Ms Sweet: Mr. Speaker, we also have the lowest minimum wage in this whole country. We have higher wages for people that are able to attain higher wages, and we pay the least amount for the rest of the working people of this province. Many of the people in this province don’t even have access to health care or benefits, and this government is refusing to sign on to the pharmacare program. They do not care about the working people of this province.
It is shameful that this government continues to stand up, and just did, talking about the importance of labour mobility, the importance of ensuring that we have working people in this province to keep our economy moving forward yet removes the rights of workers to negotiate for salaries, to negotiate occupational health and safety, and to ensure that they have the right to the benefits that all Albertans and Canadians have. You cannot say that we have a labour shortage in Alberta and then say: but those people don’t deserve to get paid for it.
Ms Sweet: So what does that look like? How do those partnerships, not just with the federal government but with our interprovincial partnerships that we have with B.C. and Saskatchewan – money transfers back and forth between governments all the time to ensure that we are protecting our environmental sustainability.
Mr. Williams: Point of order.
The Speaker: A point of order is noted. The hon. Member for Peace River.
Point of Order
Relevance
Mr. Williams: I rise under Standing Order 23(b), speaking to a question other than under discussion. I’ve yet to hear anything about the second reasoned amendment, Mr. Speaker, and I’d be very happy to hear more about it.
The Speaker: I’m not convinced you’re listening, then, because largely all of her remarks have been on the reasoned amendment.