If our Governor and State legislature want to do that, why are people in Health and Human Services saying no? ... we passed the resolution last year. That is a step in the right direction. It does not get us where we need to be, but it was the Pitts Resolution that said we have to strive to get 90 of 95 cents of every Federal education dollar into the classroom, helping the teacher improve the skills of the child in that classroom.
Discussing the need for federal education funding to reach classrooms directly.
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As long as the president of the United States think I’m doing a good job, I’ll be here.
If (the referendum) is going to be influenced by governments, it’s going to be influenced by the government of Alberta and by the federal government, and maybe the other provinces, but not by the United States government.
Compared to a provincial government and Canadian taxpayers running (political) ads in the United States of America? You’re equating those two? C’mon, that’s not even close!
Probably the region that can make the most compelling case for supplying more oil to the United States would be Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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