File photo of Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf (Lethbridge News Now)

By Justin Goulet

Lethbridge-East MLA on what the city and region could look like post-pandemic

May 1, 2021 | 8:15 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Nathan Neudorf loves the diversity of Lethbridge.

The Lethbridge-East MLA was the special guest speaker at Thursday’s virtual meeting of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA). His presentation can be viewed below.

Neudorf touched on what Lethbridge could look like post-COVID-19, as well as the 2021 Alberta budget, which was unveiled at the end of February.

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The MLA said that, “one of the things I love about Lethbridge is its diversity.”

“One of the benefits of Lethbridge is that we have not seen the ups and downs because we’re not an oil and gas-based economy. We’re much more of an agricultural-based economy.”

Neudorf believes agricultural will help play an important part in the region’s recovery from the pandemic.

Two projects of note brought up by the Lethbridge-East MLA were the twinning of Highway 3, investment at the Lethbridge Airport and at Exhibition Park.

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Neudorf stated that, “Highway 3 and irrigation investments in particular are two of the main requirements that we’ve heard from private industries for their further investments in this area.”

Cuts to the education system were one of the key points of discontent in the provincial budget.

Neudorf remarked that he’s been working alongside Dr. Mike Mahon, President of the University of Lethbridge.

“I spend a lot of time working with Dr. Mike Mahon, who’s the president of the university, and his staff and some of their senior administrators as they work to continue to be one of the best universities in Canada and North America, and find a way that utilizes their dollars to the best advantage for them to provide the services that they want to provide for students and keep attracting top-level students and doing research as well as that incredible impact they have on the community.”

He added he’s fighting for both of the local post-secondary institutions, the U of L and Lethbridge College, to be able to find private and other commercial ventures to access funding and financial supports.