Hale’s first anniversary

Times Reporter   

 

April 23, 2012 marks an unforgettable day for Jason Hale. It was the day he was officially elected as the Strathmore-Brooks MLA. It’s been a long year, but one that has seemed to fly by for the now somewhat seasoned politician.

“It’s been a great year, we’ve done lots in the caucus, and we came out with the (Wildrose) caucus foundation. There are lots of issues that we’ve been working on. The year actually has flown by, I can’t believe how fast it went by,” said Hale.  

It has been a busy year with plenty of issues brought up from the different constituencies. One of the main issues is trying to hold the government accountable to some of the promises made last year.  

“We saw before the election a lot of promises made, they were not promises that were kept. We’ve been receiving and I’ve been receiving a lot of support from that with the way the government is spending money is a huge issues, you know the spending problem that they seem to have,” said Hale. 

“Recently with the budget we’ve seen cuts to front line services and that should not be happening, front line services should not be affected because of the spending habits of the current PC government.”

Since being elected into office Hale has spent the past year battling for both his constituency’s rights as the MLA, but also for all of Alberta as the Energy Critic. 

“I have learned a lot, there’s a lot of issues that need to be dealt with locally that a lot of people aren’t aware of. I’ve met so many great people, it’s really been a joy to serve this constituency for the past year and I’m really looking forward to serving them in the years to come,” said Hale. 

The focus for the upcoming year provincially is the budget and continuing to show where changes could be made. Hale said that also when any new legislation is brought forward he and his fellow Wildrose party members try to ensure that the best interests of the communities and the province are being looked at.