Lethbridge City Councillor Jenn Schmidt-Rempel has been named to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's Advisory Task Force on Ukraine. (Photo courtesy Jenn Schmidt-Rempel)

By Justin Goulet

Lethbridge City Councillor named to Premier’s Advisory Task Force on Ukraine

Nov 10, 2022 | 11:02 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A City Councillor in Lethbridge has been tapped to join a new provincial task force.

On Thursday, November 10, 2022, the Government of Alberta announced the Premier’s Advisory Task Force on Ukraine. The group will engage with the Ukrainian community in the province, non-profits and organizations that are helping Ukrainians fleeing the war-torn country.

The group will help identify ways the provincial government can further help evacuees settle and integrate into communities in Alberta.

Premier Danielle Smith said, “Ukrainian people were among the first to move to Alberta and make a life here and now hundreds of thousands of Albertans of Ukrainian descent call our province home.”

Smith continued, “Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Albertans have opened their hearts and homes and provided support through donations and humanitarian aid. This new task force is yet another way Albertans stand with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”

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Jenn Schmidt-Rempel, Lethbridge City Councillor, has been named a member of the task force. Schmidt-Rempel is currently serving her first term as a councillor in Lethbridge.

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On social media, Schmidt-Rempel said, “I’m humbled and honoured to be appointed to this task force and I look forward to bringing our community’s voice to this provincial initiative.”

The other members of the task force are:

• Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, parliamentary secretary for Ukrainian Refugee Settlement
• Ed Stelmach, former premier of Alberta
• Sally Mansour, a non-profit executive, and emergency management specialist in the non-profit sector
• Kevin Royle, firefighter and Firefighter Aid Ukraine project director
• Carol Slukynski, founder of Helping Ukrainians in Fort Saskatchewan
• Vitaliy Milentyev, chairman of the supervisory board at the National Depository Ukraine

Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, the Government of Alberta has provided more than $23 million in assistance to Ukraine and its citizens.

The province is home to over 369,000 people of Ukrainian descent.

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