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resuming debate: honourable member for calgary rocky ridge. thank you mr.speaker. i rise today as member of parliament for the people of calgary rocky ridge as a calgarian and an albertan witnessing an economic catastrophe unfolding in my riding. these are my friends, my neighbours, my former business clients my fellow albertans suffering from the effects of a devastating economic downturn this january, i met with unemployed workers and employers as part our jobs taskforce i heard from gary, who has been out work for two years. he has spoken with various head hunters who freely tell him, that at his age--early fifties-- is unlikely to find work in his field again.

i heard from a man named james he is a skilled mechanical engineer with decades of experience well 25 years of experience. a wife, children, he can't even get entry level job in service industry or retail employment. because he is told over and over again that he is over-qualified. this man just wants to work! he wants to work. if he can't get work in his own field, he'll take anything there is nothing available. james feels like a prison in his own home since going out costs money.

the only comfort i could give james was to let him know that he is not alone i heard from a senior executive who had to lay off 60% of his employees -- 2300 skilled workers! sending them into a recession with little hope of work in their field he also had to cut the remaining workers' salaries by up to 20% and cut their benefits i heard about an engineer who decamped to detroit, of all places. this is alberta! we have people moving from calgary to detroits for jobs. when that happens, you know the world has been turned on it's head. i heard from an oil and gas entrepreneur that said that he has talked international energy investors in london and new york.

these are people who choose and decide where employmentis going to be created. they make decisions on multibillion dollar projects. these people now believe thatthe initials ab for alberta stands for “anywhere but”. i heard of businesses large and small fleeing alberta, causing a commercial vacancy rate in excess of 22% in calgary. i heard from a small business owner whose sales and profits aredown. his personal income taxes are up. he did not receive a promised small business tax reduction. his payroll deductions thathe remits on behalf of his employees are going to increase too. i heard from a mortgage broker whose clients recently graduated fromuniversity, took out mortgages, and wanted to start families in calgary. these people now worry they have no hope for employment and arebeginning to take their families and their uncertain futures elsewhere. i heard from professionals who have come from all corners ofthe world to come to calgary for the employment opportunities that existed there. these people are now having to leaveand look elsewhere in other oil-producing jurisdictions.

i heard from oil-patch veterans who lived through pierre trudeau's national energy program in 1982, and these people say that today's situation is actually worse. these albertans joined me to discuss the causes of thejobs crisis and to propose measures that the government of canada can take to help remedy the situation. one themecame up time and time again: stop making things worse stop introducing carbon taxes, which make our energy sector less competitive and make everything more expensive. stop using anti-industry and anti-energy rhetoric, such as talking about phasing out one of the largest employers in the provinces. stop increasing payroll taxes. stop scaring away investors and the jobs they create through mixed messages about phasing out the oil sands. stop playing politics with the national energy board simply declare that the government has confidence in its rigorous processes and that it will approve the pipelines that it approves.

. stop driving alberta jobs to texas and the dakotas, or even places like nigeria, venezuela, madagascar, or the gulf states stop damaging other industries, like housing, by fiddling with mortgage rules. stop cheerleading the notley government's ruinous carbon tax policy. the crash in oil prices was not caused by the current government, but if it wants to help, just please, stop making things worse.

Fahmy Herbals @ 04.23