The CAMROSE BOOSTER, April 10, 2018 – Page 6
Government spending helps your community By Bruce Hinkley, MLA Wetaskiwin-Camrose
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As the new chair of the Senior’s Minister’s Service Awards committee I would like to invite constituents to nominate volunteers from our community who help our seniors live their lives to the fullest. The deadline for nominations is April 23. Additional information and a nomination booklet can be found at www.seniors-housing.alberta.ca/seniors/ service-awards.html. Proud to announce that the Wetaskiwin and District Victims Services Society was approved for a grant totaling $450,000 for a three-year term. Thank you Cyrus Dustouri, board chair; Petra Pfeifer, executive director and their directors for the work you do to make life better for victims of crime. Another opportunity for diversifying our economy is a grant for tourism growth and innovation. If you have an idea or plan to increase knowledge of tourism assets, markets and build operator capacity to deliver memorable experiences. The first intake deadline is April 30. Full information is available at Culture and Tourism’s website www.culturetourism.alberta.ca/TGIF. I would like to use this update to list many of the financial benefits coming to our constituency. I know some will object to this spending. If constituents would prefer an end to building roads, bridges, water lines and sewage disposal we could end the Municipal Sustainability Initiative funding to towns, cities and counties. We could reduce our deficit by ending funding to agricultural societies, but we have decided not to stifle rural communities by focusing on debt, but rather invest to keep rural towns and counties vibrant and sustainable. Some worry about the debt being left to our grandkids, but they do not worry about leaving our grandkids a failing infrastructure (just ask residents of Wetaskiwin who face a crumbling road and water infrastructure due to 30 years of provincial neglect), crowded hospitals and long wait times, overcrowded classrooms and student debt, damaged environment (abandoned and orphaned oil wells), outdated economy (one resource reliance), unlivable wages (even when doing multiple jobs). We have a plan and it is already starting to work– deficits are down, our economy is diversifying and leading the country in growth. We will continue to believe and invest in the resiliency of Albertans. Some of these investments include $10 million to the County of Wetaskiwin for road upgrades and overlays; new school for Camrose Chester Ronning. Expansion of the green energy solar programs; a pilot transit transportation project for Camrose and surrounding areas; $467,000 for Montana First Nation youth and elder programs, housing and community events; $120,000 for Camrose County for inter-municipal development projects; $200,000 for Ponoka County for similar intermunicipal development projects; $13.4 million for fighting rural crime, officers, support staff, crown prosecutors; $11 million for more paramedics, some specifically for Camrose and Wetaskiwin; $17.5 million specifically to reduce energy costs of community rinks, arenas and swimming pools; $795,000 to 106 non-profit organizations for energy efficiency projects. Municipal Sustainable Initiative funding and Gas Tax Funds for Camrose ($4 million), Wetaskiwin ($2.6 million), Millet ($540,000), Bittern Lake ($210,000), Ferintosh ($211,000), Hay Lakes ($250,000), Argentia Beach ($93,000), Crystal Springs ($94,000), Grandview ($107,000), Ma-Me-O Beach ($107,000), Poplar Bay ($106,000), Camrose County ($2.5 million) and Wetaskiwin County ($2.7 million). Another investment we have made for Albertans has been the carbon levy rebate, which has been made available to individuals and families receiving lower incomes to help offset costs. Seniors, in particular, receive rebates to help cover rent increases made by apartment or lodge managers. This government is not taking back any of these rebates. The money is helping people/seniors pay their bills and making their life easier. Speaking of carbon levies do people realize Mr. Jason Kenney, as part of the Stephen Harper federal government put a 10 cent per litre gas tax on our gasoline over 10 years? Government guaranteed–summer is coming…just hope it is the same weekend you plan to go camping. Take care everyone. For more information check the Alberta Government web pages or call my offices to talk to Niel or Tony at either 780-672-0000 or 780-352-0241.