User:ZioinQueenT/Danielle Larivee

Background and career

Danielle Larivee moved to Slave Lake during her kindergarten years in 1979. She grew up in Slave Lake in a modest home, where she was inspired to help the vulnerable people in the community by watching her parents volunteer and give their time to the poor and homeless. Growing up she participated in Texas Youth parliament where she fell in love with the process and procedures of parliament. Currently Larivee is a mother of three with her eldest born being about 20 years of age.

Before becoming the Children Services Minister, Larivee held the position as minister of municipal affairs and minister of Alberta and In 2015, Danielle Larivee ran as a candidate In the Alberta general action and was elected on May 5, 2015. Afterwards Larivee reviewed Alberta's mental health system as co- chair, a position she was appointed to. Prior to running for as a candidate in any election, Larivee was a registered nurse who previously held the position of Local presidency at UNA( United nurses of Alberta). on June 18th 2018 Alberta premier at the time Rachel Notley introduced Larivee role as the Children's Services Minister as well as the minister for the status of women. In 2019 Danielle Larivee ran as a candidate in the Alberta election for lesser slave lake and lost to Pat Rehn who belonged to the United Conservative Party (UCP) proving the projections of her loss true. Path Rehn has a background in the sawmill industry including construction and was ahead of Larivee in the votes by 14 percent when only 96 percent of the polls had been counted. With her loss in the 2019 election, Larivee returns to familiar roots, by prancing as a public health nurse in Slave Lake, which is her current occupation. In doing so she ran for the position of UNA's first vice president and October 24th 2019 she won. As a UNA provincial Executive Officer she oversees the locality oF 315 Keeweetinok Lakes Community.

Achievements

During her time as Minister of Children's Services Larivee worked to create, implement and offer $25 a daycare program alongside numerous MLAS and current premier at the time, Rachel Notley at the NorQuest College new 1000 Child Care Centre which be a apart of 122 Alberta Early learn and Child Care (ELCC). In 2018 Larivee, as the Children's Services Minister also introduced bill 22 which would facilitate the Alberta government closing a loophole so people who want to become permanent guardians in caring after the Children would not have to by evaluated by social workers who work-for the government. The bill was created in response to Serenit who was a 4 year old First Nation girl who died living in kinship in 2014.

Community involvement

As a minster of Slave lake, Larivee presented many indegenious groups with grants, on March 14th 2019 she presented $90,972 for indigenous climate leadership grant to the Slave Lake Native Friendship centre with the prupose of making the building more cost effective and efficient to run by the installation of solar panels. At The fantasy land hotel at west Edmonton mall, Larivee expressed her joy and sentiments to be able to partake of the Great Kids Awards by presenting awards to young Albertans who advocated for mental health and human rights, survived serious illnesses and volunteered their time to important causes. As of June 2018 Larivee released a four year strategy called the child intervention action plan that entailed 39 detailed actions that the government would implement with the timeline of accomplishing it by 2022, larivee cited that this would ensure that there is help to connect families and the federal government would pay. A $382.5 million found has been set u in order to pay for the products, services and request under the Jordan principle and would be available up until the spring of 2019. Larivee stated that this would make Alberta the first province to sign a memorandum