Rachel Notley said Premier Jason Kenney is right not release the findings of Alberta’s Fair Deal panel – because the feds have been doing a better job for the province in the COVID-19 pandemic..“Our premier’s primary strategy and tool for supporting Alberta through the pandemic is to stand back and wait for the federal government to step in and do the heavy lifting,” the NDP’s Notley told the Canadian Press Thursday..Kenney said in a statement Saturday the report won’t be released until the COVID-19 pandemic is over..Kenney created the panel in November 2019 “in response to the unprecedented levels of frustration Albertans have experienced with the province’s voice in Canada.”.The report deals with how best to define and secure a fair deal for Alberta in Canada’s Confederation, and is informed by the input of tens of thousands of Albertans..Kenney told a Facebook town hall on Wednesday night he hasn’t read the report yet “because we’re all, around this table, preoccupied with dealing with the pandemic and the economic crisis.”.Notley told the CP: “The panel and the report is mostly a political tool that Jason Kenney put into play… to try to distract people’s frustration and anger from the fact that he was not actually creating jobs. He was losing jobs well before the pandemic.”.The panel gathered input through in-person town hall engagement sessions, a survey, interviews with experts and stakeholders, polling, and online submissions and emails.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .Subjects covered include potentially moving towards a provincial pension plan, establishing a provincial police force and appointing a Chief Firearms Office for Alberta..The report contains an assessment of Albertans’ positions on how these issues relate to Alberta’s role in Canada, and recommendations on how to strengthen the province’s voice on the national stage..“Connecting with Albertans and hearing their stories and ideas about how our province fits into the Canadian federation has been the experience of a lifetime. The members of the panel are incredibly proud of the work we have done together, and we fully support government’s decision to postpone its assessment and response to the report until we are safely through the current public health crisis,” said panel chair Oryssia Lennie..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
Rachel Notley said Premier Jason Kenney is right not release the findings of Alberta’s Fair Deal panel – because the feds have been doing a better job for the province in the COVID-19 pandemic..“Our premier’s primary strategy and tool for supporting Alberta through the pandemic is to stand back and wait for the federal government to step in and do the heavy lifting,” the NDP’s Notley told the Canadian Press Thursday..Kenney said in a statement Saturday the report won’t be released until the COVID-19 pandemic is over..Kenney created the panel in November 2019 “in response to the unprecedented levels of frustration Albertans have experienced with the province’s voice in Canada.”.The report deals with how best to define and secure a fair deal for Alberta in Canada’s Confederation, and is informed by the input of tens of thousands of Albertans..Kenney told a Facebook town hall on Wednesday night he hasn’t read the report yet “because we’re all, around this table, preoccupied with dealing with the pandemic and the economic crisis.”.Notley told the CP: “The panel and the report is mostly a political tool that Jason Kenney put into play… to try to distract people’s frustration and anger from the fact that he was not actually creating jobs. He was losing jobs well before the pandemic.”.The panel gathered input through in-person town hall engagement sessions, a survey, interviews with experts and stakeholders, polling, and online submissions and emails.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .Subjects covered include potentially moving towards a provincial pension plan, establishing a provincial police force and appointing a Chief Firearms Office for Alberta..The report contains an assessment of Albertans’ positions on how these issues relate to Alberta’s role in Canada, and recommendations on how to strengthen the province’s voice on the national stage..“Connecting with Albertans and hearing their stories and ideas about how our province fits into the Canadian federation has been the experience of a lifetime. The members of the panel are incredibly proud of the work we have done together, and we fully support government’s decision to postpone its assessment and response to the report until we are safely through the current public health crisis,” said panel chair Oryssia Lennie..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
