Western Standard - Premier Danielle Smith’s new cabinet

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00:09:00.000 Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the entrance of her honor, the Honorable Salmona

00:09:16.620 Lakani, the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, and the Honorable Daniel Smith, Premier of

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00:10:00.000 Oh, Canada, our home and Asian land.

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00:10:47.000 we stand

00:10:55.000 Glorious and free

00:10:59.640 Forget how we stand on Christ for me

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00:12:25.000 I want to acknowledge this great event today that's taking place.

00:12:36.100 And my prayers that I'm going to do is the prayers that I do for my chief and consul and the elders.

00:12:45.920 For many years I've done ceremonies.

00:12:49.940 I've become a ceremonial chief.

00:12:52.840 I want to thank, we had a sweat in there, Daniel Smith, Muscatese, her Indian pre-name,

00:13:06.740 right from the east of the light walks out a woman. 0.60

00:13:22.840 That's her Cree name in our 3-6 territory across Canada.

00:13:30.720 I'm going to do a traditional prayer.

00:13:52.840 Thank you.

00:14:22.840 i was saying creator special blessings to the premier his family and all levels of government

00:14:39.560 to come to work together to enjoy our resources this great country that we live i want to honor

00:14:50.040 all different levels of chiefs also want to thank prime minister canada for making these provinces

00:15:01.320 from the ancestors of your nation with that

00:15:20.040 A'udhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim bismillahirrahmanirrahim

00:15:35.420 إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَجْلِهَا

00:15:46.600 وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ تَحْكُمُوا بِالْعَدْلِ

00:15:57.420 إِنَّ اللَّهَ لِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُمْ بِهِ

00:16:05.420 Our Honorable Premier Daniel Smith, Honorable Officials, I greet you today with the best

00:16:29.800 of salutation by saying assalamu alaikum peace be upon you all

00:16:38.600 i am jamal hamoud the senior imam of alberta the muslim community of alberta

00:16:48.360 this is not the first time for me to be among you today i'm very happy to express the feeling

00:16:57.640 of the community at large that everybody is happy today after they have the and made the best choice

00:17:10.040 to choose you and be the main representative of the community in Alberta

00:17:18.120 I'm here today to ask Almighty God to bless you and to ask Almighty God to make the Albertans

00:17:30.600 and the whole community benefit from your support, your service, your help.

00:17:38.200 And I ask Almighty God to make you successful in your position.

00:17:44.640 And my prayer to the province of Alberta to be the best, with God's will, in Canada.

00:17:57.640 All of the community were happy to vote for you, because you care about their health,

00:18:08.200 their education, their future.

00:18:11.800 So I ask Almighty God to bless you and give you the best chance to support the community

00:18:20.600 and the province in the future.

00:18:23.100 Again, I'm very happy to be among you and to congratulate the Albertans for forming

00:18:31.980 the new government with the leadership of our honorable Premier Daniel Smith.

00:18:39.760 bless you all peace be upon you good morning good morning your honors it is good to be among you

00:19:01.360 again today thank you for having me back i'm glad to be here my name is sue oliver i'm the minister

00:19:08.080 the of the anglican church of christ church here in edmonton and i am so delighted to be with you

00:19:13.760 to pray with you today on this auspicious day and so let us pray eternal god you are the maker of

00:19:21.920 all things and in your grace all things hold together you have given us stewardship of this

00:19:28.480 good creation and the good land on which we gather today today we give you thanks for this great

00:19:35.920 province of Alberta for bighorn sheep and white tailed deer for prairie grass and lodgepole pine

00:19:43.840 for hoodoo hats and glacial peaks we give you thanks for the many peoples who are nourished

00:19:49.840 by this land for its original stewards the first peoples who welcomed refugees from famine and war

00:19:57.280 and others who look to this land for new beginning and we give you thanks for this legislature

00:20:03.600 for those elected to serve their communities for those gifted with skills

00:20:09.060 of research and writing of wisdom and insight and this morning we pray for the

00:20:15.220 province that we love we pray especially for those displaced by wildfires and

00:20:20.720 those who continue to fight them we pray for the unhoused who woke up on our

00:20:26.780 streets this morning we pray for the addicted for the lonely and those who

00:20:32.480 marginalized in our communities and in this month of june we remember all the alberta children who

00:20:39.680 will soon be out of school for the summer we pray for their safety as they explore and enjoy their

00:20:46.400 place in this land we pray for farmers factory workers and all who work for our common good

00:20:53.120 in this province and we bring before you the many communities in alberta rural and urban

00:21:00.160 who are represented by the people gathered here today from okotoks to high river from calgary to

00:21:06.400 vagarville from jasper to medicine hat may a sense of unity and common purpose prevail and we pray

00:21:14.640 for this assembly of leaders may they receive strength and good health to do the job you have

00:21:20.880 set before them today we pray that the decisions made by this assembly may truly reflect reflect

00:21:28.400 a spirit of gratitude a sense of wonder a burden of responsibility and a calling to service and

00:21:35.680 justice and we pray for their families whose unseen sacrifices are many through missed dance

00:21:42.960 recitals school concerts and family dinners may they be protected and sustained in the coming

00:21:49.440 years and on this day we pray especially for danielle our premier in her leadership give

00:21:56.400 her the wisdom to choose that which is right that which is true honorable that which is just and

00:22:03.040 excellent strengthen her and grant her your wisdom in the days to come and so oh lord may this

00:22:10.880 government be an instrument of your peace where there is fear let there be faith where there is

00:22:16.880 despair let there be hope and where there is hatred may it sow seeds of love amen

00:22:26.400 Please be seated.

00:22:36.400 Your Honours, Premier, Ministers, Ministers, Designate,

00:22:41.400 ladies and gentlemen, good morning.

00:22:43.400 My name is Shannon Hegarty and I'm the Chief of Protocol for Alberta

00:22:47.400 and it is my pleasure to welcome you to Government House

00:22:50.400 for the swearing-in of Cabinet.

00:22:52.400 Thank you also to the Elder Saddleback, Imai Hamoub, and Archdeacon Oliver for bringing your beautiful blessings today.

00:23:00.520 It's such an important part of today's ceremony.

00:23:03.020 I would now like to ask your honour, your Honourable Salma Lakhani, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, to please bring remarks.

00:23:09.360 thank you shannon thank you major lust and thank you for volunteering today to be my

00:23:22.620 aide-de-camp for this very important ceremony good morning everyone and welcome to this

00:23:29.040 our beautiful government house for this special swearing-in ceremony i would like to acknowledge

00:23:35.420 all our First Peoples who have called this place home for thousands of years and welcomed us here

00:23:42.820 to make our own lives. May we always dwell together on these lands with peace, respect,

00:23:50.940 understanding, and a sincere personal commitment to the process of reconciliation. I would like

00:24:00.720 to begin by congratulating you, Premier Daniel Smith, and all your team members on your success

00:24:08.360 in the election. Congratulations. I'm sure that every candidate, whether they were successful

00:24:16.120 or not, poured their hearts, souls, and their energy into their campaigns. Each candidate

00:24:26.040 should be thanked and congratulated because they have each played an important role in one of the

00:24:36.140 most fundamental processes underpinning our Canadian way of life, the right to vote in a free

00:24:46.140 and fair election your fellow Albertans have voted and they have chosen you to

00:24:56.280 shape the next chapter of our Alberta story for those of you who are about to

00:25:04.740 become ministers of the crown you can expect three things for sure first this

00:25:13.140 is one of the rarest and most exciting appointments in our province relatively

00:25:20.820 few people in our history have been chosen to serve as members of the

00:25:26.160 assembly and fewer still are asked to take on the duties and responsibilities

00:25:33.420 of cabinet I trust and I know that you will honor this important and unique

00:25:41.460 opportunity by sharing the very best of your abilities and ideas every single

00:25:49.980 day the second is that Alberta is a province of possibilities Albertans

00:25:59.400 have chosen you to lead the vision for our province and chart the next way

00:26:06.780 forward through the best of times and through challenges in moving toward

00:26:13.860 better opportunities for all the third is something you already know from your

00:26:21.600 campaigns that teamwork and collaboration are essential to success

00:26:29.380 in any field but particularly in the work you are about to embark upon everyone has

00:26:38.840 something valuable to offer and working together Albertans have achieved a great

00:26:46.560 deal through the decades as his majesty the King's representative in Alberta I

00:26:53.740 I offer my sincere congratulations. I wish you every success and I thank you

00:27:01.260 sincerely for your service to Albertans. I would also like to recognize and

00:27:07.940 thank the family members and friends present today. I know that you have

00:27:14.980 worked incredibly hard to help your loved ones achieve this goal and that

00:27:21.520 going forward your support will be invaluable as they take on their new

00:27:28.400 responsibilities and on a personal note I would like to thank my husband Zahir

00:27:34.840 for being here you have often seen him with me at events he tries to juggle his

00:27:40.880 clinics and patients and other commitments so I thank you for being

00:27:45.280 here and you know I was installed during COVID so I could not have any

00:27:50.020 family attend my installation ceremony. So today I'm very proud and happy to say that I have my

00:27:57.680 brother-in-law Shiraz Lakhani and Farida Lakhani who are visiting from Texas and they were able

00:28:04.740 to join today in this very important ceremony and family support is what we all need, don't we?

00:28:11.120 So thank you all for being here and now let us get to the business at hand, the important business

00:28:16.960 at that thank you i have a letter from the premier recommending the members of executive council

00:28:38.320 i accept her recommendations premier please now introduce the members of the executive council

00:28:46.960 your honor and honorable guests i will introduce the members of my executive council whose

00:28:59.680 portfolios will not change i ask them to stand as called and remain standing the honorable devon

00:29:06.800 dreeshan the honorable nick lubish the honorable dale nally the honorable rick wilson thank you

00:29:16.080 you may be seated your honor i would now ask the members swearing the oath of executive council to

00:29:22.320 please step forward the honorable rj segurdsson the honorable tanya fir the honorable searl turnton

00:29:32.560 the honorable bahamad yassin the honorable dan williams the honorable rick mckiver the honorable

00:29:40.880 Jason Nixon. Your Honor, I would ask you to administer the Oath of Executive Council to

00:29:55.920 these individuals. I will now administer the Oath of Executive Council to the new members.

00:30:02.880 members please repeat so help me god or i affirm at the close of the oath

00:30:12.000 oath of members of the executive council you rj segertson tanya furr

00:30:20.240 cyril turton muhammad yassin dan williams rick mckiver jason nixon do solemnly promise and swear

00:30:30.880 that you will serve his majesty truly and faithfully in the place of his council in this

00:30:39.280 his majesty's province of Alberta. You will keep close in secret all such matters as shall be

00:30:48.540 treated, debated and resolved on in executive council without publishing or disclosing the same

00:30:58.960 or any part thereof by word, writing or any otherwise to any person out of the same council

00:31:09.640 but to such only as be of the council. And yet, if any matter so propounded, treated and debated

00:31:21.440 in any such executive council shall touch any particular person sworn of the same council

00:31:29.940 upon any such matter as shall in any wise concern their loyalty and fidelity to the king's majesty

00:31:39.680 you will in no wise open the same to them but keep it secret as you would from any person

00:31:50.620 until the King's Majesty's pleasure be known in that behalf.

00:31:57.960 You will, in all things to be moved, treated, and debated

00:32:03.900 in any such executive council,

00:32:07.960 faithfully, honestly, and truly declare your mind and opinion

00:32:13.980 to the honor and benefit of the King's Majesty

00:32:17.860 and the good of his subjects, without partiality or exception of persons, in no wise forbearing

00:32:27.480 so to do from any manner of respect, favor, love, need, displeasure, or dread of any person

00:32:39.020 or persons whatsoever. In general, you will be vigilant, diligent, and circumspect in all your

00:32:50.500 doings touching the King's Majesty's affairs. All which matters and things you will faithfully

00:32:59.160 observe and keep as a good counselor ought to do the utmost of your power will and discretion

00:33:10.360 so help you god i so affirm members will now subscribe to the oath by signing the executive

00:33:22.040 executive council role book

00:33:52.040 Thank you.

00:34:22.040 your honor i will now call forward the honorable mickey amory to take the oath as minister of

00:34:43.960 justice. Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SANE in the Executive

00:34:54.700 Council roll board. I, Mickey Amory, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear

00:35:01.180 that I will duly and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge

00:35:05.380 execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as Minister of Justice for the

00:35:11.720 province of Alberta. So help me God.

00:35:41.720 Charles III, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada, and his other realms and

00:35:56.700 territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these

00:36:04.420 presence shall come. Greeting. Know ye that having confidence in the loyalty, integrity and ability

00:36:14.340 of the Honourable Kasim Miki Emery KCECA of Chestermere in the province of Alberta,

00:36:24.200 I, under and by virtue of the power in me vested in that behalf, do appoint him,

00:36:32.060 the said Honourable Kasim Miki Emery, KCECA, to be Minister of Justice for the province of Alberta

00:36:43.040 to have and to hold with all and every the powers, privileges, authority, and advantages

00:36:52.980 to the said office of Minister of Justice, by right and by law appertaining.

00:37:00.700 in testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the great seal of the

00:37:09.740 province of Alberta to be here unto affixed. Witness the Honourable Salma Lakhani, Lieutenant

00:37:17.660 Governor of the province of Alberta in our city of Edmonton in our said province this ninth day of

00:37:25.420 june 2023 and in the first year of his majesty's reign by command

00:37:55.420 all right the honorable michael ellis please step forward to take the oath as deputy premier

00:38:22.380 minister ellis will continue on as minister of public safety and emergency services

00:38:29.740 you have to take the right one all right might be this one please take the oath of

00:38:36.300 office and subscribe to the same in the executive council role book

00:38:43.100 i'm michael ellis do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully

00:38:47.980 and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me

00:38:53.340 as deputy premier for the province of alberta so have a go

00:39:17.980 The Honourable Rajansani will please step forward

00:39:46.220 to take the oath as minister of advanced education please take the oath of office

00:39:55.160 and subscribe to same in the executive council rollbook I Rajan Sonny do

00:40:10.760 solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully and to

00:40:15.380 best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me as minister

00:40:21.220 of advanced education for the province of alberta so help me god

00:40:45.380 The Honourable Nathan Newdorf,

00:41:15.360 step forward to take the oath as minister of affordability and utilities please take the

00:41:21.760 oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council rule book i nathan newdorf

00:41:28.920 do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully and to the best of my

00:41:34.260 skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me as minister of affordability and

00:41:39.220 utilities for the province of alberta so help me god

00:41:42.340 Thank you.

00:42:12.340 The Honourable R.J. Sigurdsson, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Agriculture

00:42:31.820 and Irrigation.

00:42:32.860 please take the oath of office and subscribe to sane in the executive council role book

00:42:43.420 i rj segerson do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully and

00:42:55.200 to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me as minister

00:43:00.040 of Agriculture and Irrigation for the province of Alberta.

00:43:02.900 So, hallelujah.

00:43:30.040 Thank you.

00:44:00.040 arts culture and status of women please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the

00:44:08.120 executive council global i tanya fir do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly

00:44:18.600 and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts repose

00:44:24.120 in me as minister of arts culture and status of women for the province of

00:44:29.080 Alberta, so help me God.

00:44:59.080 The Honourable Cyril Turton, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Children and Family Services.

00:45:25.440 please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council roll book

00:45:33.840 i sir alternative you solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully

00:45:42.900 and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust proposed in me

00:45:47.620 as minister of children and family services for the province of alberta

00:45:51.780 So I'll be back.

00:46:21.780 The Honourable Demetrius Nikolaitis, please step forward to take the oath as Minister

00:46:39.020 of Education.

00:46:45.540 Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SANE in the Executive Council Law Book.

00:46:51.780 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.

00:47:21.780 Thank you.

00:47:51.780 The Honourable Brian Jean, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Energy and

00:48:05.640 Minerals.

00:48:09.860 Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SANE in the Executive Council rollbook.

00:48:15.360 I, Brian June, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully

00:48:23.500 to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as Minister

00:48:28.940 of Energy and Minerals for the province of Alberta, so help me God.

00:48:45.360 Thank you.

00:49:15.360 the honorable rebecca schultz please step forward to take the oath as minister of environment and

00:49:23.160 protected areas please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council

00:49:31.780 law book i rebecca schultz do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly

00:49:38.800 and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust

00:49:43.380 proposed in me as Minister of Environment and Protected Areas for the province of Alberta.

00:49:48.140 So help me God.

00:50:13.380 the honorable todd lowen please step forward to take the oath as minister of forestry and parks

00:50:43.380 Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SANE in the Executive Council rollbook.

00:50:58.380 I, Todd Lowen, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully,

00:51:03.380 and to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute the powers and trust reposed in me

00:51:08.380 as Minister of Forestry and Parks for the Province of Alberta.

00:51:11.380 So happy God.

00:51:41.380 The Honourable Adriana LaGrange, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Health.

00:52:04.980 please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council rule book

00:52:16.900 i adriana lagrange do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully

00:52:23.700 and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts reposed in me

00:52:29.220 as minister of health for the province of alberta so help me god

00:52:59.220 The Honourable Mohamed Yassin, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Immigration

00:53:28.180 of multiculturalism please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council

00:53:38.420 rulebook hi muhammad yasi to solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully

00:53:47.540 and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts repose in me

00:53:53.220 as Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism for the province of Alberta. So help me God.

00:54:23.220 The Honourable Peter, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Infrastructure.

00:54:53.220 I, Peter Guthrie, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully

00:55:12.980 and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust proposed in me

00:55:17.660 as Minister of Infrastructure for the Province of Alberta, so help me God.

00:55:47.660 The Honourable Matthew Jones, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Jobs,

00:56:10.020 Economy and Trade.

00:56:15.220 please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council

00:56:21.940 i matthew jones do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully and

00:56:29.620 to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as minister

00:56:34.580 of jobs economy and trade for the province of alberta so help me god

00:56:45.220 Thank you.

00:57:15.220 the honorable dan williams please step forward to take the oath as minister of mental health

00:57:28.300 and addiction please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council

00:57:38.580 I, Dan Williams, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully

00:57:46.180 and to the best of my skills and knowledge, execute the powers and trusts proposed in

00:57:51.960 me as Minister of Mental Health and Addiction for the province of Alberta.

00:57:56.060 So help me go.

00:58:08.580 Thank you.

00:58:38.580 The Honourable Rick McIver, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Municipal Affairs.

00:58:53.940 Please take the oath of office and subscribe to SAIM in the Executive Council rulebook.

00:58:59.300 I, Rick McIver, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully

00:59:06.620 and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts reposed in me

00:59:11.920 as Minister of Municipal Affairs for the province of Alberta, so help me God.

00:59:29.300 Thank you.

00:59:59.300 the honorable jason nixon please step forward to take the oath as minister of seniors community

01:00:06.380 and social services please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive

01:00:12.980 council room i jason nixon do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly

01:00:19.660 and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed

01:00:24.940 to me as Minister of Seniors, Community, and Social Services for the province of Alberta.

01:00:54.940 The Honourable Joseph Scow, please step forward to take the oath as Minister of Tourism and Sport.

01:01:15.020 please take the oath of office and subscribe to same in the executive council law book

01:01:29.740 i joseph scow who solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that i will duly and faithfully and to

01:01:36.220 the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts proposed in me as minister of

01:01:41.260 tourism and sport for the province of alberta so help me god

01:02:11.260 And the Honourable Nathan Horner, please step forward to take the oath as President of

01:02:37.980 Treasury Board and Minister of Finance. Please take the oath of office and

01:02:47.660 subscribe to same in the Executive Council logo. I, Nathan Warner, do solemnly and

01:02:54.540 sincerely promise and swear that I will duly and faithfully and to the best of

01:02:58.860 my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trusts proposed in me as

01:03:02.580 President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance for the province of Alberta.

01:03:06.360 So help me.

01:03:36.360 your honor these are the members of the executive council

01:04:06.360 Thank you.

01:04:36.360 I trust you with the Great Seal of Alberta for safekeeping.

01:04:40.360 I accept your honor.

01:04:58.360 The Hon. Daniel Smith, Premier of the province of Alberta, will now bring remarks.

01:05:02.360 We are at a momentous point in Alberta's history.

01:05:04.360 Today marks the start of an exciting future, one that will unfold over the next four years.

01:05:22.900 This new cabinet is ready and willing to roll up its sleeves to take clear and decisive

01:05:27.640 action to achieve our promises and commitments to Albertans.

01:05:31.580 as a team we will govern for everyone in the province we will build on a solid foundation

01:05:36.780 of stability informed decision making and good governance and we will do our best for the people

01:05:42.220 of this province always and everywhere over the next four years we will improve on the

01:05:47.580 affordability measures we already have in place such as fuel tax relief and electricity and

01:05:51.900 natural gas rebates to help families keep more of their money in their wallets and pay for their

01:05:56.940 daily expenses in the face of rising inflation will continue to diversify and expand alberta's

01:06:02.460 economy with a powerful job growth and diversification strategy this strategy will build on

01:06:07.900 alberta's existing strengths and set the province up for long-term success and prosperity for all

01:06:13.500 albertans key to our economic success will be not only maintaining alberta's tax advantages but

01:06:19.340 going even further to lock in the lowest overall tax rates in canada that means cutting personal

01:06:26.220 to ensure that Albertans keep more of their hard earned dollars in their pockets.

01:06:31.260 It will also mean ensuring that Albertans have a direct say

01:06:33.820 on any future personal and business taxation changes.

01:06:38.060 Bill, one of our new government will slam the door on personal and corporate tax increases

01:06:42.140 and a sales tax, unless Albertans say otherwise, in a referendum.

01:06:46.140 We will also continue to build partnerships and agreements with the Indigenous peoples of our

01:06:50.120 province so they can more fully realize their goals and take their rightful

01:06:54.180 place in Alberta's economy and society and most of all we will vigorously and firmly defend our

01:07:01.460 province from disastrous federal policies that would devastate tens of thousands of hard-working

01:07:07.140 families on health care we will keep our promises to shorten wait times improve primary care and

01:07:13.460 develop an even stronger focus on mental health supports all without asking Albertans to pay to

01:07:19.540 We will also help those who are suffering from

01:07:21.580 addiction heal through a nation-leading focus

01:07:23.580 on a recovery-oriented system of care.

01:07:25.580 There's a crisis on our streets and we will

01:07:27.580 move quickly to address mental health and

01:07:29.580 addiction issues that endanger the safety of

01:07:31.580 the public.

01:07:32.580 And we will make our streets safer through

01:07:34.580 a Safe Streets action plan to help restore

01:07:36.600 security for cities, communities and families.

01:07:38.600 Through all of our priorities, we will work

01:07:40.600 closely with our valued partners, doctors,

01:07:42.600 doctors, doctors, doctors, doctors,

01:07:44.560 doctors, doctors, doctors, doctors,

01:07:46.540 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.

01:08:01.360 Albertans believe in our promises, and they gave us a mandate to make them happen.

01:08:06.240 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.

01:08:12.000 Our new cabinet is ready to go, but we won't, and we can't do it alone.

01:08:15.980 We will never stop listening to all Albertans, even those who didn't vote for us.

01:08:21.200 I invite everyone to work with us.

01:08:23.300 We are partners in your success.

01:08:25.620 Tell us what you think and what you expect.

01:08:27.700 Let us know when we fall short and help us to make better decisions when we do.

01:08:32.560 Albertans are caring and resilient.

01:08:34.680 We step up when called upon to help our neighbours, as seen again this spring through the devastating wildfires.

01:08:40.900 We love this beautiful province and the people who live here.

01:08:44.600 We treasure the diversity that make this a home to be proud of.

01:08:48.500 And we welcome any potential to do what is best for our families and realize our potential.

01:08:53.500 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.

01:09:04.300 And that we want our children and grandchildren to inherit tomorrow.

01:09:07.900 And may our province forever remain strong and free.

01:09:11.160 Thank you.

01:09:13.960 Please all rise.

01:09:43.960 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for being part of today's ceremony.

01:10:05.340 We ask that if you can stay to please make your way up to the second floor and we have

01:10:09.040 a little reception there for you, some snacks and some coffee and tea. Your new cabinet members

01:10:15.340 are going to go do a bit of a media availability and then they'll come and meet you on the second

01:10:20.080 floor to spend some time with you before they have to go to a cabinet meeting. So thank you

01:10:23.960 once again and please enjoy the rest of your day. Congratulations to the ministers. Thank you.

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01:39:39.040 you can hear me good morning everyone and or good afternoon i guess it is now and thanks

01:39:50.320 for joining us here today there is a lot of work to do to fulfill the mandate albertans have given

01:39:55.780 us to grow our economy keep life affordable keep our streets safe and ensure our health

01:40:00.220 and education systems are the best in the world today i'm proud to present albertans with a

01:40:05.400 cabinet of talented, diverse, and experienced leaders in business, their communities, and

01:40:10.260 political life who will share with me the responsibility to fulfill this mandate. It

01:40:16.100 is especially gratifying to introduce a cabinet that represents all Albertans in all of our

01:40:21.460 diversity. Nikki Amory returns to cabinet as Alberta's Justice Minister. This is an

01:40:27.100 historic appointment as it is the first time Alberta has a Justice Minister of the Muslim

01:40:32.020 faith. As an accomplished lawyer and a strong advocate for his community, Minister Amory is

01:40:37.700 fully deserving of his appointment, which also shows all Albertans and those from around the

01:40:43.780 world the openness and inclusiveness that we've built in this province together. It's also my

01:40:49.380 pleasure to introduce Nate Horner as Alberta's Minister of Finance and President of Treasury

01:40:54.340 Board. As you're aware, Minister Horner's family political roots run very deep in our province

01:40:59.940 and include a Canadian senator, members of parliament, the federal cabinet minister,

01:41:04.260 provincial cabinet ministers and deputy premiers and a provincial finance minister.

01:41:08.340 Minister Horner will provide the stability and steady hand we're looking for while

01:41:12.740 managing our province's finance. I'm also pleased to have such strong and diverse women

01:41:17.780 and serving in such critical cabinet portfolios as heads of some of our government's most 1.00

01:41:22.100 important departments. Rebecca Schultz returns to cabinet this time with the responsibility of

01:41:27.060 continuing to build alberta's reputation and success as minister of environment and protected

01:41:33.300 areas adriana lagrange is the new minister of health she'll be tasked with building on the

01:41:38.260 success of the healthcare action plan and continue working with nurses doctors paramedics and other

01:41:45.060 health professionals to innovate and to improve rajan sonny will remain in cabinet as minister of

01:41:50.740 advanced education with the additional duties for skilled trades and professions including ensuring

01:41:56.500 that we keep our economy growing with skilled workers for alberta's new and existing industries

01:42:01.220 it's a pleasure to welcome tanya fir back to cabinet as minister of arts culture and status

01:42:06.020 of women to continue making life better for alberta families and communities and build a future for

01:42:10.900 our children and grandchildren that we can be proud of as and as premier i will be retaining

01:42:16.100 the portfolio of intergovernmental affairs where i will continue building coalitions with other

01:42:20.980 provinces and be a tireless advocate for alberta's interests i'm also delighted to welcome a new

01:42:27.060 member scott sinclair who is a slave like businessman who brings his indigenous heritage

01:42:32.500 to his new role as the chair of our public safety and wellness cabinet policy committee

01:42:37.460 these highly competent individuals alongside the rest of their cabinet colleagues

01:42:41.460 together will form a government that will listen to all voices and represent all albertans we will

01:42:46.100 We will serve Indigenous communities, multicultural and multilingual communities and Albertans

01:42:50.320 from all walks of life.

01:42:51.940 And I invite all Albertans to work with us, share your concerns and suggestions, positive

01:42:56.920 and negative, that help us to make a better Alberta for all of us.

01:43:01.060 Albertans are caring and resilient.

01:43:02.680 We all love this beautiful province.

01:43:04.640 We are proud of our diversity.

01:43:06.140 We want the best for our families and our future.

01:43:08.500 The cabinet just sworn in will work with all Albertans to do what is right and best

01:43:12.820 and to realize Alberta's potential over the next four years.

01:43:15.920 Thank you, and now Sam is going to help to moderate questions.

01:43:19.340 So we'll head into the media Q&A now.

01:43:21.520 We'll try and keep it quick since we're all out in the heat today.

01:43:24.100 A reminder for reporters, we'll be going with one question and one follow-up.

01:43:27.440 Please state your name and outlet when you go to the mic.

01:43:30.360 We'll start off on the floor and then head on to the phones,

01:43:33.180 and then if we have time, we'll go back to the floor.

01:43:35.400 And I'll now invite our first reporter at the mic to ask the question.

01:43:38.960 Hi, it's Janet French from the CBC.

01:43:40.740 Hopefully you can hear me.

01:43:41.360 For the Premier, are you bringing Casey Maddou and Larry Kowmeyer back in as staffers with this government?

01:43:49.800 And if so, what roles are they going to serve in and why?

01:43:52.280 Casey Maddou, no.

01:43:53.680 Larry Kowmeyer, yes.

01:43:54.760 He'll be Deputy Minister of Energy.

01:43:56.780 Okay, see?

01:43:57.440 Short and sweet.

01:43:58.400 Okay.

01:43:59.080 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

01:44:10.680 without their parents consent what do you think of this policy and how likely are you to consider

01:44:16.520 some sort of similar initiative in alberta this is at what level the uh new brunswick and it's a

01:44:21.480 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

01:44:26.600 once they've gotten briefing on their roles i'll make sure that our education minister

01:44:30.200 demetrius nicolaitis gets back to you but i would ask that you just give them a few days to get a

01:44:33.880 briefing in their materials thank you janet we'll now go to the next question at the mic

01:44:38.520 Graham Thompson. Can you hear me okay?

01:44:41.520 I sure can.

01:44:42.520 Question to you, Premier, about the Committee of the Defeated MLAs in Edmonton.

01:44:47.520 We're thinking of doing that committee to represent or at least give you advice in Edmonton.

01:44:52.520 Do you understand how Edmontonians might see that as a slap in the face to their democratic decision to elect only NDP MLAs?

01:45:01.520 mlas look we have three excellent cabinet ministers from the edmonton area cyril turton dale nally

01:45:08.080 and nick lubish they're going to be spearheading my outreach into edmonton we also have great

01:45:13.520 relationships with tim cartmel and sarah hamilton who are on our task force and we're going to

01:45:18.720 continue consulting with mayor sohee who has written me letters and who often make sure that

01:45:24.560 i know his priorities in addition we have a number of staffers who live and work in edmonton i've got

01:45:31.040 lots of opportunity to hear from edmontonians about edmontonians priorities and so i feel very

01:45:35.360 confident that we're going to be able to make decisions for all albertans thank you and

01:45:39.280 speaking of hot sunny weather you made a comment this week i didn't really make a comment this

01:45:43.600 week on ryan jesserson show you he was asking you about the wildfires and how climate change

01:45:49.280 is playing a part in that the experts are telling us the climate change is going to drive bigger

01:45:54.720 nastier fire seasons of course across the sea across the country you talked about an investigation

01:46:00.240 into arson but do you accept that climate change is driving the more the larger wildfire seasons

01:46:11.520 not just here but across the country well look i think we have to make sure that people understand

01:46:16.720 that human activity causes the vast majority of our wildfires if we've had 609 wildfires this year

01:46:23.920 350 of them so far have been determined to be human caused 104 caused by lightning 155 are still

01:46:30.960 under investigation we make sure that every fire that we do not know the cause of that we bring in

01:46:35.520 forensic investigators to be able to examine that we have forensic fire investigators on staff at

01:46:40.320 alberta wildfires and through our national agency the canadian interagency forest fire association

01:46:45.600 we've made an additional request for forest fire investigators along with other labor resources and

01:46:50.960 this request has been met we want to make sure that we understand the cause of all fires and we

01:46:56.000 want to make sure that people understand that when conditions are dry and we're not getting rain that

01:47:00.400 they have to be very careful when they are out when they're throwing cigarettes out the window

01:47:04.560 when they're having campfires and that is i think the overriding message that people need to

01:47:08.880 understand is that most wildfires are caused by human behavior that being said we put forward

01:47:14.720 just before the election our Alberta emissions reduction and energy development plan. I've already

01:47:21.280 spoken to the prime minister about how we may work together to achieve carbon neutrality targets

01:47:25.760 by 2050. My overriding concern is that the federal government does not come in with legislation that

01:47:32.400 is going to hamstring our economy. There are two pieces of legislation I'm very concerned about

01:47:36.800 that they've talked about. They've talked about bringing in a 42% emissions cap on our oil and

01:47:41.680 natural gas industry by 2030 that is unachievable they have talked about bringing in a net zero

01:47:46.720 power grid by 2035 that is equally unachievable and so those are the things that are my priority

01:47:52.000 right now is that we want to work together on addressing issues of emissions reduction

01:47:56.480 but we have to do it in a way that allows us to to to use innovation and technology

01:48:01.600 and have enough time to be able to implement it we take it very seriously in this province

01:48:05.840 and we're going to continue to thank you graham and now we'll go to the next question on the mic

01:48:10.480 safe guys or global news good afternoon premier uh wondering adriana lagrange who has a an anti-abortion

01:48:17.600 past here she's been the president of red deer pro-life currently a board member of alberta pro-life

01:48:23.120 majority reaction people upset wondering how she'll represent them like you vow to represent

01:48:29.360 all albertans when you won on election night everyone knows my position on the issue of choice

01:48:35.840 and my position hasn't changed nor is the position of our government everyone also knows that adriana

01:48:40.240 LaGrange is one of our most competent ministers she's done a tremendous job in education we have

01:48:46.000 an enormous task ahead of us in health care to implement our agenda everyone also knows what our

01:48:50.400 agenda is in health care is to make sure everyone has a family doctor or primary care practitioner

01:48:54.960 to expand our continuing care system and as to make sure we continue to make progress on EMS

01:49:00.000 response time on hospital wait times and on surgical wait times those are the things that

01:49:05.040 she will be focused on and those are the things that our government will do

01:49:08.720 uh so are you here committing right now you will not be changing any abortion laws we will not be

01:49:14.240 changing any laws regarding a woman's right to choose thanks safe and now we'll head over to

01:49:19.440 the next question at the mic hi audrey never has a canada um i had a question for the new education

01:49:25.760 minister dimitrius nicolais rtu premier um there's been thousands more students who have joined

01:49:32.320 alberta in the last few years especially in calgary and edmonton so what's your plan to

01:49:36.640 help the school boards meet that growing demand well i think one of the things we have to remember

01:49:41.120 is that from 2014 until very recently we were seeing people leave our province with 39 consecutive

01:49:47.520 months where people left our province and because of the policies that we implemented people are

01:49:51.600 excited to move here again and people are are moving here not only with investment dollars

01:49:56.480 and creating new jobs but also families with children and we're going to keep up with that

01:50:00.160 growth we had already announced in the previous term 106 new schools and renovate modernizations

01:50:06.400 in our most recent budget 50 57 new schools and modernizations and as the demand increases we're

01:50:12.800 going to to keep up with that growth we we have a historic level of spending in education we are

01:50:19.600 providing supports for complexity in the classrooms for transportation grants for mental health

01:50:24.560 education remains one of the top priorities of government we're going to end up keeping up with

01:50:28.080 it and we've seen your list of new cabinet ministers we haven't seen if you have parliamentary

01:50:33.200 secretary so i want to know if you will have one for francophonie because last time you ended up

01:50:39.040 cutting that job and giving it to culture like it was before but there's been a lot of

01:50:43.280 the people that are not happy with that in the francophone community to feel like they have been

01:50:48.160 not listened to that way so what's your will you have that job and if not what's your plan

01:50:52.800 to have a proper channel of communication with the francophone community well i think i've got

01:50:57.200 two ministers who are bilingual uh nate globish and dan williams so i've got two cabinet ministers

01:51:03.760 who are bilingual and so we'll make sure that um that bilingual services continue to be to

01:51:09.200 our bilingual requests continue to be met and we will have parliamentary secretaries but i just

01:51:13.440 need a little bit more time to consult with my cabinet ministers on what their needs are

01:51:16.960 parliamentary secretaries offer a support to a minister in their area and often have a very

01:51:23.280 defined purpose but i i don't want to prejudge what that's going to be i want to consult with

01:51:26.720 my ministers first thank you thank you audrey and next question at the mic hi thanks for taking my

01:51:31.680 question it's lisa johnson from the edmonton journal um back on may 18th alberta's ethics 1.00

01:51:36.640 commissioner determined that you interfered uh premier in the justice system in a way that she

01:51:41.680 called a threat to democracy um she mentioned that there was not suggesting sanctions until

01:51:48.240 the fall when the legislative session comes back but she did recommend that mlas be trained on the

01:51:55.600 structure of canadian governments are you going to accept this recommendation and train your cabinet

01:52:00.080 ministers and mlas or put them through a training course of some kind yes and i've asked my justice

01:52:05.040 minister mickey amory to also give advice and counsel on one of the other big issues which is

01:52:10.560 since the justice minister has a dual role as my chief legal advisor and chief legal advisor to my

01:52:16.080 government as well as attorney general i've asked for him to give some guidance on how i may consult

01:52:21.280 with him on matters in the public interest and so i'm looking forward to that memo and i'll make it

01:52:24.960 public when it's available sure and i'm curious to know what if any sanctions you might accept

01:52:30.640 from the ethics commissioner when they come down but i also have another question regarding uh

01:52:35.520 fiscal picture uh your first bill you've promised to bring in bill one will make it that you have to

01:52:42.480 take it to a public referendum before raising taxes and we know that in february's budget uh

01:52:47.280 west texas intermediate was was projected at 79 a barrel as you know um some economists that we

01:52:52.960 talked to say that 75 a barrel is needed to balance this morning it was hovering around 71.

01:52:59.440 so i'm just wondering in the in the hypothetical here if and when the province slips into deficit

01:53:04.480 territory um what and and say hypothetically you have a referendum on on raising taxes in albert

01:53:13.120 and say no we don't want to do that what is the first thing that you will cut what what will be

01:53:18.540 cut from alberta's budget will it be infrastructure spending doctor salaries the the position pay

01:53:26.180 agreement teacher schools what what is the first thing that will go well first of all i don't think

01:53:31.140 up to me to determine what sanction might or might not be coming secondly bill one is going to be as

01:53:37.060 promised a bill that would make it subject to referendum if tax rates were changed for personal

01:53:42.100 or corporate income taxes along with a sales tax number three i'd say that the demon we've

01:53:47.780 demonstrated that you can reduce tax rates and increase revenues and that's exactly what happened

01:53:52.420 we brought the tax rate from 12 down to eight percent and we have historic high corporate tax

01:53:57.380 revenues i think that it's a misnomer to think that you automatically get more tax revenue by

01:54:02.740 increasing the rates sometimes you scare investment away and if you scare investment

01:54:06.340 away you get less corporate tax revenue if fewer people want to live here you get personal income

01:54:09.940 tax revenue so i feel very confident that we'll be able to to stay true to that promise and that's

01:54:15.380 why we'll implement it uh nate horner as our minister of finance and treasury board the

01:54:21.460 may have seen that i said a little word or two to to each of my ministers as i swore them in

01:54:26.180 i said to minister horner now let's balance this budget this year that's what we're going to do

01:54:29.540 we're going to balance the budget and i will um have him look at the numbers look at the different

01:54:33.780 revenue sources monitor what's happening with the oil prices monitor what's happening with

01:54:38.420 our business tax revenues see what's happening with the change in the currency the change in

01:54:42.500 the interest rates the number of people coming in the increase in income taxes we expect from that

01:54:47.300 and he'll make recommendations to uh to our to our caucusing cabinet so we uh we are committed

01:54:52.660 to making sure we just put in the fiscal framework we're committed to making sure we have

01:54:55.860 a balanced budget this year thanks lisa and we'll take one more question from the floor here

01:55:01.140 hi premier jeremy thompson with ctv news edmonton just further to this all this sort of talk about

01:55:06.900 the wildfire situation and the arson and stuff just a yes or no from me do you believe in the

01:55:12.980 science of human caused climate change well yes we we have to reduce emissions that is one of the

01:55:18.820 commitments we've made as a government and it's one of the commitments that i've made to the prime

01:55:22.020 minister that we will work with him on getting to carbon neutrality by 2050. The concern I have is

01:55:26.980 that the prime minister has indicated that he wants to move much faster on two initiatives

01:55:32.580 that would not allow us to achieve our goal and would hamstring our economy and devastate

01:55:36.580 the lives and livelihoods of families here and so I will work collaboratively with the federal

01:55:40.740 government on the objective that they have set and I put out a hand of of goodwill to ask him

01:55:46.980 to work with us on that and i'm hoping that that happens just uh why a little side note here why

01:55:53.700 maintain sort of this size of cabinet uh today you know some criticism coming from the taxpayers

01:55:58.900 federation about you know the cost of you know minister salaries for taxpayers uh when maintaining

01:56:04.900 such a large cabinet i have a very ambitious agenda and we have a lot of work to do for albertans

01:56:11.300 and what i have found in the previous uh structure of cabinet having a minister focused on a

01:56:17.380 particular area has been very effective at moving our agenda forward we got an awful lot accomplished

01:56:23.060 in the last seven months and i don't want to wait um and delay in putting our agenda in place so we

01:56:28.420 um i've reduced the cabinet by two i've refocused it around a couple of new areas you'll see that

01:56:33.220 arts and culture is a new priority for us i heard loud and clear from our arts communities in both

01:56:37.460 Calgary and Edmonton that would they would like a specific focus you will notice that tourism

01:56:42.100 and sport is also a specific area of focus and and you'll see that each of the ministries

01:56:47.780 it's pretty clear now when you want to make an entry into into government especially from a

01:56:52.580 jobs and economy point of view where you're going to go if you're in forestry you go to forestry

01:56:56.260 if you're in technology you go to technology we've got energy and minerals as well so

01:57:00.020 I feel very confident that I've got the right people at the table and

01:57:02.660 and it's wonderful to have so much talent

01:57:05.780 that was elected along with me.

01:57:07.100 And we're just going to do all of,

01:57:09.640 we're gonna do our agenda

01:57:10.880 and we're gonna do what's best for Albertans.

01:57:13.540 Thanks, Jeremy.

01:57:14.380 And we have time for one more question here.

01:57:16.160 We're gonna go to the phones.

01:57:17.620 Operator, could you please put through the caller?

01:57:21.540 Josh Aldridge, Calgary Herald.

01:57:27.760 Hi, thanks for taking the question.

01:57:29.820 uh premier uh in the past in this election you lost several calgary-based cabinet ministers

01:57:36.140 how did you go about piecing together this cabinet especially when looking at ministers

01:57:40.300 from calgary and the types of roles that they will play in your government going forward

01:57:45.740 well i have nine cabinet members members from calgary i've got three from the edmonton area

01:57:51.100 i've got three from northern alberta i've got five from central alberta and i've got five from

01:57:55.020 southern alberta i think the the benefit of having elected a government that has representation in

01:58:00.780 every region of the province is that every region of the province is going to have a voice at the

01:58:04.700 cabinet table so people in calgary should feel very delighted that we've got such a

01:58:08.460 a large bench of very talented cabinet ministers there to represent their interests

01:58:15.580 and if i could ask rick mccaigler a question about his return to cabinet in the municipality

01:58:20.700 portfolio much has been made about the rural and urban divide and the lack of ucp representation

01:58:26.300 in edmonton specifically uh your portfolio will have perhaps more hands-on bridging between those

01:58:33.020 gaps than any other portfolio just to the nature of the portfolio could you talk about your return

01:58:37.660 to the portfolio and your approach to those challenges you know what i um i would love for

01:58:42.700 you to just give my my cabinet ministers the weekend to get briefed i think they're going to

01:58:47.100 be fully briefed up by Tuesday. Perhaps that particular minister doesn't need much

01:58:52.060 much briefing. He's very aware of municipal issues. We've already received word

01:58:56.300 from several individuals that they're happy to see him return to the role. I'm excited to have him

01:59:01.340 return to the role and there's a there's a number of things that we need to balance. The large cities,

01:59:06.460 the mid-sized cities, our rural municipalities and I know that Minister McIver is up to the job.

01:59:12.380 Thank you and that'll conclude today's media availability. Thank you everyone for

01:59:16.460 for joining us and a reminder to our ministers to head inside for a photo.

01:59:19.640 Thank you.

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Western Standard - June 10, 2023

Premier Danielle Smith’s new cabinet

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