We learnt on the tour that Canada made Treaties with the natives so that we could live on their land. Alberta is part of Treaty 7 territory.
This is a picture of E.C. Manning. He was Premier of Alberta for 25 years. That is the longest any time any Premier has ever served. When E.C. Manning was Premier he started the "Rat Patrol" in Alberta. He saw how rats were destroying farmers crops and other things. So he made a law that no rats are allowed in Alberta. |He had the "Rat Patrol" get rid of any rats that were found. Alberta is the only place on the earth where there are no rats. The movie "Ratatouille" even mentions that rats aren't allowed in Alberta.
These are portraits of Alberta's lieutenant Governors. The Lieutenant Governor is the Queen representative.
The lieutenant Governor gives the Royal assent when a new law is passed in government.
The Lieutenant Governor's offices
These next pictures are my favorite part of the tour. We learned about Alberta's first Mace. It was made by Rufus E. Butterworth. He only had two weeks to make the mace, so he made it with things he found around his house. He used plumbing pipe, a pin cushion, a shaving mug, tea cup handles and bed knobs. I think he did a good job with what he had. That mace was used for fifty years.
This is the area that the MLA's sit and talk about the laws they want to pass in Alberta. The governing party sits on the side that has the portrait of Queen Elizabeth.
There are 87 members of legislator. That means that every member of the legislator represents about 40,000 people.
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At this table the law clerks sit and they check law books to see if there are any other laws that might conflict with new laws that the government wants to pass.
This is where the speaker of the house sits.
It was very interesting visiting the Alberta Legislator building. I learned a lot about Alberta's past and how the Alberta government works.
This is a model of the Alberta legislator building, it is made out of A LOT of legos.
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