Kevin Lee

Proud to announce matching provincial funds for a new school playground! Construction will start next month at Jessie Duncan Elementary School in Penhold. Huge shoutout to the Parent Council for fundraising more than $50K to help build a fun and accessible area for students.

🔴LIVE Premiers from Canada’s western provinces and territories are holding a media availability to conclude their annual conference. Please join us live to watch the announcement from Kananaskis twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

I was pleased to host my western premier colleagues in Kananaskis for a roundtable with Indigenous entrepreneurs and business partners ahead of the Western Premiers Conference. We discussed how Indigenous communities are stepping up as owners, investors, and partners in every sector - including energy development and tourism. I was especially glad my colleagues could learn more about the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, which has helped secure major investments including a $1.2 billion Indigenous investment in energy infrastructure in the Athabasca region.

This claim by @LukaszukAB is flat out false. MLA Dale Nally was not in a “separatist truck” during the Rainmaker Parade in St. Albert. He is a proud federalist who is supporting Alberta remaining in Canada. Check out MLA Nally on horseback during the parade👇

Alberta just continues to attract new investment and mega-projects. Fact is this province’s pro-growth, low tax policies combined with the repeal/changes of the majority of the disastrous Trudeau-era environment policies make Alberta incredibly attractive for business. Despite the NDP (and allies) fear-mongering, this investment will continue despite the democratic debate on Alberta’s future. Has for the last year - will continue as evidenced by this most recent announcement.

Great news!

Alberta’s investment momentum keeps growing with another $570 million project moving forward in our province. Pembina’s new Heartland Extraction Plant project will launch in 2029. This project will strengthen Alberta’s energy industry, create jobs, expand processing capacity, and support long-term growth in the Industrial Heartland. Projects like this are happening because Alberta has the resources, workforce, infrastructure, and investment certainty companies are looking for.

I know the last decade under the Trudeau-NDP was difficult and Albertans have every right to be frustrated. But thanks to the leadership of Albertans, the tide is finally turning in our favour. The vast majority of Trudeau’s ‘9 bad laws’ have been scrapped or reformed. Investment has begun flowing back into energy, tech, and agriculture, and we are creating more jobs than the rest of the country combined. Now is not the time to give up hope. Now is the time to double down and help Canada reach its incredible potential. With Alberta leading the way, we can turn Canada into one of the most strong and prosperous economies in the world. On October 19, I will be voting for Alberta to remain in Canada. I hope you will join me in doing so.

I am fiercely loyal to Alberta and Canada and will be voting for our province to remain in confederation Kicking the can down the road only prolongs an emotional and important debate, and muzzling the voices of hundreds of thousands of Albertans who want to be heard is unjustifiable in a free and democratic society. It’s time to have a vote, understand the will of Albertans, and move on. Read my full op-ed here: calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

With the Legislature not currently sitting, I’ve had more opportunity to spend more time back home in the constituency meeting with local leaders, organizations, and residents. This included great conversations with the County of Newell, Grasslands Regional Family and Community Support Services, Global Village, and several local constituents about the priorities and opportunities facing our communities.

Weak leader eh? In 2 years she’s almost single handedly rolled back every disastrous Trudeau era environmental policy and has 3 new pipelines actively under construction - all of which will bail out the entire Canadian economy. Not to mention trying to convince (rather than force) Albertans that Canada is worth fighting for despite all the insanity of the last 10 years, while enabling them to express their opinion on the matter and refusing to demonize those that disagree. It is these rather ignorant statements from Laurentian Elites like yourself that have us exactly where we are right now…and you’re just making it worse.

.@ABDanielleSmith’s virtual town hall with UCP members is a master class in political communications. In what had to be the biggest two weeks of her premiership to date, she’s with patience and empathy effectively addressing good and hard decisions questions from every corner of the province. And yes, she is continuing to make the case to stay and make Canada work to her critics.

For every Ottawa commentator who spent the week calling Danielle Smith a separatist, she just spent the last couple hours passionately and intelligently defending Alberta’s place in Canada to thousands of Albertans on a telephone town hall. Danielle has been clear: Alberta can work in Canada. A little less elitist scorn from the East would help.

Big overtime goal by Jack Good for the win late last night! Alberta’s Brooks Bandits @brooks_bandits, from my very own constituency, are now BCHL champions!

I’ll be taking questions from the media following yesterday's province-wide address on Alberta’s October 2026 Referendum. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Had a great tour of Sleeman Breweries in Ontario. Businesses like this create good jobs, grow the economy and attract investment across Canada.

▶️ Tune into the latest 'Alberta Update' where we discuss issues that are making news and impacting Albertans, including: ✅ Premier Danielle Smith’s recent televised provincewide address ✅ Adding a referendum question to the upcoming October ballot

I am incredibly honoured to be appointed by Premier @ABDanielleSmith as Alberta's Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services. It has been a privilege to serve as Minister of Affordability and Utilities. Over the past three years, we've made great progress on building a strong foundation for Alberta's energy future that I'm proud to have been apart of. Amid growing electricity demands, we've stabilized the power grid, following a hasty coal-phase out, by prioritizing reliability and bringing an additional 3,000 megawatts of dispatchable, baseload generation online in 2024 alone. As a result of new generation, wholesale electricity prices dropped by 53% in 2024, and another 30% in 2025. We also brought down the default rate of electricity by 63% from its peak. The federal Clean Electricity Regulations - which would've driven power bills up by 35% and made our grid 100 times less reliable - are gone. We also began an important conversation on the potential for nuclear energy to meet future energy demands. I know this momentum and work will continue under the new Minister of Affordability and Utilities, Minister @RjSigurdson, supported by Parliamentary Secretary @CdeJongeAB and I wish them both all the best in their roles going forward. I want to thank all those who I've had the opportunity to connect with during my time in Affordability and Utilities, including the incredible electricity sector that keep our province powered each and every day. I also want to thank Minister @JasonNixonAB for his work in Assisted Living and Social Services. He leaves big shoes to fill (literally), but I will work every day to support and be a voice for the most vulnerable in our province. I look forward to getting up to speed on this new portfolio and getting to work.

Regarding yesterday’s speech by the Premier: 1. For those Albertans wanting a binding separation referendum in October; due to the recent court ruling, there is no legal way to hold a binding separation referendum this fall. If the simplified and binding stay/leave question had been put on the ballot it would have been struck down within a couple of weeks - and Elections Alberta would have been legally barred from including the question on the referendum in October entirely. It may take a year or more to appeal and reverse the judge’s erroneous decision, and until then, a binding referendum held by Elections Alberta is not legally or practically possible. You don’t have to agree with the court’s decision (I sure don’t) but that’s how our justice system works. 2. For those Albertans who don’t want a referendum at all; 700,000 Albertans signed a petition asking for a referendum on this issue and Premier Smith rightfully wants to get direction from all Albertans on this matter now - not 3 years from now. It’s time for Albertans to decide whether we want to spend time, expense and effort pursuing separation or whether Albertans want to remain, continue to work on undoing the last 10 years of horrendous Trudeau-era policies and fight for a stronger Alberta within a united Canada. We will find out on Oct 19. You will decide. Not politicians, social media clickbait farmers or media talking heads. You. That’s democracy and it’s a beautiful thing that we have it here. Again, the choice is simple. Either: 1. Vote to remain in Canada, put an end to this debate, and fight to make our province and country stronger and more unified; or 2. Vote to commence the necessary, albeit lengthy legal processes, appeals, and other steps needed to legally separate from Canada (including a binding referendum that complies with the Constitution). The choice is ours Alberta. You know where the Premier stands on this question. She made herself clear and gave her reasons why she believes Alberta remaining in Canada is worth supporting and fighting for. But what do Albertans want the next step to be? Let’s all vote on October 19, get marching orders from all Albertans and move forward with the result.