The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - Poilievre denounces “Just Transition”

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00:00:24.700 Hey everyone, welcome back to the Alberta Roundup. I'm your host, Rachel Emanuel.

00:00:28.300 I hope that you guys are having a great week so far.

00:00:31.140 Let's take a look at what we're going to be talking about on today's show.

00:00:34.380 Federal Conservative leader Pierre Polyev agrees with Premier Danielle Smith on just transition.

00:00:39.860 Meanwhile, Premier Smith is demanding answer on her proposal to the Prime Minister.

00:00:44.800 There's also a new pilot program to increase public safety in Calgary, and another program to prevent overdoses.

00:00:51.740 We're also going to be talking a little bit about my Freedom Convoy documentary,

00:00:55.020 and of course, I'll be doing a weekly comment roundup.

00:00:57.880 All that and more happening now on the Alberta Roundup.

00:01:01.340 Okay guys, up first.

00:01:03.060 Federal Conservative leader Pierre Polyev says he backs Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's concerns

00:01:07.720 about Ottawa's anti-oil and gas agenda.

00:01:11.060 The federal leader was in Calgary on Thursday.

00:01:14.040 He said the federal government's plan would make Canada dependent on foreign, polluting dictatorships,

00:01:19.340 and allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue to dominate the European energy market.

00:01:23.920 Also on Thursday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wrote to the Prime Minister asking to follow

00:01:28.740 up on their February 7th meeting, in which she asked him to halt federal government plans

00:01:33.320 on just transition legislation.

00:01:35.260 She also wants him to toss away new regulations introduced under the Federal Emissions Reductions

00:01:39.720 Plan, such as the Clean Electricity Regulations and the Oil and Gas Sector Emissions Cap.

00:01:44.860 On our previous shows, we've discussed how Smith has asked Trudeau to instead partner with Alberta

00:01:49.420 on collaborative projects that they can both agree on.

00:01:52.680 That includes entracting investment to Alberta's conventional and non-conventional energy sector.

00:01:57.400 She proposed that both governments work on a coordinated approach to a carbon capture

00:02:00.980 utilization storage program, or CCUS, for the purpose of net reductions emissions in Alberta.

00:02:07.600 The Premier wrote, quote,

00:02:08.500 To this end, we propose coordinating a federal CCUS income tax credit with an expansion of

00:02:14.780 our current Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program to include CCUS projects.

00:02:19.760 This new incentive program would be in addition to the over $1.8 billion already invested into

00:02:25.960 CCUS projects across the province by the government of Alberta, as well as our province's additional

00:02:32.180 implicit contribution to CCUS made through our current royalty regime.

00:02:36.420 She also wants both governments to further discuss expanding this type of program to other

00:02:42.220 emerging reducing emissions technology.

00:02:44.760 She wrote, quote,

00:02:45.760 To this end, I request that we immediately create a federal provincial minister-led working

00:02:50.440 group with the objective of reaching agreement on a coordinated provincial federal CCUS incentive

00:02:55.300 program in the coming weeks.

00:02:57.040 A 12-week partnership between Alberta sheriffs and the Calgary police will begin at the end of

00:03:01.140 the month to help deter crime and stop social disorder.

00:03:04.260 The government of Alberta says the increase of 12 sheriffs in Calgary will help increase

00:03:08.620 police presence, while allowing the Calgary police to focus their presence on inner-city

00:03:12.900 neighborhoods.

00:03:13.960 Alberta Minister of Public Safety Mike Ellis says Albertans deserve to feel safe in their

00:03:18.060 homes, communities, and places of work.

00:03:20.200 He said, quote,

00:03:21.180 This initiative increases public safety by putting more eyes and ears in neighborhoods where they're

00:03:25.740 needed, and creates a more visible officer presence that will help deter crime, while connecting

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00:04:03.320 Conservative leader Pierre Polly was actually asked about this new program while he was in

00:04:06.900 Calgary, his hometown.

00:04:08.680 And he repeated his catchphrase.

00:04:10.180 You might have heard him say it before.

00:04:11.880 He says, everything in Canada feels broken.

00:04:14.280 Here's what that sounded like.

00:04:15.600 Everything feels broken in Canada today.

00:04:18.420 Communities are coming apart.

00:04:19.620 This is a problem from coast to coast.

00:04:23.540 So, we can't blame a local police force, municipal government, or even province.

00:04:29.440 It's just as bad, if not worse, in Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto.

00:04:35.440 Obviously, the problem is national in nature, and it has happened after eight years of Justin

00:04:41.940 Trudeau.

00:04:42.940 Why is it happening?

00:04:44.420 One, people are falling into poverty.

00:04:47.940 You got a fifth of people are cutting their groceries or they're cutting their meals because

00:04:53.320 they can't afford to eat.

00:04:54.920 And so, then they're ending desperate and on the streets and addicted to drugs.

00:04:59.120 And that's because of the inflationary policies Trudeau's implemented that have driven up the

00:05:02.860 cost of everything.

00:05:03.980 Two, he's implemented a catch and release policy that allow the most prolific repeat violent

00:05:10.140 offenders to go back onto the street again and again and again.

00:05:13.820 At the end of his comments there, he also added a number three, and that was safe supply programs,

00:05:18.360 but I cut that short because he went a little bit long.

00:05:20.600 We're going to move on to our next story here.

00:05:22.540 Amid ongoing efforts to address the homelessness and addictions crisis plaguing Alberta, and

00:05:27.420 honestly, all of Canada, the Alberta government has committed more than $4 million to overdoses

00:05:32.480 in Calgary.

00:05:33.240 The funds will flow to the Calgary Drop-In Centre to create dynamic overdose response teams

00:05:38.300 and establish 35 medical detox and pre-treatment beds.

00:05:42.100 Those are capable of treating 1,000 Calgarians per year.

00:05:45.360 Calgary Drop-In Centre Executive Director Sandra Clarkson said the beds will be

00:05:49.100 life-saving and life-changing for countless people in the years to come.

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00:06:14.220 You guys know that the government of Alberta has been doing a lot of work on the addictions

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00:06:19.300 I've covered it extensively, a little bit in this podcast, and a lot in my writing,

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00:06:25.280 Okay, guys, and I just wanted to give you a friendly reminder that my documentary,

00:06:29.240 The Freedom Occupation, aired for the first time on Thursday night.

00:06:33.300 Thank you so much to those of you who tuned in for the live show.

00:06:35.860 I really appreciate the support and that you all took the time to watch it.

00:06:38.980 For those of you who haven't had a chance to see it yet, you can view it at freedomoccupation.ca.

00:06:44.160 And while we're on the topic, I of course have to mention that the Prime Minister was found

00:06:47.680 on Friday that he was justified in invoking the Federal Emergencies Act for the first time

00:06:52.140 in Canadian history to deal with Freedom Convoy protesters.

00:06:55.280 We talk about the invocation of the Emergencies Act in the documentary,

00:06:58.620 how it will impact the Prime Minister, and how the Freedom Convoy will be remembered.

00:07:02.400 We're going to play a little clip of the doc for you right now.

00:07:04.700 Yeah, how did I feel driving home?

00:07:09.480 To be honest, at that time you're tired, you want to go home.

00:07:16.320 It didn't feel like the job was done.

00:07:18.300 Yes, we did accomplish something.

00:07:21.640 We woke up the world, first of all, and it actually still was giving people hope

00:07:28.560 that something would change, that things would get better.

00:07:31.700 But then the reception that we got in Niagara was unbelievable.

00:07:42.260 Yeah, the support that we got from the community meant an awful lot.

00:07:46.060 And having all these people on the side of the road standing there waving the flags again,

00:08:00.700 saying thank you for doing what you did, gave me a little bit of closure,

00:08:04.280 but you still wish that things would have gone different.

00:08:11.500 Yeah, I do feel like the convoy accomplished actually more than what we set out for.

00:08:17.580 Obviously the mandates, the federal mandates are still there,

00:08:20.520 but the community, at least here in Niagara region, is super unified.

00:08:27.520 The support is amazing.

00:08:31.700 I believe the mandates were there to try to disunify our country and keep people apart,

00:08:37.200 and it's done the exact opposite with the convoy.

00:08:40.600 So question of the week for you guys.

00:08:42.200 Do you think the prime minister was justified in invoking the Federal Emergencies Act?

00:08:46.220 Do you think there was a real threat of danger that the protesters posed?

00:08:50.860 Please comment on the video below and I'll read through your comments next week.

00:08:54.720 Okay, now that brings me to my weekly comment roundup.

00:08:57.320 Let's take a look at what you guys had to say under last week's show.

00:09:00.040 We talked a little bit about the UCP and NDP polling numbers.

00:09:03.520 User Jim Stott says,

00:09:04.580 For the life of me, I really don't understand how Danielle Smith is not much,

00:09:08.100 much further ahead of the NDP than she is.

00:09:11.160 Don't understand at all that Calgarians and Edmontonians

00:09:14.120 don't realize the gem of a leader they have with Premier Danielle Smith.

00:09:17.200 She has become the envy of many Canadians living in other provinces 0.99

00:09:21.580 and even people living in other countries

00:09:23.460 who have come to know her via some of her online interviews.

00:09:26.900 Danielle, as a politician, is a much-needed breath of fresh air 1.00

00:09:29.780 and she's earned her place as a leader of Alberta.

00:09:32.500 I really hope she goes far.

00:09:33.860 Wake up, Alberta.

00:09:35.080 Commenting on the super awkward handshake between Danielle and the prime minister,

00:09:39.120 Oscar Guerrero says,

00:09:40.220 I actually forgot about that rule of decorum and I wish I hadn't.

00:09:55.880 I think it's time to bring back more decorum in Canadian society,

00:09:58.920 such as just basic manners.

00:10:00.680 But from now on, you can only offer to shake a woman's hand if you're a man,

00:10:04.160 if she offers it first.

00:10:05.420 Lastly, user Keith Miller said,

00:10:07.080 I like your reporting,

00:10:08.180 but these misleading clickbait titles are annoying

00:10:10.700 and undercut your journalism.

00:10:12.340 Keith, I appreciate your feedback

00:10:13.680 and I like that you enjoy the reporting.

00:10:15.940 My response would be to say,

00:10:17.100 I don't think that the title was misleading.

00:10:18.820 I think it was just a funny take on a silly incident that happened.

00:10:22.100 I would also say that video podcast

00:10:23.340 isn't a super serious or traditional style of reporting.

00:10:27.020 Obviously, I do my best to bring you guys the accurate facts,

00:10:29.580 so I think I do a pretty good job of that.

00:10:31.440 But I think podcasting as a medium

00:10:32.820 allows you to just have a little more fun with things.

00:10:35.120 This isn't a traditional broadcasting medium,

00:10:36.980 so I think I can be a little bit more casual.

00:10:39.060 It might surprise some of you to learn

00:10:40.220 that I'm actually sitting on the floor right now

00:10:41.740 in my little podcasting corner.

00:10:43.420 But I have had a couple of these complaints.

00:10:45.160 I think a couple of weeks ago,

00:10:46.200 someone complained that I used the phrase,

00:10:47.880 you guys too much.

00:10:49.280 Again, I think this is just a more casual style of communication

00:10:51.940 and it's one that I really enjoy.

00:10:53.800 So Keith, I hope my clickbaity headlines

00:10:55.800 don't turn you off from my journalism.

00:10:57.700 I do appreciate the feedback,

00:10:58.920 but I don't think they're going anywhere.

00:11:00.400 Okay, guys, that's all I have for you today.

00:11:02.140 Thank you so much for tuning into this week's episode

00:11:04.160 of the Alberta Roundup.

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00:11:10.240 or if you're so inclined,

00:11:11.480 you can also support our work

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00:11:15.340 Thank you so much for tuning in.

00:11:16.660 I hope that you guys have a great week

00:11:17.960 and God bless.

The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - February 18, 2023

Poilievre denounces “Just Transition”

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