Alberta
Red Deer Race Car Driver is up for Move of the Year – and you can help him win this race!


Parker Thompson is taking his auto racing career to a whole new level this year. Not only did Thompson race on two completely different North American Circuits, in his first season “inside” a race car, he managed to lead the pack from beginning to end and win the 2019 Canadian Touring Car Championship title for the GT Sport class.
In the more familiar open wheel Indy Pro 2000 circuit, Thompson has pushed the leaders all season long and sits in third place going into the final races of 2019.
As the season winds down Parker Thompson also finds himself in another race.. and this time you can help him win!
Thompson is up for the Move of the Year for a lightning quick move he made at The Streets of Toronto competition back in July. It’s hard to believe that a driver already moving at such speed can dispatch of another driver this quickly…
Parker Thompson: ” I am honoured to be nominated for the Indy Pro 2000 Championship AiM Sportline Move of the year.”
Click here to see Parker’s move and to vote for Alberta’s favourite race car driver, Parker Thompson


Parker Thompson about to overtake the competition with lightning speed!
Alberta
Premier Smith uses First Ministers’ meeting to catch up with Quebec Premier Legault and Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe


Premier Smith’s update from the Ottawa
Premier Danielle Smith participated in the First Ministers’ Meeting on health care in Ottawa and provided the following update.
Alberta is leading the country with major reform to health care. After 2.5 years of requests from Canada’s premiers, today, the federal government presented their plan. While this is a start, overall, this is significantly lower than the premiers anticipated. Premier Smith will take this information back to her team in Alberta in advance of meeting with Canada’s premiers again in the coming days.
Premier Smith also met with premiers François Legault of Quebec and Scott Moe of Saskatchewan in Ottawa in advance of today’s first ministers’ meeting.
Premier Smith and Premier Legault committed to a desired outcome for a health-care deal that recognizes and respects provincial jurisdiction over health delivery and leads to better outcomes for Albertans and Quebecers. Premier Smith stressed the importance of Alberta’s energy sector, advocating for the importance of natural gas exploration and development both for the growth of the Canadian economy and to provide energy security for Canada’s allies. Premier Legault reiterated his desire to invest in clean energy like hydroelectricity to fight climate change. Both premiers expressed concern about federal overreach and the need for the federal government to respect provincial autonomy in areas of provincial jurisdiction to better meet the needs of their citizens.
Premier Smith and Premier Moe expressed a need for flexibility in the delivery of health-care services, especially those that Alberta’s Healthcare Action Plan commits to, such as reducing surgical wait times, improving ambulance services and reducing emergency room wait times. Premier Smith emphasized Alberta’s progress on recovery-oriented care to support those struggling with mental health and addictions challenges and invited Premier Moe to Alberta to visit the province’s recovery-oriented treatment centres. The premiers also discussed the mutual importance of the energy sector to their provinces for job growth and export to Canada’s allies and a desire to work together on establishing economic corridors for trade and energy export.
Alberta
Premier Smith asks Prime Minister to halt “Just Transition” legislation


Premier Smith meets with the Prime Minister
Premier Danielle Smith met with the Prime Minister for approximately 30 minutes primarily discussing Alberta’s request for the federal government to halt the introduction of its proposed ‘Just Transition’ legislation and other emission reduction strategies.
The Premier asked the federal government to instead work collaboratively with the Government of Alberta on developing a plan and partnership to attract energy investment and workers into Alberta’s conventional, non-conventional and emerging energy sectors while reducing Canada’s and Alberta’s net emissions.
The Prime Minister expressed a willingness to explore this strategy with the Premier through their respective ministers and the Premier will be following up with further correspondence regarding proposed next steps in the near future.
The Premier used today’s discussion to outline Alberta’s expectations as to what must and must not be included in any future federal legislation, targets or policies as it relates to Alberta’s energy sector. These expectations included:
- Abandonment of any references to ‘just transition’ or any other terminology or policies that signal the phaseout of Alberta’s conventional or non-conventional energy sector or workforce.
- Increased workforce training and participation in all of the conventional, non-conventional and emerging energy sectors.
- The need for formal consultation and collaboration with Alberta before the federal government announces or implements legislation, targets or policies that materially impact Alberta’s energy sector.
- Substantial increase in LNG exports to Asia through the lens of meeting targets through replacement of higher emitting fuel sources with clean Canadian LNG.
- Joint federal-provincial initiatives to facilitate increased private investment in nuclear, hydrogen, bitumen beyond combustion, geothermal, lithium, helium, zero-emission vehicle, CCUS, petrochemical and other emerging technologies and fuels that make Alberta’s conventional and non-conventional energy sector increasingly carbon neutral.
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