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Alberta's "Fair Deal Panel" will be holding their Grande Prairie Town Hall at the Teresa Sargent Hall in the Montrose Cultural Centre on December 18 (Photo: Shaun Penner)
By Shaun Penner
Fair Deal Panel

Alberta’s Fair Deal Panel to stop in Grande Prairie December 18

Dec 9, 2019 | 11:47 AM

Peace Country residents will get to have their say on how Alberta should go about getting a “fair deal”.

The government appointed Fair Deal Panel will be making a stop in Grande Prairie on Wednesday, December 18. The town hall event goes from 5:30-7:30 p.m. that evening at the Teresa Sargent Hall at the Montrose Cultural Centre.

The stop is one of 10 across the province for the nine-member panel, whose mandate is to come up with recommendations on how to best advance Alberta’s economic interests within confederation, such as getting more pipelines constructed.

Some ideas the panel is looking into includes withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan in favour of a new provincial agency, creating a separate provincial police force and establishing a formalized provincial constitution.

The panel, which is headlined by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, has until the end of January 2020 to hold its town hall meetings. A final report must be submitted to the provincial government by March 31, 2020.

The first meeting was held in Edmonton on December 3. There will be three meetings this week (Red Deer, Calgary and Lethbridge) before the stop in Grande Prairie next week.

Anyone interested in attending is asked to register beforehand, as space will be limited. You can RSVP by following this link.

by Shaun Penner