#nate horner

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October 28, 2025

Mr. Horner: We obviously support teachers in their right to strike.

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October 28, 2025

Mr. Horner: We acknowledge that there are challenges in the classroom, with 4.4 per cent population growth, a more complex classroom than we’ve ever seen. Not all of that will be settled in collective bargaining, but we’ve made the commitment around the hiring of teachers, around the educational assistants that we’re going to hire, and the Premier and the education minister have made it clear that the work continues and really starts today.

Mr. Nenshi: The work starts today, he says. The work should have started six years ago, when this government took power.

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April 17, 2025

Mr. Kasawski: This government is in a deficit situation, Mr. Speaker. That’s the projection for the next three years at $68 a barrel of oil. Currently we’re sitting at about $61, so we can expect . . .

Mr. Horner: Sixty-four fifty.

Mr. Kasawski: What’s the price now?

Mr. Horner: Sixty-four fifty. It was a big day.

Mr. Kasawski: Oh. Really good, Mr. Minister. It sounds like we’re going to be only running about an $8 billion deficit if we keep this up.

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April 8, 2024

Mr. Horner: The federal carbon tax is a punitive tax, as the member said. It is trying to incentivize a change in behaviour. They want you to drive less.

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November 1, 2023

Ms Phillips: On the weekend the Finance minister told a national TV audience that his UCP government doesn’t have a precise plan to move ahead with a referendum on gambling with Albertans’ pensions by pulling out of the CPP; the Finance minister is going to consult his feelings. And then just a couple of days ago the Premier said that it will be a confluence of inputs, whatever that word salad means. The UCP’s plan to gamble with our retirement security is based on feelings and vibes. Albertans are not sold. A referendum campaign, that the government will lose badly, sounds like my kind of fun, so when is the date, Minister?

Mr. Horner: They know a lot about word salad on that side of the House. I’ll give them that. I would say that there are many ways that we’re going to be able to gauge the interests of Albertans to proceed with this.

Ms Phillips: Vibes. Ouija boards.

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March 7, 2023

Mr. Horner: I would suggest that the next time you feel like bebopping outside of the Anthony Henday, you know what the heck you’re talking about.

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November 25, 2020

Mr. Horner: Not long ago I had not heard of the great reset. It’s only since the e-mails and phone calls I have received from constituents asking for comment that I looked into the term. Now it’s on the cover of Time magazine, and the American media is quoting our Prime Minister. This past September at a United Nations conference Trudeau showed his true intentions for Canada’s economy. He said: this pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset; this is our chance to accelerate our prepandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems.

Mr. Speaker, I’m sure that struggling, unemployed Albertans who have lost so much and are desperate for hope will take little comfort knowing that our country’s leader views their plight as an opportunity to drive and accelerate his agenda. Alberta already has the resources right here to produce affordable clean energy solutions for ourselves and the world. We’re pragmatic leaders in clean energy technology, and our companies are already global leaders in environmental, social, and governance standards. This is truly a scary suggestion, that the Prime Minister of Canada is willing to throw Canadians under the green bus in exchange to freeze out oil and gas, agriculture, and natural resources. Trudeau has enough on his plate to worry about, and he should focus on supporting Canada’s small businesses and job creators. He should stop worrying about a fantasy economy and salvage the one that we have and that so many families are relying on

MP Pierre Poilievre says it best in his new petition. “Canadians must fight back against global elites preying on the fears and desperation of people to impose their power grab.” I urge Albertans to join in and sign his petition at www.withpierre.ca/stopthegreatreset, and tell Ottawa to focus instead on protecting the lives and livelihoods of hard-working Canadians.

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May 28, 2020

please enjoy this very special Bill 202 “witch hunt” round-up Bill 202 would have given the Ethics Commissioner more power to do her job. I wonder why UCP members wouldn’t want that? Mr. Sigurdson: I mean, there are a lot of very, very problematic parts to this bill. It’s made it so broad that it opens up more and more witch hunts that are going to continue to waste more and more time and money of the government. 

Mr. Sigurdson: I hear things: flexibility of definition. The member opposite talked about a witch hunt. I think we’ve seen enough already in this 30th Legislature that when I look at things – this bill is so broad in what this is changing right now.  

Mr. Sigurdson: What they’ve changed there now opens this up to exactly what you said it wouldn’t: never-ending witch hunts. 

Mr. Sigurdson: To me, this entire bill is just ultimately a train wreck, and if anything it’s for the purposes of building on your continued witch hunts. I’m sure that that is the intent of this bill in its entirety. 

Ms Glasgo: We want to get more people involved in politics, but the problem is that if you have these spurious allegations and absolutely ridiculous claims and a witch hunt constantly happening, you’re going to discourage people from running for public office.

Mr. Sigurdson: I think I still am with my original statement about a train wreck and that this has just been put out there to continue the witch hunt, so I’ll be voting no. 

Mr. Horner: I think this bill should have “witch hunt” somewhere in its title, to be honest, and I will definitely be voting no.