On the Trending 55 Newsroom’s Hot Seat: Alberta Justice Minister and Solicitor General, Doug Schweitzer

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On the Trending 55 Newsroom’s Hot Seat today is Justice Minister and Solicitor General, Doug Schweitzer.

Aside from government issues, we also talk baseball with Schweitzer, who is a former college player in the United States and baseball fan.

Political topics covered:

  • The hiring of additional police officers in the Peace Country
  • How the government is working to reduce response times for police service, especially in rural areas
  • We asked about the bill in the legislature that increase the victim’s surcharge from 15 to 20 percent. A similar bill at the federal level was defeated by the Supreme Court of Canada last year. We ask Schweitzer if the Government of Alberta’s bill would survive a court challenge
  • An ethics complaint that Schweitzer was cleared of this week
  • Bill 30 and its goal of reducing surgical wait times
  • Bill 32 and how it gives more say to union members on how their dues are spent
  • How a potential provincial police force could work

Baseball topics covered:

  • His college baseball career
  • His opinion on if players from the steroid era, such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Should the Boston Red Sox Manager have left Pedro Martinez in game seven of the 2003 ALCS?

The full chat with Schweitzer is below. If you have any questions for next week, please reach out on social media, or e-mail the newsroom at news@rivercountry.fm

– Kenny Trenton, Trending 55 Newsroom

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