“Lively meeting” at MLA town hall
Medicine Hat, AB – Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes got an earful from the more than 100 constituents who showed up to his town hall meeting Thursday night as a large group of the city`s provincial civil servants questioned the direction the UCP government is taking.
“A lively meeting. People who genuinely care about Alberta, care about our future who want to be involved in the government process and it was good to hear everybody’s opinions and everybody’s ideas,“ said Barnes.
One of the biggest themes of complaint was the decision for the government to take over control of the Alberta teachers` pension fund which numerous educators in attendance questioned the logic of.
“The government has decided to have their pensions under AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation) and the government is showing there is strong reasons for that financially,“ said Barnes. “And at the end of the day when the taxpayers are responsible for it, that suggests we need some oversight.“