00:00:23.640So why don't we start with why those questions were on the ballot to begin with as a starting point.
00:00:28.460So from where I sit as somebody who is addressing the needs of my constituents who are in Calgary, but also addressing the issue of immigration as the Conservative Party's shadow minister writ large in Ottawa, I have been raising the issue of the fact that the federal government's decisions, very poor decisions, to have mass immigration policies over the last decade without any input from the provinces, material input from the provinces.
00:00:57.820have materially impacted areas of service delivery within the provincial jurisdiction.
00:01:04.680So if you want to stay close to home in Alberta, in Calgary, for example, the Calgary School Board
00:01:12.840released statistics on English as a second language, increasing significantly over the
00:01:20.880last 10 years and the needs that weren't accounted for when the federal government
00:01:26.000set immigration levels there. If you want to go to Quebec, I've written about how the Supreme Court
00:01:31.440recently ruled in a decision, it was the Kenyinda decision, that Quebec had to provide daycare
00:01:37.600services to asylum seekers. So these are folks that don't have their asylum claims validated yet,
00:01:44.480but a lot of those folks crossed the border at Roxham Road. So where I have been advocating is
00:01:50.080saying that the immigration, the federal immigration system is a dumpster fire. And when the federal
00:01:55.440immigration minister and Mark Carney can't get that dumpster fire under control, there are
00:02:00.520material impacts on the provinces, which precipitate conversations like the one we're
00:02:05.600having. So for me, my job is to point out the failures and hold the government to account for
00:02:12.540failures at the levels at the at the federal level, and then come up with solutions to that
00:02:17.040problem. So you know, to the back end, first end of that statement, you're saying we're moving the
00:02:21.000dial on that, that's because we're putting forward concrete solutions and demanding them from the
00:02:25.100government. And frankly, I think, you know, when you talk about mandate, it's not just in Alberta.
00:02:30.280Across the country, people want change. They want this order and fairness restored in the
00:02:35.340immigration system, and they want levels to go down because they see the impact that it's having
00:02:39.620on jobs, health care, and housing. So that's what I've been focused on and will continue to do so.1.00