Alberta quadruples school construction funding to address swelling population

Alberta was calling, both Canadians and immigrants answered and now the government is working to address the consequence of an unprecedented number of people moving to the Prairie province over the past year. In a televised address Tuesday night, Premier Danielle Smith said the Alberta government will be quadrupling the amount of capital money going towards K-12 school constructions over the next three years via a new program called the School Construction Accelerator Program. Alberta has seen record-breaking population growth: more than 200,000 people moved to the province last year and Smith said that’s like adding two new Red Deer-sized cities. Schools everywhere are inundated with new pupils. Morgan Black reports. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10757982/premier-danielle-smith-televised-address-alberta-families/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews