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November 30, 2018
The Chair: I would just note that we are now at 4:43 p.m. Is it generally the will of this committee that we continue to complete this vote and the final consideration of the budget of the Election Commissioner?
Ms Littlewood: Let’s get ’er done.
October 30, 2018
Mr. Shepherd: Frankly, Madam Speaker, I’m troubled by – I don’t know any other word to use – the condescension towards students from the members opposite, that they don’t know what’s good for them, that they could not possibly understand what they’re dealing with here. This is not the same world in which many of the members opposite had the opportunity to get their education. Their education was much more heavily subsidized than that of students today. The Member for Calgary-Mountain View noted that they were able to earn enough in four months to pay for an entire year, an absolute impossibility for the majority of students today. It is a different reality. But you say to those students: “You don’t understand what you’re dealing with. You need to build better character. You need to learn more about how to earn what you think you deserve. You need to work harder,” with perhaps in parentheses, “like I did.”
May 9, 2017
Mr. Shepherd: I greatly appreciated the member’s statements. He offered, I think, some excellent analogies, and certainly it warmed my heart, being a fan of science fiction myself. Certainly, hearing him expound on both Star Trek and Firefly in a single speech: much to be admired there. My one question to the member, specifically in regard to his reference to Firefly, is: why, if he knew that he was going to bring that up in the House, did he not at least have the decency to wear a brown shirt?
Mr. Sucha: You know what? I was going to sing about the man they called Jayne, but unfortunately – I could see on this side of the House the people that got the reference.
February 27, 2019
The Acting Chair: I’ll give the clerk a moment to pull that together.
Mr. Drysdale: The chair might tell a joke while we wait.
The Acting Chair: Indeed. Mr. Drysdale observes that the chair might tell a joke. I apologize; in preparing to be a substitute chair, I did not consult my big book of jokes.
December 12, 2017
Mr. Shepherd: If this, Madam Speaker, is a mass conspiracy for voter fraud, it’s a hell of an inefficient one. I apologize for my use of that word. I retract that word.
Mrs. Aheer: Angry.
Mr. Shepherd: Yeah. You know what? The Member for Chestermere-Rocky View observed that I’m angry. Indeed, Madam Speaker, I am angry because of this abuse of the facts, this incredible, as was noted by Graham Thomson of the Edmonton Journal in his editorial yesterday, this constant, extreme massaging of the facts by the members opposite and by their leader. In fact, this has increased exponentially since they acquired this new leader. Of course, that does make me angry. Albertans deserve better. Albertans deserve representatives that are able to discuss these issues based on facts, and the kind of fearmongering we’re hearing from the UCP anger machine does a disservice to the people of Alberta.
February 26, 2019
The Acting Chair: With that, is there a member that would make a motion to adjourn? Mr. Rosendahl. All those in favour? Somewhat less enthusiasm than I anticipated.
