deputy premier statement feb 13 2013
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7/29/2019 Deputy Premier Statement Feb 13 2013
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Ministers Statement
February 13, 2013
Opposition refuses to come clean on infrastructure:Lukaszuk
Edmonton... Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk issued the following statement today on the OfficialOppositions so-called infrastructure plan.
The Official Opposition continues to play political games with their so-called infrastructure plan,which they promised to release in January. The document contains no references to any newinfrastructure projects, does not name any projects that they would delay, defer or cut. Anyone canput together a spreadsheet of numbers over 10 years. Stating that the Official Opposition will cutbillions of dollars in infrastructure spending over the next several years is a whitewash.
The Official Opposition refuses to come clean with Albertans over exactly which roads will not bepaved this year, which specific schools wont be built and which health -care facilities will bedelayed. And Albertans waiting for a road to be paved in their community, or an overpass to beconstructed, who need a new school or health facility should be asking those hard questions of theOfficial Opposition.
The Official Oppositions thin infrastructure document also belies the fact that during the first fewdays of the 2012 fall session of the Legislature, Official Opposition MLAs demanded $1.5 billion innew infrastructure projects for their ridings alone. So they demand new infrastructure spending fortheir ridings, but tell the rest of Alberta that their projects will have to be delayed.
Given that Alberta is one of the fastest growing provinces in the country, it is imperative that wemeet the needs of all Albertans, now and into the future. We cannot wait to build new schools,hospital facilities or hold back on municipal infrastructure.
Im proud to be part of Premier Redfords team, which was elected to build Alberta. We willcontinue to build Alberta and live within our means. That is the Premiers pledge, and it is mypledge.
- Thomas Lukaszuk, Deputy Premier of Alberta
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