Www.Assembly.Ab.Ca Campaign

Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin., #203, 8912-156 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5R 5Z2

March IIIrd, MMX

Hon. David G. Hancock, QC, MLA, Minister of Education, Progressive Conservative, Edmonton-Whitemud

Dear David:

I was just looking at the fabulous interactive tour of the Assembly Building on the assembly.ab.ca website. Why not expand on this informational nugget & produce an interactive video wherein kids from across the Province could participate in a Provincial Legislature Parliamentary Session. All the way from being able to set up & design the Throne Speech, who is in Government & who is in Opposition. Creating legislation, parliamentary committees, the whole shhbang!

Let it be done in real time so students can have the Speaker attend the Chair at 1:29:59PM each day & start off with daily proceedings. So a student is chosen Speaker & then debate is formulated & each day an entire student Legislature is filmed. Make this all 24/7 accessible for online learning & downloadable to student computers/school web sites. Make it part of the Social Studies curriculum, even as its own seperate course!

For kids to believe once again in the value of Parliamentary democracy they must be able to live it, not just learn from it!

Regards,

Rory