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“We will not continue that panel and we will do everything we can to negate what is an outrageously unjustified level of compensation,” Notley told reporters.She said a NDP government would be “taking a hard look” at the panel and Manning’s pay.Article content Premier Danielle Smith’s office issued a statement Tuesday citing the veteran politician’s experience as a Calgary MP and longtime advocacy on issues of importance to Western Canada.
Hides added the panel’s budget is comparable to that of previous panels commissioned by the Alberta government.“There are valuable lessons to be learned from Canada’s responses to COVID-19 which will better prepare us to handle future public emergencies, and that learning and applying those lessons is in the best interests of us all.”
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