums haven't had the political will to
00:08:02.060 appropriately plan, fund, and build a proper system of care for those struggling.
00:08:07.140 But that's about to change in Alberta, as the province trades what he calls decades of neglect
00:08:12.040 for a breathtaking system of care.
00:08:15.160 Marshall told me the province hopes to build 11 in total,
00:08:18.040 but details on other facilities are not yet public.
00:08:20.520 The facilities cost around $20 million each to build,
00:08:24.860 and programs can last from one month to one year, depending on the client's needs.
00:08:29.200 And finally, you guys, I just wanted to end the show on a positive note for you guys.
00:08:32.560 I'm sure most of you will be relieved to hear this.
00:08:34.460 We've been covering the House of Commons Public Safety Committee for a while,
00:08:37.640 and the Liberal government's very last-minute efforts to ban hundreds more models of semi-automatic
00:08:42.340 shotguns and rifles, including those primarily used by hunters, sports shooters, and farmers.
00:08:47.400 Well, on Friday morning, after weeks of very loud opposition from both the Conservatives and the NDP,
00:08:53.940 the Liberal government withdrew those amendments.
00:08:56.160 I've no doubt that some of you will be breathing a sigh of relief.
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00:09:01.320 Okay, guys, that's all I have for you today.
00:09:02.880 Thank you so much for tuning in.
00:09:04.040 Don't forget to comment below and let me know what you think about Hinshaw taking a job in BC.
00:09:08.980 I hope that you guys have a great rest of your weekend, and God bless.
00:09:11.420 I hope that you guys have a great rest of your weekend, and I hope that you guys have a great rest of your weekend.