US EditionPremier Smith’s Panel Makes Changes to Pension, Policing Surveys to Fix ‘Oversight’
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, JUL 16 – About 500 attendees debated proposals for a provincial police force and pension plan, with a majority supporting the pension idea despite vocal opposition at the Edmonton town hall.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her hand-picked panel held the second summer town hall in Edmonton on Wednesday, attended by about 500 people.
- The town hall followed a more supportive session in Red Deer the previous day but drew a more critical crowd challenging topics like a provincial pension plan and police force.
- Speakers like Todd expressed distrust in the government's pension plan management, while Brian advocated for a police force embedded in communities, and others pushed for a separatist referendum.
- Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi called the panel's data unreliable, stating, "This thing is such a sham," while prominent figures questioned ideological uses and market risks of the pension plan.
- Smith pledged to address housing and social program pressures and announced the panel would return for more town halls, suggesting ongoing public consultation amid visible division on key issues.
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The Toronto Star‘Bratty children’: Alberta’s Smith faces criticism, anger at Edmonton panel town hall
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and members of her Alberta Next panel faced a much more vocal and frustrated crowd in the second of their summer town halls in Edmonton on Wednesday.
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'Bratty children': Alberta's Smith faces criticism, anger at Edmonton panel town hall
EDMONTON — After receiving a warm welcome and widespread support just 24 hours earlier, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith faced a more vocally critical and frustrated crowd as she and her hand-picked panel members assembled in Edmonton for the second of
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