US EditionPremier's Alberta Next panel closes out tour in tense Calgary town hall
The Alberta Next panel ended its tour after facing criticism and an apology over a moderator’s inappropriate comment to a teen amid tensions on teachers’ strike and Ottawa grievances.
- On Monday night, Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel closed its cross-province tour in Calgary as about 1,100 people attended at a south Calgary event centre for a final chance to speak.
- The panel was created earlier this year after Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal election win to reassess Alberta's relationship with Ottawa and review six proposals including immigration control and a provincial police service.
- Moderator Bruce McAllister interrupted a 16-year-old boy who tried to ask about the pending provincewide teachers' strike and told him his parents should spank him, then apologized on social media.
- Calls for accountability followed the social-media spread of the exchange as Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi said an apology isn't sufficient and demanded McAllister be fired and Smith apologize to the boy.
- Stephen Buffalo said the proposals have a path forward but require strong leadership, as the panel prepares for Wednesday's telephone town hall to assess which move to a referendum or are implemented.
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Thursday's letters: Alberta Next moderator's conduct appalling
I caught the Global Morning News regarding the government panel meeting with the public last night and was appalled with the moderator's treatment of the young man who was trying to comment on the looming teachers' strike.
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Moderator on Smith's Alberta Next panel sorry for saying teen should be spanked
EDMONTON — The moderator of Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel is apologizing after he told a teen at a town hall that his parents should spank him.
Smith's Alberta Next panel closes out tour in tense Calgary town hall
Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next panel closed out its cross-province tour on a tense note in Calgary on Monday night as the premier heard from residents with grievances directed at Ottawa and her own government. The slightest whiff of manure hung in the air at the south Calgary event centre, normally used for equestrian events, […]
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