#david eggen

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March 11, 2025

Mr. Eggen: Throw down the MAGA hats, start flying the Canada flag the right way around, and if you are serious about stopping Donald Trump, stop acting like Donald Trump.

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Alberta’s education minister calls Kenney deceitful on school curriculum review

Eggen spoke a day after Kenney said in a speech that if his United Conservatives win the spring election they will take action on what they see as NDP worldview seeping into the curriculum review.

Alberta’s education minister says Opposition Leader Jason Kenney is being ignorant, deceptive, and deceitful when he brands the province’s sweeping rewrite of the school curriculum a Trojan Horse for NDP ideology.

“This isn’t constructive criticism. It’s a drive-by shooting on our curriculum and our kids’ education — and Jason Kenney really should be ashamed,” David Eggen told reporters Sunday.

“It tells us two things: number one, that the UCP and Jason Kenney understand very little about education, and number two, Jason Kenney is willing to stoop very low to, quite honestly, be dishonest about what’s going on in our curriculum process for the sake of scoring cheap political points.”

Eggen spoke a day after Kenney reiterated to party faithful in a speech that if his United Conservatives win the spring election they will take action on what they see as NDP worldview seeping into the curriculum review.

Premier Rachel Notley weighed in on Twitter, saying: “We’ve consulted and worked to update our kids’ curriculum — some of which is 30 years old! Throwing that work in the shredder isn’t good for our kids and it doesn’t make any sense.”

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November 30, 2023

Mr. Nixon: Mr. Speaker, it’s clear the NDP don’t like Alberta; that’s not a secret. They’re just not proud of our province. I’m proud of our province. We have the lowest senior poverty rate anywhere in this country, the highest senior benefits of any province in this country, and if there are any challenges when it comes to senior payments . . .

Mr. Eggen: You’re embarrassing.

Member Calahoo Stonehouse: Were you not loved as a child?

Mr. Nixon: . . . it comes from the federal government, that that party has stood up each and every time to support. This side of the House: we stand with Albertans, including seniors. That side of the House, the NDP: they stand with Justin Trudeau. Shame on them.

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May 25, 2022

Mr. Eggen: Mr. Speaker, this UCP government must be held accountable for the damage that they have inflicted on postsecondary. We have not seen the level of 18- to 25-year-olds leaving this province since the 1980s. I have prepared a bill, coming out this afternoon, that will make sure that the UCP wears the long-term impacts of cuts to postsecondary, to our economy, and to our society. Will someone in that UCP government agree to sit down to discuss this bill we’re bringing forward this afternoon and commit to a full study of the economic impacts of the devastating cuts to postsecondary being made by this UCP government?

Member LaGrange: Mr. Speaker, I understand that the member opposite is bringing forward a bill, but how hypocritical of the member opposite when they imposed the biggest tax hike in all of Alberta with the carbon tax, not to mention all of the other things that they put in place.

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December 6, 2021

Mr. Eggen: Mr. Speaker, recent data from Statistics Canada has shown that the analysis of the MacKinnon panel was embarrassingly inadequate and that Alberta actually spends $2,700 less than B.C. per student, rather than the $4,000 more that was claimed. This UCP government has used this faulty data to justify almost $700 million in cuts to postsecondaries. This is incompetence of the highest order, and our students, our future leaders, are paying the price. Will the Premier admit that this government fudged this information so that he could make devastating cuts to postsecondary?

Mr. Kenney: So let’s get this straight, Mr. Speaker. The NDP here is accusing a former NDP Finance minister, who led a panel with respected former public servants, including a former Liberal member of this Legislature, of purposely producing misinformation? Why doesn’t he go and say that outside the House? Why do they do the drive-by smears, attacks, and defamation under protection of privilege in this place? Shame on them.

Mr. Eggen: Mr. Speaker, I would be delighted to say that outside of the House.

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November 17, 2021

Mr. Stephan: Why do you think that this NDP caucus opposite is hostile and looks down on Albertans seeking fairness from equalization? What is it that they have a problem with, do you think? I’d appreciate your thoughts on that.

Mr. Eggen: People who don’t wear masks properly.

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March 23, 2022

Mr. Schmidt: Now, I’m a resident of the city of Edmonton. I’ve complained loudly about the management in the city of Edmonton on a couple of occasions here in the House. Just yesterday I aired some grievances about the lack of snowplows clearing the roads during the wintertime.

Mr. Eggen: Did they come after that?

Mr. Schmidt: No. The snow melted thanks to the 18-degree temperature. That was the city of Edmonton’s plan all along, I guess, to let the snow be self-plowed by the sun at the end of March.

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March 9, 2022

Mr. Eggen: According to StatsCan 2021 was the first year since 1988 that Alberta has a net negative migration of young people aged 18 to 24. The U of A Students’ Union indicated that 61 per cent of students think that there is at least a 50-50 chance that they will leave the province, with 14 per cent already deciding to pack their bags. Why would the minister drive young people out of the province with these ridiculous tuition hikes, which are outrageous?

Member LaGrange: Mr. Speaker, I believe the member opposite forgot that there was COVID and that that’s probably why there wasn’t migration to and from the province in postsecondary. Again, I want to reiterate the actual facts. According to Stats Canada the average undergraduate tuition in Alberta is $6,567. That is well below the national average of $6,693.