What the UCP's Bill 18 Means for Alberta Universities
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2024
- You've seen the headlines: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says all federal funding to universities, school boards, health and housing authorities, and other entities needs to flow through her office...or she'll take PM Justin Trudeau's government to court. Bill 18 - dubbed the "Stay Out of My Backyard" Bill by Premier Smith - seeks to ensure projects have Alberta's blessing before proceeding. The implications of the legislation are far-reaching, to say the least. In this episode, we find out how it could impact Alberta's post-secondaries, including research, reputation, and beyond.
3:18 | International Relations professor and researcher Dr. W. Andy Knight, PhD student Andrea Dekeseredy, and University of Alberta alum Andy Grabia dig into one of the top political stories in the country on a special edition of the Real Talk Round Table.
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Of course Danielle Smith broke ethics rules, and got away with it. A former Alberta Crown prosecuter, who was also in Peter Lougheed's cabinet, has said this.
Danielle Smith and the UCP oppose democracy.
Danielle Smith didn't allow by-elections in ridings which lacked an MLA, and she ran in the riding of Brooks Medicine Hat, where a UCP MLA, Michaela Frey, stepped down, without completing her term as an MLA. Danielle Smith gave Michaela Frey a well paying, pointless position in return.
Alberta has the lowest amount of Legislature sittings of any provincial or territorial government in Canada. Danielle Smith reduced that even more.
In 2023, the Alberta Legislature had only 5 weeks of sessions.
The UCP passes controversial legislation, right before a weekend, or before a long weekend, thinking Albertans wouldn't notice.
Danielle Smith and the UCP created Bill 8, which changes the gift limit amounts MLAs can receive in Alberta, which opens the door for MLAs to accept bribes. Bill 8, also prevents the Alberta Ethics Commissioner from being able to investigate MLAs, who break ethics rules, before a provincial election in Alberta, which makes it so that the MLAs can run in the provincial election.
The UCP also overide municipalities in Alberta, and they rightfully oppose it.
There is nothing even remotely Conservative about Danielle Smith and the UCP.
Peter Lougheed was the only good and sensible Conservative premier in Alberta. There were absolutely no others at all.
Peter Lougheed didn't trust Danielle Smith.
It's easy to see why, for those of us who know what actual Conservatives are.
In Canada, there were no good Conservative governments, since 1990.
Excellent info🎯💡✅
Hey Ryan you sure have a balanced panel
Sarcasm- you do Not!
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She brings up an interesting point about a lack of balance between liberals and conservatives working in the oil patch being problematic.
I wonder if she’ll work as hard to address that?
They're all part of a Union..
Is that what lies Rubbish Media says?
Hahahahah buddy brings up Harper ffs, these people are so triggered.
Stephen Harper did muzzle scientists, so there's that fact.
Am I the only one who experiences the closing credits cutting off early both in the live stream and in saved video? This is not unusual for me and I doubt it is intentional if it is happening for everyone.
No, you are not the only one.
Are universities and collages provincial jurisdiction?
There is a definite lack of balance in liberal and conservative perspectives in the oil patch. That’s problematic and needs to be addressed by the province.
So how is this tyranny if Quebec DOES EXACTLY THE SAME THING!?
20:24 in case you missed the guest comparing Smith's record to whatever construct of Quebec you're working with.
They don't, who said they did..?
@@jordan390a They do actually - quebec doesn't allow any agreements to be signed between municipalities and the feds without provincial approval.
@@MakingGains- Sask was quick to approve, why won't Alberta? Is Smith like any Quebec leaders you know of?
@@MakingGains- On that subject, of having what Quebec does, why can't Alberta have the highest provincial tax rate in Canada, like Quebec does? There are also things that Quebec cannot do, because it's not allowed. A former Prime Minister of Canada has said that. They said that Danielle Smith's Sovereignty Act will not succeed, because it's not legal. Danielle Smith inadvertently had to admit this, in one of her scripted press conferences, a little while ago.
Really!!!
Well universitys dont need funding with the tuitions they charge and if they are getting funded they need to lower the tuitions a lot
In Alberta, the UCP cut funding to post secondary schools in Alberta, and that's why tuition costs have gone up.
Good balanced panel! Sounds like three individuals are scared that there might be some accountability in their occupations. Your panel is totally unhinged, shows that there might be an issue at post secondary education.
Which accountability is lacking?
I dare a University of Alberta scientist to apply for funding to discover if the Covid19 injections are causing cancers or responsible for cancers.
Riiiiight, its 'injections'. Covid ITSELF could never cause any problems, its just 'the injections'. There are close to three hundred articles on cancer and covid, they just aren't numb enough to say "oh, but it must be INJECTIONS causeing cancer right?" Just because unvaccinated people got long covid and other side effects at TWICE the rate as vaccinated, I"m just thats all just a conspiracy.
Danielle Smith has this look of arrogant smugness on her face, and when she is being interviewed, or questioned, she isn't telling the truth.
Gullible people follow along what she says, and they don't know any better.
Danielle Smith has no understanding of how grants for research for universities in Canada are administered.
It's a strict process.
Now, she is going to make it harder for universities in Alberta to gets these grants, which can be used for imprtant things, such as medical research, into things, such as cancer treatment.
The UCP cut funding to the public education system in Alberta, including to universities in Alberta, and they will do more of it, with Bill 18.
When the UCP creates bills, they do it without thinking. They create a bill, and when it's wrong, it backfires.
Former Conservative politicians in Alberta have said that they don't trust Danielle Smith and the UCP, because they are so dishonest.
They are correct.
@Michael-to8qd Anyone who is smart enough, did not support, or vote for Danielle Smith, and any political party that she is a part of. Danielle Smith is the worst premier in Canada. She is managing to outdo Scott Moe and Doug Ford for being so bad. These aren't even Conservatives.
OMG people, wake up. DS is just telling Ottawa, treat Alberta like Quebec. Quebec has a law to stop Ottawa from influencing the Quebec goals with Federal money. Alberta is just doing the same as Quebec. Liberal Governments in Ottawa like to act like dictators and control everything. And this is wrong!!
The hair on fire reaction to Bill 8 is similar to the reaction of the sovereignty Act, which included claims that the sovereignty act would scare away investment.... which we then got the biggest investment in Alberta history (Dow Chemical).
I dont see what the major problem here, and the response seems hyperbolic
The Sovereignty Act is not legal, and it cannot succeed. A former Canadian Prime Minister has said this. In one of her well scripted press conferences, not that long ago, Danielle Smith had to inadvertently accept and admit that her Sovereignty Act is basically meaningless, and has no power. The courts would teach Danielle Smith that fact, but she doesn't know that, because she doesn't understand how politics in Canada functions, despite her being in politics before. The former Canadian Prime Minister has said that the courts would overrule it, to protect our democracy. Bill 18, by the UCP, is also not legal. Recently, the courts ordered the UCP to produce documentation that the UCP were trying to hide, in relation to open pit coal mining in the Rockies of Alberta, which the UCP wanted to pursue. Are the UCP going to try to shred those documents, and delete those emails? In addition, it has been revealed that the UCP were going to pursue open pit coal mining in the Rockies of Alberta, 7 months prior to the UCP informing the public, before a long weekend in May of 2021, or 2022. On top of this First Nations communities are suing the UCP and the AER (Alberta Energy Regulator) for negligence, in relation to the tailings pond leaks in northern Alberta. Coincidentally, the head of the AER (Alberta Energy Regulator), has recently resigned.
@@dwaynewladyka577 Which is it? the sovereignty act is Powerless, or is it 'not legal'. Because that was the claim before it was tabled in the leg, I haven't heard anyone make that claim now. Powerless aka symbolic, guilty as charged 😂 lol.
Same with the critics of Bill 18, nobody is claiming its unconstitutional or, 'not legal' in your terms, just that's it's bad policy and going to scare away federal money (aka our taxdollars money)
@@dwaynewladyka577 WOW...lots of words....but no facts.
@@justinventela The Sovereignty Act is not legal, for starters. That's already been proven. In one of her own press releases, not that long ago, Danielle Smith even admitted, inadvertently, that the Sovereignty Act has no power. Danielle Smith is still believing that she can use the Sovereignty Act, when she can't. If a bill is not legal, it has no power. Danielle Smith and the UCP creates bills, that can't meet legal scrutiny. A bill having no power, is part and parcel of it not being legal.
@@justinventela Bill 18 isn't legal. That's not my terms, but it's what the courts would be deciding, which is a sure thing.
She didn't say that. What I understood is that all ideologies will have funding available. Not just the leftist Trudeau and Health Canada BS
You can read the bill yourself. Funding goes through her office. That means SHE decides who gets funding.
Which is no surprise from a premier who tried to bring in a law that would let her cabinet make legislation without even meeting in the legislature.
AND told regional health authorities all policies would come from her office.
And albertans thought Kenney was bad.
Danielle Smith has given blatantly false information, and lied, about this. Grants for research at universities are strictly controlled, and the research has no political affiliation. For example, research into treating osteoarthritis has no political affiliation. Danielle Smith is a proven, chronic liar. It's one of the main reasons why she didn't last long as the Wildrose party leader.
Danielle Smith clearly doesn't know what she is talking about, and she isn't telling the truth. Research has no ideology attached to it. For example, looking into a treatment for osteoarthritis, is just research. It has no ideological bent, because it benefits many people. Research into making a building stronger, to withstand weather damage, has no political association. It's because well built structures are a good thing. The funding for the research at these universities isn't controlled by Justin Trudeau, or the Liberals, and strict criteria has to be met, to qualify for it. Danielle Smith didn't last long as the Wildrose party leader, and one of the main reasons for that, is because she has a hard time telling the truth.
@@mikearchibald744The comments are vanishing again.
Danielle Smith didn't say that? It's in the interview with her.
NDP party is over a 1/2 million in debt but all these great guest think the UCP party are horrible but we basically have 2 choices and the UCP is 10 times the party to lead all Albertans to a better life. Conservatives ran this Province since basically 1905 except for a 4 year stretch where they tried the NDP once they realized that big mistake ( 79 billion debt) we have got back on track once we get the NDP debt paid off we can get back to helping the Universities with more funding. Remember Conservatives have made Alberta the best Province in Canada most of the educated and smart people would like to keep it that way. The same people that hate the UCP think men can get pregnant and children need life threatening Hormone blockers. Where did they get those ideas wasn't it the Universities,,, well was it???? Sure the hell wasnt from 2 plumbers>>>
Alberta had just over 25,000 international students enrolled in the 2021-2022 academic year. Guess they think Alberta is ok
Have the UCP finished paying off the PC’s $2,000,000 debt yet? Wildrosers didn’t like that very much.
Alberta doesn't need the WEF party sticking its nose in its business.
You realize every oil and gas corporation in Alberta is in the WEF right?
@@mikearchibald744proof???? Or wild accusations???
@@chadtosh6831 LOL, go to their site and look up their partners. Are you kidding me, MOST of canada's oil sands are owned by FOREIGNERS now. And oil and gas are the ORIGINAL globalists. Oil and gas were the first multinational organizations in the world AND not only LOBBIED for policies, they MADE policies for governments. They've OVERTHROWN governments, good grief, this is NEWS to you??
Agreed. The oil and gas industry needs to butt out and fund themselves.
Danielle is doing what right for all Albertans not just the chosen few who are NDP or Liberals
If you think becoming twice as dictatorial as Trudeau ever dreamed is whats 'right' for anybody but fascists you need to consult a dictionery.
@@mikearchibald744 She just doing what right for all Alberta The majority Albertans have had enough of Trudeau woke BS And people who don’t like it can move or vote them out that how democracy works
@Michael-to8qd That a lot more than Trudeau got 32 percent And actually the voters in rural Alberta was 70 percent and it’s only the wing nut centre of Alberta Edmonton that brought it down Calgary was 50/50 split LikeI said you get your chance in3 years until then sit back and enjoy the ride
@@peterbutz642 Well, again, thats YOUR opinion. The election just happened, how democracy works is what you plan on doing you campaign on it, and this was never part of any campaign so there is certainly no way of saying this is what ANYBODY wants.
There is nothing 'woke' about Trudeau, so thats just nuts. If you are arguing the majority of albertans are nuts, well, you go right ahead and argue that.
@Michael-to8qd What do call 32 percent they shouldn’t even be in power I think any politician would take 53 percent any day of the week The leftist in Alberta are just bunch of crybabies
Cry more.
Danielle is a great premier.
Danielle Smith isn't a great premier at all. Getting Dani Dollars bribe money doesn't make her great. Danielle Smith angers constituents, contradicts herself, tells so many lies, flip flops, backtracks, and does very costly debacles. We will be paying for the very costly debacles and mistakes of the UCP for a very long time. Now babies have to be flown elsewhere, because of NICU issues, which is putting them at risk. The UCP was given warning by doctors that this was an issue, but the UCP dithered. Albertans clearly forgot how bad Danielle Smith was as the Wildrose party leader.
Danielle Smith isn't a great premier at all. Getting Dani Dollars bribe money doesn't make her great. Danielle Smith is great at acting, but not great at being the premier. We will be paying for the very costly debacles and mistakes from the UCP for many years to come. Albertans forgot how bad Danielle Smith was as the Wildrose party leader. Former Conservative politicians in Alberta have said that they don't trust Danielle Smith and the UCP, because they are so dishonest. They are correct.
Danielle Smith is a control freak and totally off the mark from traditional conservatism.
I suppose you like the lapdog NDP government that caved to everything the Turdo government wanted her to do. Talking about Nutley