By Jackie Lovely
MLA Camrose
Happy New Year to all Camrose Constituency residents! I hope you all had a nice break filled with family and friends. My very best wishes to you all for a fun-filled 2024.
2023 saw Alberta reaffirm itself as the beating heart of Canada’s conservative movement, with our United Conservative government’s strong economic policies working to balance the budget, attract investment, create jobs, diversify the economy, and keep life affordable – all while maintaining the lowest taxes in the country for families and businesses.
Despite global unrest and uncertainty, Alberta emerged as a beacon of hope, opportunity and freedom in 2023 – attracting a record number of newcomers who want to put down roots and contribute to the Alberta story, just as our ancestors did before us. Many of them have chosen our community as their new home. Welcome!
2023 also saw our government undertake efforts to fix longstanding issues in Alberta’s health care system. We have heard loud and clear that the current system centred around Alberta Health Services (AHS) is complex and uncoordinated, and we are moving swiftly to refocus the system around patients and their families, alongside our world-class health care workers who understand the system and its challenges better than anyone.
Amid our many triumphs, our province navigated many challenges in 2023 as well, including a very difficult wildfire season, an inflation crisis borne out of disastrous economic policies from the NDP-Trudeau Alliance and a litany of newly proposed federal policies that undermine the constitutional rights and jurisdiction of the provinces.
Among the never-ending list of bad ideas from the NDP-Trudeau Alliance is a 2035 net zero electricity plan that is completely unaffordable on an eleven-year timeline, a 2035 gas car sales ban that is reckless and unrealistic and a single-use plastics ban that has already been struck down once by the Federal Court.
In 2024, our United Conservative government will continue standing strong against these unaffordable and unconstitutional ideas from the NDP-Trudeau Alliance and we will be unrelenting in our advocacy for our people and province.
2024 will also offer more opportunities to attract investment, create jobs and grow and diversify the economy – with most economic forecasts suggesting Alberta will once again lead the country in economic growth.
From energy to agriculture to technology to renewables to manufacturing to agri-food processing to film and television, Alberta is the place to be.
As we embark on a new year, let’s do so with hope, optimism, and the same can-do spirit that has always made Alberta the best place in Canada to live, work, play, start a business, or raise a family.
Please see me if you need any documents to be notarized or commissioned. I provide the service free of charge for constituents.
~ MLA Jackie Lovely can be contacted at her constituency office located at #104, 4870 51 Street, Camrose AB, T4V 1S1, or by telephone at 780-672-0000.