Premier Danielle Smith says speaking to members of her former lobby group on Thursday felt 'very much like coming home.' MeliGilligan
Premier Danielle Smith says speaking to members of her former lobby group on Thursday felt "very much like coming home."
She last renewed her lobbying status for the group in January 2022. Ten months later, Smith was premier. In her keynote address on Thursday, Smith thanked AEG members for helping Alberta recover from "all the economic turmoil" the province been through the past few years. The AEG's registry lists more than a dozen pages of issues Smith lobbied the government on during her years with the business group.
Smith lobbied for charter schools, which received $42 million over the next three years in the province’s recently released budget. He said the consultation process will take several months to complete, after which the cabinet and government caucus will consider the feedback provided and make a final decision on whether and how to proceed with the program.
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