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	<title>David Swann&#039;s Blog</title>
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	<description>David Swann is the elected member of the Alberta Legislature for Calgary Mountain View and the Liberal Opposition critic for the Executive Council (Premier&#039;s office) and Health &#38; Wellness.</description>
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		<title>Farmworker&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 20th is Farmworker Day in Alberta. This day is one to remember farmworkers who have been killed on the job, including many children. These workers do not enjoy the same protection under the law that every other Albertan worker enjoys. Farmworkers are not eligible for workers compensation and their employers are not subject to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2011/08/18/farmworkers-day/</link>
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		<title>Join the Call for a Public Health Inquiry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For two months, I have been calling for an inquiry into problems within the health care system. This session of the legislature it seems like another doctor comes forward complaining of intimidation by Alberta Health Services or the regional board that preceded it. 
The government bent already and called a Health Quality Council (HQCA) investigation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2011/04/21/join-the-call-for-a-public-health-inquiry/</link>
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		<title>Legislature Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alberta Liberal Caucus has enjoyed several victories in the legislature this session.
Healthcare dominated the fall session of the legislature, led by our call for a much needed emergency debate on healthcare. The government, continuing to be out of touch with issues of importance to Albertans, limited debate to 75 minutes. It was only after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/12/03/legislature-review/</link>
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		<title>The ER Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent days in the legislature have focused on health care, and rightly so. We are facing a longstanding crisis in the area of Emergency Rooms. The current system is making the lives of our doctors, nurses, and medical staff extremely stressful. Medical staff has lost confidence in the government and AHS’s ability to run the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/11/29/the-er-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Stephen Duckett</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight Alberta Health Services CEO Dr. Stephen Duckett offered a bizarre and bewildering response to reporters asking for his comments on the growing emergency room crisis. 
You can view the video here: http://bit.ly/9exJ5I 
I was frankly shocked to see this kind of behaviour coming from a high-ranking official. I absolutely condemn his disrespectful treatment of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/11/23/dr-stephen-duckett/</link>
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		<title>On MLA Grey Cup Tickets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After taking free fishing trips, concert tickets, and other large gifts from corporations and seeing the outrage from Albertans at these freebies, government MLAs still have not learned a lesson. Government MLAs are now taking free tickets to the Grey Cup festivities in Edmonton valued at $275 per ticket. All MLAs can well afford to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/11/18/on-mla-grey-cup-tickets/</link>
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		<title>On the Release of the New Environment Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Albertans are lucky to live in a province filled with such natural beauty. Our lakes, rivers, and streams along with the mountains and prairie grasslands make this a stunning place to live and for people to visit. We must ensure that our land, water, and air are healthy for our own benefit and for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/11/10/on-the-release-of-the-new-environment-policy/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Potatogate&#8221; and the Sale of Public Land</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Stelmach government is pushing through the sale of 16,000 acres of provincial land without a shred of concern for the environmental impact or for the people who live nearby. The buyer of this land has donated to a Conservative candidate and constituency association and is now buying the land for pennies on the dollar. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/11/02/potatogate-and-the-sale-of-public-land/</link>
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		<title>AUPE 34th Annual Convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s time to give Alberta’s workers a bigger say.  
Over the past weekend, I participated in the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees’ (AUPE) 34th Annual Convention up in Edmonton, and had the opportunity to connect with members one-on-one and hear their concerns about the future of the province.
It is so important for groups like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/10/26/aupe-34th-annual-convention/</link>
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		<title>On the Civic Election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, across Alberta, citizens went to the polls to vote for their municipal representatives. I would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to all elected and re-elected representatives. I would also like to emphasize that all candidates, win or lose, deserve our gratitude for stepping up to run for office. The great interest shown in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/10/20/on-the-civic-election/</link>
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		<title>The Future of Oil &amp; Gas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the privilege recently of attending the ARC symposium and listening to Peter Tertzakian speak about where the oil and gas market is heading over the next ten years. Mr. Tertzakian provided great insight into the influence of government policy on the oil and gas market as well as the over-reliance on oil as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/10/12/the-future-of-oil-gas/</link>
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		<title>On Mr. Stelmach&#8217;s Response to the Visit of James Cameron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If this government had taken the environment seriously from the outset, Alberta would not be in the middle of an environmental PR battle and would not be straining credibility to prove that they are doing something for the environment.  Unfortunately there has been a terrible lack of leadership, investment, and stewardship from this government. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/09/27/on-mr-stelmachs-response-to-the-visit-of-james-cameron/</link>
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		<title>You missed the mark with Pelosi, Ed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr Stelmach indicated yesterday that he had a nice &#8220;free-flowing&#8221; chat with Nancy Pelosi and Senator Markey on our oilsands problems. No doubt he avoided discussing the uncomfortable science around heavy metals leaching into the Athabasca River, the hundreds of reported and unreported spills, inadequate water monitoring and deficient health studies on the downstream First [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/09/10/you-missed-the-mark-with-pelosi-ed/</link>
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		<title>Over the Top Activism? Maybe, but Perhaps it Will get us Moving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative government likes to talk the talk about economic diversification and sustainability, but when will we see any real action? 
We need to strive for that balance of supporting the pillars of our current resource-based economy while at the same time transitioning to a more sustainable way of living.  It is no easy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/09/01/over-the-top-activism-maybe-but-perhaps-it-will-get-us-moving/</link>
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		<title>Response to the Schindler Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The peer-reviewed research of David Schindler’s team at the National Academy of Science on environmental pollution from oil sands development reveals that the Stelmach administration has not done nearly enough to protect Alberta’s watersheds or the international reputation of our oil and gas sector. Contrary to his government’s prior claims, toxic contamination of the Athabasca [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidswann.ca/blog/2010/08/31/response-to-the-schindler-report/</link>
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