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hello uh Karina Roman CBC News when the
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Liberals have won government most times
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it's without needing to do well in the
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West you're in the West you're headed to
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Calgary uh you're here making your pitch
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to voters in the West how do you
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convince them that you care about their
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issues if the West isn't key for the
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Liberals in terms of a path to victory
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well you know I let me say a couple of
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things first um I'm not a career
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politician uh I'm a pragmatist i'm here
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to get things done i'm here to address a
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series of crises the crisis first and
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foremost with the United States um the
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crisis in housing the cost of living
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crisis um and I'm bringing that
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perspective i am asking for through the
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Liberal Party for the support of all
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Canadians to serve all Canadians for
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those crisis uh I happen to be from the
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west um I have deep ties to Alberta
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where I grew up ties to the territories
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where I was born and ties to uh BC where
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my uh my family uh my my mother and my
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uh my sister now live uh I know the West
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um and I think I have a good sense
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butressed by uh our candidates here in
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British Columbia of what's required and
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the last point and I'll hand back is
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that the scale of what we're announcing
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today the scale and the and the degree
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announcing spreads across the needs of
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the west the needs and I'll speak
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specifically to British Columbia um a
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cutting edge industry as represented by
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this company a huge challenge for our
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housing integrating all of the solutions
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back into the core that help build
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British Columbia our forestry industry
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and solving multiple problems at the
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same time providing a better life for
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people in the West and across Canada
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that's the approach we'll take and
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that's why we're here asking for the
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support of voters in British Columbia
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and across the West thank you
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strategy the solution the grand
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Britany first year okay um and for a
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followup do you worry that making jokes
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about Premier Daniel Smith will
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contribute to Western alienation
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uh it was a light-hearted comment um I
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have a lot of respect for the premier uh
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we've worked together including already
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we've worked together including on the
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agreement uh at first ministers the
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unanimous agreement on first ministers
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of having one Canadian economy as
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opposed to 13 uh developing new trade
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and energy corridors i refer uh to our
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meeting in Ottawa of two and a half
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weeks ago um there is a lot of
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opportunity uh for Alberta for Canada
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and uh my government will work will
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spare no effort to make sure that the
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people of Alberta the people of Canada
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realize those opportunities thank you
