Western Standard - February 26, 2024


Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse enters Alberta NDP leadership race


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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

153.66821

Word count

310

Sentence count

14


Summary

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Jody Kalahou Stonehouse is running to be the next leader of the Alberta New Democrats. In this episode, she talks about her vision for the party and the team she's building to lead it to victory in the upcoming election.

Transcript

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00:00:00.960 Don Satoya, my name is Jody Kalahou Stonehouse and I'm running to be the leader of the Alberta
00:00:07.360 New Democrats. As a First Nations woman, I come from a value system where no one gets left behind
00:00:14.240 and there is room for everyone in the circle. I believe that as a party we are stronger together,
00:00:22.080 unified, working together to work alongside Albertans to build the strongest Alberta possible.
00:00:28.320 And I want to talk to you a little bit about my extraordinary team that I am going to lead
00:00:32.960 to be the next government of our beautiful province. We have doctors who are specialists,
00:00:38.960 we have energy experts, renewable strategists, we have got social workers, former teachers,
00:00:45.600 we have such a well diverse group of leaders who are ready to govern because Alberta we are headed
00:00:54.000 into some difficult times. We are going to be facing forest fires, drought, we are going to sit
00:01:00.320 together and decide how it is as farmers, ranchers, industry, businesses and citizens, how we are going
00:01:08.000 to make policy that ensures each and every one of us have access to the water that we are going to need.
00:01:14.720 We have to make some changes around our energy diversification. We have got to do better Alberta,
00:01:21.520 but we are going to do better with an extraordinary team that I am leading. Rachel would say our
00:01:27.440 greatest resource isn't what flows under our feet, but rather what walks on top. And she's so right.
00:01:34.560 Our greatest strength is all of us. We are currently the largest opposition that Alberta has ever had.
00:01:42.000 I will continue to build our team so that we are ready to face the complex issues that are going to be
00:01:49.600 facing Albertans. My name is Jody Kalahou Stonehouse and I'm running to be the leader of the New Democrat
00:01:55.440 Party of Alberta.