Premier Danielle Smithโs new cabinet
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Learn English with Jamal Hamoud Al-Hamoudi, the Senior imam of the Ahmadiyya Community of Alberta. He delivers a traditional prayer to the Premier, the Lieutenant Governor, and all levels of government.
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Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the entrance of her honor, the Honorable Salmona
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Lakani, the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, and the Honorable Daniel Smith, Premier of
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I want to acknowledge this great event today that's taking place.
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And my prayers that I'm going to do is the prayers that I do for my chief and consul and the elders.
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I want to thank, we had a sweat in there, Daniel Smith, Muscatese, her Indian pre-name,
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right from the east of the light walks out a woman.
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That's her Cree name in our 3-6 territory across Canada.
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i was saying creator special blessings to the premier his family and all levels of government
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to come to work together to enjoy our resources this great country that we live i want to honor
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all different levels of chiefs also want to thank prime minister canada for making these provinces
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A'udhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim bismillahirrahmanirrahim
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Our Honorable Premier Daniel Smith, Honorable Officials, I greet you today with the best
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of salutation by saying assalamu alaikum peace be upon you all
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i am jamal hamoud the senior imam of alberta the muslim community of alberta
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this is not the first time for me to be among you today i'm very happy to express the feeling
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of the community at large that everybody is happy today after they have the and made the best choice
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to choose you and be the main representative of the community in Alberta
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I'm here today to ask Almighty God to bless you and to ask Almighty God to make the Albertans
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and the whole community benefit from your support, your service, your help.
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And I ask Almighty God to make you successful in your position.
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And my prayer to the province of Alberta to be the best, with God's will, in Canada.
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All of the community were happy to vote for you, because you care about their health,
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So I ask Almighty God to bless you and give you the best chance to support the community
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Again, I'm very happy to be among you and to congratulate the Albertans for forming
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the new government with the leadership of our honorable Premier Daniel Smith.
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bless you all peace be upon you good morning good morning your honors it is good to be among you
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again today thank you for having me back i'm glad to be here my name is sue oliver i'm the minister
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the of the anglican church of christ church here in edmonton and i am so delighted to be with you
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to pray with you today on this auspicious day and so let us pray eternal god you are the maker of
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all things and in your grace all things hold together you have given us stewardship of this
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good creation and the good land on which we gather today today we give you thanks for this great
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province of Alberta for bighorn sheep and white tailed deer for prairie grass and lodgepole pine
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for hoodoo hats and glacial peaks we give you thanks for the many peoples who are nourished
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by this land for its original stewards the first peoples who welcomed refugees from famine and war
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and others who look to this land for new beginning and we give you thanks for this legislature
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for those elected to serve their communities for those gifted with skills
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of research and writing of wisdom and insight and this morning we pray for the
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province that we love we pray especially for those displaced by wildfires and
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those who continue to fight them we pray for the unhoused who woke up on our
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streets this morning we pray for the addicted for the lonely and those who
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marginalized in our communities and in this month of june we remember all the alberta children who
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will soon be out of school for the summer we pray for their safety as they explore and enjoy their
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place in this land we pray for farmers factory workers and all who work for our common good
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in this province and we bring before you the many communities in alberta rural and urban
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who are represented by the people gathered here today from okotoks to high river from calgary to
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vagarville from jasper to medicine hat may a sense of unity and common purpose prevail and we pray
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for this assembly of leaders may they receive strength and good health to do the job you have
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set before them today we pray that the decisions made by this assembly may truly reflect reflect
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a spirit of gratitude a sense of wonder a burden of responsibility and a calling to service and
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justice and we pray for their families whose unseen sacrifices are many through missed dance
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recitals school concerts and family dinners may they be protected and sustained in the coming
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years and on this day we pray especially for danielle our premier in her leadership give
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her the wisdom to choose that which is right that which is true honorable that which is just and
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excellent strengthen her and grant her your wisdom in the days to come and so oh lord may this
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government be an instrument of your peace where there is fear let there be faith where there is
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despair let there be hope and where there is hatred may it sow seeds of love amen
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Your Honours, Premier, Ministers, Ministers, Designate,
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My name is Shannon Hegarty and I'm the Chief of Protocol for Alberta
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and it is my pleasure to welcome you to Government House
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Thank you also to the Elder Saddleback, Imai Hamoub, and Archdeacon Oliver for bringing your beautiful blessings today.
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It's such an important part of today's ceremony.
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I would now like to ask your honour, your Honourable Salma Lakhani, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, to please bring remarks.
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thank you shannon thank you major lust and thank you for volunteering today to be my
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aide-de-camp for this very important ceremony good morning everyone and welcome to this
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our beautiful government house for this special swearing-in ceremony i would like to acknowledge
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all our First Peoples who have called this place home for thousands of years and welcomed us here
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to make our own lives. May we always dwell together on these lands with peace, respect,
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understanding, and a sincere personal commitment to the process of reconciliation. I would like
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to begin by congratulating you, Premier Daniel Smith, and all your team members on your success
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in the election. Congratulations. I'm sure that every candidate, whether they were successful
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or not, poured their hearts, souls, and their energy into their campaigns. Each candidate
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should be thanked and congratulated because they have each played an important role in one of the
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most fundamental processes underpinning our Canadian way of life, the right to vote in a free
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and fair election your fellow Albertans have voted and they have chosen you to
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shape the next chapter of our Alberta story for those of you who are about to
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become ministers of the crown you can expect three things for sure first this
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is one of the rarest and most exciting appointments in our province relatively
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few people in our history have been chosen to serve as members of the
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assembly and fewer still are asked to take on the duties and responsibilities
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of cabinet I trust and I know that you will honor this important and unique
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opportunity by sharing the very best of your abilities and ideas every single
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day the second is that Alberta is a province of possibilities Albertans
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have chosen you to lead the vision for our province and chart the next way
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forward through the best of times and through challenges in moving toward
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better opportunities for all the third is something you already know from your
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campaigns that teamwork and collaboration are essential to success
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in any field but particularly in the work you are about to embark upon everyone has
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something valuable to offer and working together Albertans have achieved a great
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deal through the decades as his majesty the King's representative in Alberta I
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I offer my sincere congratulations. I wish you every success and I thank you
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sincerely for your service to Albertans. I would also like to recognize and
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thank the family members and friends present today. I know that you have
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worked incredibly hard to help your loved ones achieve this goal and that
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going forward your support will be invaluable as they take on their new
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responsibilities and on a personal note I would like to thank my husband Zahir
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for being here you have often seen him with me at events he tries to juggle his
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clinics and patients and other commitments so I thank you for being
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here and you know I was installed during COVID so I could not have any
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family attend my installation ceremony. So today I'm very proud and happy to say that I have my
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brother-in-law Shiraz Lakhani and Farida Lakhani who are visiting from Texas and they were able
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to join today in this very important ceremony and family support is what we all need, don't we?
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So thank you all for being here and now let us get to the business at hand, the important business
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at that thank you i have a letter from the premier recommending the members of executive council
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i accept her recommendations premier please now introduce the members of the executive council
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your honor and honorable guests i will introduce the members of my executive council whose
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portfolios will not change i ask them to stand as called and remain standing the honorable devon
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dreeshan the honorable nick lubish the honorable dale nally the honorable rick wilson thank you
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you may be seated your honor i would now ask the members swearing the oath of executive council to
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please step forward the honorable rj segurdsson the honorable tanya fir the honorable searl turnton
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the honorable bahamad yassin the honorable dan williams the honorable rick mckiver the honorable
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Jason Nixon. Your Honor, I would ask you to administer the Oath of Executive Council to
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these individuals. I will now administer the Oath of Executive Council to the new members.
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members please repeat so help me god or i affirm at the close of the oath
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oath of members of the executive council you rj segertson tanya furr
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cyril turton muhammad yassin dan williams rick mckiver jason nixon do solemnly promise and swear
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that you will serve his majesty truly and faithfully in the place of his council in this
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his majesty's province of Alberta. You will keep close in secret all such matters as shall be
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treated, debated and resolved on in executive council without publishing or disclosing the same
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or any part thereof by word, writing or any otherwise to any person out of the same council
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but to such only as be of the council. And yet, if any matter so propounded, treated and debated
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in any such executive council shall touch any particular person sworn of the same council
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upon any such matter as shall in any wise concern their loyalty and fidelity to the king's majesty
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you will in no wise open the same to them but keep it secret as you would from any person
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until the King's Majesty's pleasure be known in that behalf.
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You will, in all things to be moved, treated, and debated
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faithfully, honestly, and truly declare your mind and opinion
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and the good of his subjects, without partiality or exception of persons, in no wise forbearing
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so to do from any manner of respect, favor, love, need, displeasure, or dread of any person
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or persons whatsoever. In general, you will be vigilant, diligent, and circumspect in all your
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doings touching the King's Majesty's affairs. All which matters and things you will faithfully
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observe and keep as a good counselor ought to do the utmost of your power will and discretion
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so help you god i so affirm members will now subscribe to the oath by signing the executive
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your honor i will now call forward the honorable mickey amory to take the oath as minister of
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justice. Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SANE in the Executive
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Council roll board. I, Mickey Amory, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear
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that I will duly and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge
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execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as Minister of Justice for the
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Charles III, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada, and his other realms and
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territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these
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presence shall come. Greeting. Know ye that having confidence in the loyalty, integrity and ability
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of the Honourable Kasim Miki Emery KCECA of Chestermere in the province of Alberta,
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I, under and by virtue of the power in me vested in that behalf, do appoint him,
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the said Honourable Kasim Miki Emery, KCECA, to be Minister of Justice for the province of Alberta
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to have and to hold with all and every the powers, privileges, authority, and advantages
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to the said office of Minister of Justice, by right and by law appertaining.
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in testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the great seal of the
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province of Alberta to be here unto affixed. Witness the Honourable Salma Lakhani, Lieutenant
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Governor of the province of Alberta in our city of Edmonton in our said province this ninth day of
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june 2023 and in the first year of his majesty's reign by command
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all right the honorable michael ellis please step forward to take the oath as deputy premier
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minister ellis will continue on as minister of public safety and emergency services
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you have to take the right one all right might be this one please take the oath of
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office and subscribe to the same in the executive council role book
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i'm michael ellis do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully
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and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me
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as deputy premier for the province of alberta so have a go
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The Honourable Rajansani will please step forward
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to take the oath as minister of advanced education please take the oath of office
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and subscribe to same in the executive council rollbook I Rajan Sonny do
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solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully and to
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best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me as minister
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of advanced education for the province of alberta so help me god
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step forward to take the oath as minister of affordability and utilities please take the
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oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council rule book i nathan newdorf
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do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully and to the best of my
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skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me as minister of affordability and
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utilities for the province of alberta so help me god
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The Honourable R.J. Sigurdsson, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Agriculture
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please take the oath of office and subscribe to sane in the executive council role book
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i rj segerson do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully and
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to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me as minister
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of Agriculture and Irrigation for the province of Alberta.
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arts culture and status of women please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the
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executive council global i tanya fir do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly
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and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts repose
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in me as minister of arts culture and status of women for the province of
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The Honourable Cyril Turton, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Children and Family Services.
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please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council roll book
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i sir alternative you solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully
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and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust proposed in me
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as minister of children and family services for the province of alberta
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The Honourable Demetrius Nikolaitis, please step forward to take the oath as Minister
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Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SANE in the Executive Council Law Book.
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I, Dimitrios Nicolaides, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully, and to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as Minister of Education for the province of Alberta, so help me talk.
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The Honourable Brian Jean, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Energy and
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Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SANE in the Executive Council rollbook.
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I, Brian June, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully
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to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as Minister
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of Energy and Minerals for the province of Alberta, so help me God.
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the honorable rebecca schultz please step forward to take the oath as minister of environment and
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protected areas please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council
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law book i rebecca schultz do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly
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and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust
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proposed in me as Minister of Environment and Protected Areas for the province of Alberta.
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the honorable todd lowen please step forward to take the oath as minister of forestry and parks
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Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SANE in the Executive Council rollbook.
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I, Todd Lowen, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully,
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and to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute the powers and trust reposed in me
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as Minister of Forestry and Parks for the Province of Alberta.
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The Honourable Adriana LaGrange, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Health.
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please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council rule book
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i adriana lagrange do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully
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and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts reposed in me
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as minister of health for the province of alberta so help me god
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The Honourable Mohamed Yassin, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Immigration
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of multiculturalism please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council
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rulebook hi muhammad yasi to solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully
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and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts repose in me
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as Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism for the province of Alberta. So help me God.
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The Honourable Peter, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Infrastructure.
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I, Peter Guthrie, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully
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and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust proposed in me
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as Minister of Infrastructure for the Province of Alberta, so help me God.
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The Honourable Matthew Jones, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Jobs,
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please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council
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i matthew jones do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully and
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to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as minister
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of jobs economy and trade for the province of alberta so help me god
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the honorable dan williams please step forward to take the oath as minister of mental health
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and addiction please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council
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I, Dan Williams, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully
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and to the best of my skills and knowledge, execute the powers and trusts proposed in
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me as Minister of Mental Health and Addiction for the province of Alberta.
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The Honourable Rick McIver, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Municipal Affairs.
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Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SAIM in the Executive Council rulebook.
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I, Rick McIver, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully
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and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts reposed in me
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as Minister of Municipal Affairs for the province of Alberta, so help me God.
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the honorable jason nixon please step forward to take the oath as minister of seniors community
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and social services please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive
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council room i jason nixon do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly
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and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed
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to me as Minister of Seniors, Community, and Social Services for the province of Alberta.
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The Honourable Joseph Scow, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Tourism and Sport.
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please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council law book
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i joseph scow who solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully and to
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the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts proposed in me as minister of
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tourism and sport for the province of alberta so help me god
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And the Honourable Nathan Horner, please step forward to take the oath as President of
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Treasury Board and Minister of Finance. Please take the oath of office and
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subscribe to same in the Executive Council logo. I, Nathan Warner, do solemnly and
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sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully and to the best of
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my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts proposed in me as
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President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance for the province of Alberta.
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your honor these are the members of the executive council
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I trust you with the Great Seal of Alberta for safekeeping.
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The Hon. Daniel Smith, Premier of the province of Alberta, will now bring remarks.
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We are at a momentous point in Alberta's history.
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Today marks the start of an exciting future, one that will unfold over the next four years.
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This new cabinet is ready and willing to roll up its sleeves to take clear and decisive
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action to achieve our promises and commitments to Albertans.
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as a team we will govern for everyone in the province we will build on a solid foundation
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of stability informed decision making and good governance and we will do our best for the people
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of this province always and everywhere over the next four years we will improve on the
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affordability measures we already have in place such as fuel tax relief and electricity and
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natural gas rebates to help families keep more of their money in their wallets and pay for their
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daily expenses in the face of rising inflation will continue to diversify and expand alberta's
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economy with a powerful job growth and diversification strategy this strategy will build on
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alberta's existing strengths and set the province up for long-term success and prosperity for all
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albertans key to our economic success will be not only maintaining alberta's tax advantages but
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going even further to lock in the lowest overall tax rates in canada that means cutting personal
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to ensure that Albertans keep more of their hard earned dollars in their pockets.
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It will also mean ensuring that Albertans have a direct say
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on any future personal and business taxation changes.
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Bill, one of our new government will slam the door on personal and corporate tax increases
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and a sales tax, unless Albertans say otherwise, in a referendum.
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We will also continue to build partnerships and agreements with the Indigenous peoples of our
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province so they can more fully realize their goals and take their rightful
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place in Alberta's economy and society and most of all we will vigorously and firmly defend our
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province from disastrous federal policies that would devastate tens of thousands of hard-working
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families on health care we will keep our promises to shorten wait times improve primary care and
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develop an even stronger focus on mental health supports all without asking Albertans to pay to
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We will work closely with our valued partners, doctors, nurses, patients, teachers, parents, students, business leaders, and innovators to ensure Alberta's health care, education, and support systems are the best in the world.
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Albertans believe in our promises, and they gave us a mandate to make them happen.
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And there's a lot of work ahead of us, and that's why I'm so pleased that we have the right team to do the work.
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Our new cabinet is ready to go, but we won't, and we can't do it alone.
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We will never stop listening to all Albertans, even those who didn't vote for us.
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Let us know when we fall short and help us to make better decisions when we do.
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We step up when called upon to help our neighbours, as seen again this spring through the devastating wildfires.
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We love this beautiful province and the people who live here.
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We treasure the diversity that make this a home to be proud of.
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And we welcome any potential to do what is best for our families and realize our potential.
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And I pledge myself as premier to lead the cabinet just sworn in to ensure a stronger, safer, more prosperous province that Albertans deserve today.
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And that we want our children and grandchildren to inherit tomorrow.
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And may our province forever remain strong and free.
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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for being part of today's ceremony.
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We ask that if you can stay to please make your way up to the second floor and we have
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a little reception there for you, some snacks and some coffee and tea. Your new cabinet members
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are going to go do a bit of a media availability and then they'll come and meet you on the second
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floor to spend some time with you before they have to go to a cabinet meeting. So thank you
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once again and please enjoy the rest of your day. Congratulations to the ministers. Thank you.
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you can hear me good morning everyone and or good afternoon i guess it is now and thanks
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for joining us here today there is a lot of work to do to fulfill the mandate albertans have given
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us to grow our economy keep life affordable keep our streets safe and ensure our health
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and education systems are the best in the world today i'm proud to present albertans with a
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cabinet of talented, diverse, and experienced leaders in business, their communities, and
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political life who will share with me the responsibility to fulfill this mandate. It
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is especially gratifying to introduce a cabinet that represents all Albertans in all of our
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diversity. Nikki Amory returns to cabinet as Alberta's Justice Minister. This is an
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historic appointment as it is the first time Alberta has a Justice Minister of the Muslim
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faith. As an accomplished lawyer and a strong advocate for his community, Minister Amory is
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fully deserving of his appointment, which also shows all Albertans and those from around the
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world the openness and inclusiveness that we've built in this province together. It's also my
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pleasure to introduce Nate Horner as Alberta's Minister of Finance and President of Treasury
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Board. As you're aware, Minister Horner's family political roots run very deep in our province
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and include a Canadian senator, members of parliament, the federal cabinet minister,
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provincial cabinet ministers and deputy premiers and a provincial finance minister.
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Minister Horner will provide the stability and steady hand we're looking for while
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managing our province's finance. I'm also pleased to have such strong and diverse women
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and serving in such critical cabinet portfolios as heads of some of our government's most
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important departments. Rebecca Schultz returns to cabinet this time with the responsibility of
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continuing to build alberta's reputation and success as minister of environment and protected
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areas adriana lagrange is the new minister of health she'll be tasked with building on the
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success of the healthcare action plan and continue working with nurses doctors paramedics and other
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health professionals to innovate and to improve rajan sonny will remain in cabinet as minister of
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advanced education with the additional duties for skilled trades and professions including ensuring
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that we keep our economy growing with skilled workers for alberta's new and existing industries
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it's a pleasure to welcome tanya fir back to cabinet as minister of arts culture and status
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of women to continue making life better for alberta families and communities and build a future for
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our children and grandchildren that we can be proud of as and as premier i will be retaining
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the portfolio of intergovernmental affairs where i will continue building coalitions with other
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provinces and be a tireless advocate for alberta's interests i'm also delighted to welcome a new
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member scott sinclair who is a slave like businessman who brings his indigenous heritage
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to his new role as the chair of our public safety and wellness cabinet policy committee
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these highly competent individuals alongside the rest of their cabinet colleagues
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together will form a government that will listen to all voices and represent all albertans we will
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We will serve Indigenous communities, multicultural and multilingual communities and Albertans
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And I invite all Albertans to work with us, share your concerns and suggestions, positive
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and negative, that help us to make a better Alberta for all of us.
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We want the best for our families and our future.
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The cabinet just sworn in will work with all Albertans to do what is right and best
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and to realize Alberta's potential over the next four years.
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Thank you, and now Sam is going to help to moderate questions.
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We'll try and keep it quick since we're all out in the heat today.
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A reminder for reporters, we'll be going with one question and one follow-up.
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Please state your name and outlet when you go to the mic.
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We'll start off on the floor and then head on to the phones,
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and then if we have time, we'll go back to the floor.
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And I'll now invite our first reporter at the mic to ask the question.
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For the Premier, are you bringing Casey Maddou and Larry Kowmeyer back in as staffers with this government?
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And if so, what roles are they going to serve in and why?
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For both the Premier and the new Education Minister, Mr. Nicolaides, New Brunswick's government has adopted a new policy that teachers and staff don't have to use a student's preferred name and pronouns
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without their parents consent what do you think of this policy and how likely are you to consider
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some sort of similar initiative in alberta this is at what level the uh new brunswick and it's a
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level and it's a k-12 or it's 12. you know what i'll i'll consult with my cabinet on that and
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once they've gotten briefing on their roles i'll make sure that our education minister
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demetrius nicolaitis gets back to you but i would ask that you just give them a few days to get a
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briefing in their materials thank you janet we'll now go to the next question at the mic
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Question to you, Premier, about the Committee of the Defeated MLAs in Edmonton.
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We're thinking of doing that committee to represent or at least give you advice in Edmonton.
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Do you understand how Edmontonians might see that as a slap in the face to their democratic decision to elect only NDP MLAs?
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mlas look we have three excellent cabinet ministers from the edmonton area cyril turton dale nally
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and nick lubish they're going to be spearheading my outreach into edmonton we also have great
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relationships with tim cartmel and sarah hamilton who are on our task force and we're going to
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continue consulting with mayor sohee who has written me letters and who often make sure that
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i know his priorities in addition we have a number of staffers who live and work in edmonton i've got
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lots of opportunity to hear from edmontonians about edmontonians priorities and so i feel very
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confident that we're going to be able to make decisions for all albertans thank you and
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speaking of hot sunny weather you made a comment this week i didn't really make a comment this
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week on ryan jesserson show you he was asking you about the wildfires and how climate change
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is playing a part in that the experts are telling us the climate change is going to drive bigger
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nastier fire seasons of course across the sea across the country you talked about an investigation
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into arson but do you accept that climate change is driving the more the larger wildfire seasons
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not just here but across the country well look i think we have to make sure that people understand
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that human activity causes the vast majority of our wildfires if we've had 609 wildfires this year
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350 of them so far have been determined to be human caused 104 caused by lightning 155 are still
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under investigation we make sure that every fire that we do not know the cause of that we bring in
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forensic investigators to be able to examine that we have forensic fire investigators on staff at
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alberta wildfires and through our national agency the canadian interagency forest fire association
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we've made an additional request for forest fire investigators along with other labor resources and
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this request has been met we want to make sure that we understand the cause of all fires and we
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want to make sure that people understand that when conditions are dry and we're not getting rain that
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they have to be very careful when they are out when they're throwing cigarettes out the window
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when they're having campfires and that is i think the overriding message that people need to
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understand is that most wildfires are caused by human behavior that being said we put forward
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just before the election our Alberta emissions reduction and energy development plan. I've already
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spoken to the prime minister about how we may work together to achieve carbon neutrality targets
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by 2050. My overriding concern is that the federal government does not come in with legislation that
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is going to hamstring our economy. There are two pieces of legislation I'm very concerned about
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that they've talked about. They've talked about bringing in a 42% emissions cap on our oil and
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natural gas industry by 2030 that is unachievable they have talked about bringing in a net zero
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power grid by 2035 that is equally unachievable and so those are the things that are my priority
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right now is that we want to work together on addressing issues of emissions reduction
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but we have to do it in a way that allows us to to to use innovation and technology
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and have enough time to be able to implement it we take it very seriously in this province
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and we're going to continue to thank you graham and now we'll go to the next question on the mic
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safe guys or global news good afternoon premier uh wondering adriana lagrange who has a an anti-abortion
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past here she's been the president of red deer pro-life currently a board member of alberta pro-life
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majority reaction people upset wondering how she'll represent them like you vow to represent
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all albertans when you won on election night everyone knows my position on the issue of choice
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and my position hasn't changed nor is the position of our government everyone also knows that adriana
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LaGrange is one of our most competent ministers she's done a tremendous job in education we have
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an enormous task ahead of us in health care to implement our agenda everyone also knows what our
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agenda is in health care is to make sure everyone has a family doctor or primary care practitioner
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to expand our continuing care system and as to make sure we continue to make progress on EMS
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response time on hospital wait times and on surgical wait times those are the things that
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she will be focused on and those are the things that our government will do
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uh so are you here committing right now you will not be changing any abortion laws we will not be
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changing any laws regarding a woman's right to choose thanks safe and now we'll head over to
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the next question at the mic hi audrey never has a canada um i had a question for the new education
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minister dimitrius nicolais rtu premier um there's been thousands more students who have joined
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alberta in the last few years especially in calgary and edmonton so what's your plan to
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help the school boards meet that growing demand well i think one of the things we have to remember
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is that from 2014 until very recently we were seeing people leave our province with 39 consecutive
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months where people left our province and because of the policies that we implemented people are
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excited to move here again and people are are moving here not only with investment dollars
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and creating new jobs but also families with children and we're going to keep up with that
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growth we had already announced in the previous term 106 new schools and renovate modernizations
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in our most recent budget 50 57 new schools and modernizations and as the demand increases we're
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going to to keep up with that growth we we have a historic level of spending in education we are
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providing supports for complexity in the classrooms for transportation grants for mental health
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education remains one of the top priorities of government we're going to end up keeping up with
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it and we've seen your list of new cabinet ministers we haven't seen if you have parliamentary
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secretary so i want to know if you will have one for francophonie because last time you ended up
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cutting that job and giving it to culture like it was before but there's been a lot of
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the people that are not happy with that in the francophone community to feel like they have been
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not listened to that way so what's your will you have that job and if not what's your plan
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to have a proper channel of communication with the francophone community well i think i've got
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two ministers who are bilingual uh nate globish and dan williams so i've got two cabinet ministers
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who are bilingual and so we'll make sure that um that bilingual services continue to be to
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our bilingual requests continue to be met and we will have parliamentary secretaries but i just
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need a little bit more time to consult with my cabinet ministers on what their needs are
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parliamentary secretaries offer a support to a minister in their area and often have a very
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defined purpose but i i don't want to prejudge what that's going to be i want to consult with
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my ministers first thank you thank you audrey and next question at the mic hi thanks for taking my
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question it's lisa johnson from the edmonton journal um back on may 18th alberta's ethics
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commissioner determined that you interfered uh premier in the justice system in a way that she
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called a threat to democracy um she mentioned that there was not suggesting sanctions until
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the fall when the legislative session comes back but she did recommend that mlas be trained on the
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structure of canadian governments are you going to accept this recommendation and train your cabinet
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ministers and mlas or put them through a training course of some kind yes and i've asked my justice
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minister mickey amory to also give advice and counsel on one of the other big issues which is
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since the justice minister has a dual role as my chief legal advisor and chief legal advisor to my
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government as well as attorney general i've asked for him to give some guidance on how i may consult
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with him on matters in the public interest and so i'm looking forward to that memo and i'll make it
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public when it's available sure and i'm curious to know what if any sanctions you might accept
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from the ethics commissioner when they come down but i also have another question regarding uh
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fiscal picture uh your first bill you've promised to bring in bill one will make it that you have to
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take it to a public referendum before raising taxes and we know that in february's budget uh
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west texas intermediate was was projected at 79 a barrel as you know um some economists that we
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talked to say that 75 a barrel is needed to balance this morning it was hovering around 71.
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so i'm just wondering in the in the hypothetical here if and when the province slips into deficit
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territory um what and and say hypothetically you have a referendum on on raising taxes in albert
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and say no we don't want to do that what is the first thing that you will cut what what will be
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cut from alberta's budget will it be infrastructure spending doctor salaries the the position pay
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agreement teacher schools what what is the first thing that will go well first of all i don't think
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up to me to determine what sanction might or might not be coming secondly bill one is going to be as
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promised a bill that would make it subject to referendum if tax rates were changed for personal
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or corporate income taxes along with a sales tax number three i'd say that the demon we've
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demonstrated that you can reduce tax rates and increase revenues and that's exactly what happened
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we brought the tax rate from 12 down to eight percent and we have historic high corporate tax
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revenues i think that it's a misnomer to think that you automatically get more tax revenue by
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increasing the rates sometimes you scare investment away and if you scare investment
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away you get less corporate tax revenue if fewer people want to live here you get personal income
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tax revenue so i feel very confident that we'll be able to to stay true to that promise and that's
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why we'll implement it uh nate horner as our minister of finance and treasury board the
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may have seen that i said a little word or two to to each of my ministers as i swore them in
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i said to minister horner now let's balance this budget this year that's what we're going to do
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we're going to balance the budget and i will um have him look at the numbers look at the different
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revenue sources monitor what's happening with the oil prices monitor what's happening with
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our business tax revenues see what's happening with the change in the currency the change in
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the interest rates the number of people coming in the increase in income taxes we expect from that
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and he'll make recommendations to uh to our to our caucusing cabinet so we uh we are committed
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to making sure we just put in the fiscal framework we're committed to making sure we have
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a balanced budget this year thanks lisa and we'll take one more question from the floor here
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hi premier jeremy thompson with ctv news edmonton just further to this all this sort of talk about
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the wildfire situation and the arson and stuff just a yes or no from me do you believe in the
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science of human caused climate change well yes we we have to reduce emissions that is one of the
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commitments we've made as a government and it's one of the commitments that i've made to the prime
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minister that we will work with him on getting to carbon neutrality by 2050. The concern I have is
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that the prime minister has indicated that he wants to move much faster on two initiatives
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that would not allow us to achieve our goal and would hamstring our economy and devastate
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the lives and livelihoods of families here and so I will work collaboratively with the federal
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government on the objective that they have set and I put out a hand of of goodwill to ask him
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to work with us on that and i'm hoping that that happens just uh why a little side note here why
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maintain sort of this size of cabinet uh today you know some criticism coming from the taxpayers
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federation about you know the cost of you know minister salaries for taxpayers uh when maintaining
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such a large cabinet i have a very ambitious agenda and we have a lot of work to do for albertans
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and what i have found in the previous uh structure of cabinet having a minister focused on a
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particular area has been very effective at moving our agenda forward we got an awful lot accomplished
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in the last seven months and i don't want to wait um and delay in putting our agenda in place so we
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um i've reduced the cabinet by two i've refocused it around a couple of new areas you'll see that
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arts and culture is a new priority for us i heard loud and clear from our arts communities in both
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Calgary and Edmonton that would they would like a specific focus you will notice that tourism
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and sport is also a specific area of focus and and you'll see that each of the ministries
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it's pretty clear now when you want to make an entry into into government especially from a
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jobs and economy point of view where you're going to go if you're in forestry you go to forestry
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if you're in technology you go to technology we've got energy and minerals as well so
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I feel very confident that I've got the right people at the table and
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Operator, could you please put through the caller?
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uh premier uh in the past in this election you lost several calgary-based cabinet ministers
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how did you go about piecing together this cabinet especially when looking at ministers
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from calgary and the types of roles that they will play in your government going forward
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well i have nine cabinet members members from calgary i've got three from the edmonton area
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i've got three from northern alberta i've got five from central alberta and i've got five from
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southern alberta i think the the benefit of having elected a government that has representation in
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every region of the province is that every region of the province is going to have a voice at the
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cabinet table so people in calgary should feel very delighted that we've got such a
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a large bench of very talented cabinet ministers there to represent their interests
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and if i could ask rick mccaigler a question about his return to cabinet in the municipality
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portfolio much has been made about the rural and urban divide and the lack of ucp representation
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in edmonton specifically uh your portfolio will have perhaps more hands-on bridging between those
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gaps than any other portfolio just to the nature of the portfolio could you talk about your return
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to the portfolio and your approach to those challenges you know what i um i would love for
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you to just give my my cabinet ministers the weekend to get briefed i think they're going to
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be fully briefed up by Tuesday. Perhaps that particular minister doesn't need much
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much briefing. He's very aware of municipal issues. We've already received word
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from several individuals that they're happy to see him return to the role. I'm excited to have him
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return to the role and there's a there's a number of things that we need to balance. The large cities,
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the mid-sized cities, our rural municipalities and I know that Minister McIver is up to the job.
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Thank you and that'll conclude today's media availability. Thank you everyone for
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for joining us and a reminder to our ministers to head inside for a photo.