LaVar Payne – Service to the Community
Gail JaNseN banking systems in the world.” allocated to seeing to the infrastructure
An organization that also, according to
funding needs of municipalities regardless
For nearly 15 years the Federal Medicine
Payne, has come out strongly in support
of size.
Hat riding was led by Conservative MP
of the Conservative’s recently released “I contacted each of the Mayors and
Monte Solberg, whose long illustrious
budget and their Economic Action Plan Reeves in the riding to make sure they
career included positions as both Minister
(EAP) as one that is both “timely and submitted all of their infrastructure needs
of Citizenship and Immigration and as
well-targeted.” by the deadline and then had them cc
the Minister of Human Resources.
For Payne the EAP is something he
each application to me,” says Payne.
A tough act for any candidate to follow,
believes will ultimately ease Canadians With each project identified to be
but a particularly tough act for newly
and Canadian businesses out of this supported equally by federal, provincial
elected Conservative MP LaVar Payne.
economic crisis. and municipal governments, Payne added
For not only does he have to fill the shoes
that he will “work alongside both Rob
of a well-respected member of his party,
Renner and Len Mitzel to see that these
he also has to fill the shoes of a man he
needs are met.”
once called boss.
The infrastructure needs of secondary
Acting as Solberg’s Special Assistant in
education to ensure a well-trained
his constituency office for the last couple
workforce were also identified by Payne
of years, Payne sought nomination for
as a need that will be met through the
the Conservative riding after he was
Conservative’s EAP.
encouraged by Solberg to run. An
encouragement that ultimately ended in a
“I’ve been in contact with Ralph Weeks
landslide victory for Payne, who amassed
at the Medicine Hat College to assess
more than 70% of the popular vote.
their needs and to ensure that the College
meets the application deadline for March
No stranger to business, Payne has
30th of this year.”
been a Human Resources Manager for
Alberta Gas Chemicals, Novacor and
For Payne one of the biggest infrastructure
Methanex, and also entered into the fray “Canada has some real advantages and
priorities he sees that needs addressing is
of small business with his own consulting we should not hesitate to promote our
the ensuring of water access and quality
company, Solution Source. strengths,” says Payne.
for his constituents.
Today Payne hopes to use that strong In Payne’s eyes one of the biggest impacts
“Safe drinking water and the need to
business background to help forward his his party’s EAP will have on business is
upgrade water treatment facilities will
own, and the ideas of business to both the through its dedicated funding to matters
be a future issue in southeast Alberta,”
provincial and national caucuses. “I’m of infrastructure.
says Payne, who is tentatively behind the
hoping that through this position I can
proposed Meridian Dam project.
“The money the EAP has earmarked
really help to serve my community.”
for infrastructure will go a long way to
“Obviously it will need to undergo a full-
Payne recently revealed some of those helping not just Medicine Hat, but the
blown feasibility study,” says Payne. “But
ideas at a Chamber luncheon where he whole district and riding,” says Payne.
I think what you will see out of that will
reassured those in attendance that “the
be benefits not only for Medicine Hat
From $60 million allocated to the
International Money Fund has indicated
and southeast Alberta, but for the entire
infrastructure at the heart of the arts,
that Canada has one of the strongest
province.”
libraries and small museums, to $12 billion
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