Senator Black excited for impact 2019 Games, Alternative Energy Lab will bring

“While we’ll have three exciting weeks in the winter, we have a physical legacy and also importantly a human legacy and I want to be part of helping to develop that.”

Black says he plans to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2019 Canada Winter Games, in addition to running in the Torch Relay and making a statement in the Senate of Canada over the next couple of weeks to inform Senators and the rest of Canada what’s happening with the Games.

Senator Black also met Friday with Mayor Tara Veer for an update on local issues here in Red Deer, as well as with RDC President and CEO Joel Ward while touring the Alternative Energy Lab, something he is also excited for.

“We need to take every opportunity we can to use innovation, to reduce the carbon footprint from oil, principally, and gas to a lesser degree,” Black says. “But we also need to figure how we can become a world leader in alternative energy technologies. Anything that can be done and a lot of that is going to be done here in Red Deer, we need to do to make sure that we capture what’s going to be a global marketplace worth trillions of dollars.”

Although Black anticipates Alberta to continue building on its oil and gas strength, he also acknowledges that things will have to be done differently moving forward.

“Our opportunities lie in food and fibre, in health care, in artificial intelligence and obviously alternative energy as well,” he says. “As well as agri-business, which of course is very important to central Alberta, and I have real confidence that now we’ve identified those pillars, let’s call it ‘Team Alberta’ is coming together to recognize that we need to broaden our economy.”

by Sheldon Spackman

Senator Black excited for impact 2019 Games, Alternative Energy Lab will bring

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