#RJ Sigurdson

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March 9, 2023

Mr. Sigurdson: With more than a quarter of a million legal firearms owners in the province and with tens of thousands more licensed here every year, there’s no doubt in my mind that Alberta is one of Ottawa’s primary targets in its campaign of fearmongering and persecution around firearms. The previous member said that this government is picking a fight. We’re not picking the fight. Ottawa picked the fight. We’re trying to stand up for Albertans.

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Grateful to have our Alberta Culture minister Leela Aheer and elected MLAs Angela Pitt, RJ Sigurdson & Miranda Rosin out for a set visit to Heartland Season 13, courtesy SEVEN24films, Luke Azevedo & Calgary Economic Dev. More Photos and Videos coming soon!

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March 9, 2023

Mr. Sigurdson: I’m a proud Albertan who values the unique heritage and culture within Alberta, and I’m willing to speak first-hand of the importance and the tradition of responsible and legal firearm ownership within our province. I really believe, like many in my riding of Highwood and throughout the rest of Alberta, that this is a key component of one of our liberties, that we should be able to enjoy.

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December 15, 2022

Mr. Sigurdson: Mr. Speaker, the members opposite are spending a lot of time these days claiming they know what’s best for Alberta, but let’s take a look back, shall we? Under the NDP average weekly earnings grew 1.7 per cent over four years. Under this government average weekly earnings have increased 11 per cent.

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March 15, 2022

Mr. Sigurdson: While the NDP opposite, Trudeau, and Biden feel that it’s more important to stand in support of their eco radicals, this government and I stand with Ukraine and everyone opposed to Russia.

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March 15, 2022

Mr. Sigurdson: Alberta oil represents human rights. It represents responsible environmentalism. It represents Indigenous opportunities. The lack of support from the NDP opposite, Trudeau, and Biden on supporting Alberta energy is nothing more than irresponsible complacency that provides strength to Russia.

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March 22, 2021

Mr. Sigurdson: That is why you can almost guarantee that the majority of every single person that lives here in Alberta has at least one cowboy hat and a pair of boots tucked away in their closet somewhere.

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March 11, 2021

Mr. Sigurdson: Firearms ownership is a significant part of modern Canadian life.

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January 12, 2021

Mr. Shepherd: Having seen that that was the government’s motion that they intended to bring forward, I also put forward an amendment, and I would like to move that amendment now.

The Deputy Chair: Yes. Please proceed.

Mr. Rutherford: Mr. Chair, I have a question. When was the amendment submitted? Just to make sure it’s on the right timeline.

Mr. Shepherd: It wouldn’t be on the paper if it wasn’t legal.

The Deputy Chair: Yes. Just one sec. I’ll clarify. Yeah. This was an amendment that was submitted in the correct time frame, so it is valid. Mr. Shepherd, please proceed with proposing the amendment.

Mr. Shepherd: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Of course, this amendment was on the website as having been submitted on time if members had chosen to review it.

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March 22, 2021

Mr. Sigurdson: I mean, in reality rodeo culture is a way of life that touches all of us as Albertans.

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June 22, 2020

Mr. Sigurdson: Madam Speaker, that is the true spirit of being an Albertan, and I believe this motion speaks to that. Albertans are always wanting to be able to help and give that helping hand, and this could include helping local law enforcement in search and rescue efforts, traffic and crowd control, patrolling communities, and other low-risk activities.

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June 16, 2020

Mr. Sigurdson: Frankly, what Albertans have done is shed the light of truth on the work of Tides and their sources of foreign funding.

In that spirit I’d like to remind the House of the facts when it comes to Tides or MakeWay, as it will now be known. Let’s start with their funding. Between 2000 and 2010 Tides Canada and projects undertaken in Canada by the U.S. Tides Foundation saw more than $55 million funnelled from U.S. foundations to attack our industry. What have they done with this money? Here are a few examples. They sent tens of thousands of dollars to West Coast Environmental Law to fund legal action to constrain the expansion of our oil sands and attempted to delay critical pipeline projects with endless lawsuits. They sent thousands more to Sierra Club BC to fund activism meant to stop the export of our resources from the B.C. coast. They even funded a Greenpeace website that attacked Alberta’s tourism sector.

Mr. Speaker, the actions of Tides Canada and their radical U.S. allies are shameful.

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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.

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May 28, 2020

Mr. Sigurdson: Our democratic values are what make our oil the most ethical in the world.

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June 19, 2019

The Chair: Does anybody disagree with 4:30? Okay. That’s fair. I think that’s fair, right? Let’s just put a time in there of 4:30 p.m.

Mr. Nielsen: Just so that there’s maybe some confidence on the other side there, if they happen to turn in their list at 4:31, I’m probably not going to hold it against them.

The Chair: Okay. That’s good to hear. Thank you so much.

Mr. Sigurdson: Can we hold you to that?

Ms Pancholi: We draw the line at 4:32.

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May 10, 2022

Mr. Sigurdson: Mr. Speaker, when the NDP were in office, Alberta’s constitutional rights were bulldozed by Justin Trudeau, and the NDP stood by and did nothing. Under this United Conservative government that will never happen again. The attack on Alberta’s resource industries from the NDP-Liberal coalition stops here. It stops today. That message is what we send to Ottawa.