Andrew Boitchenko
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Sep 25, 2026
Ep. 84: Alberta's Minister for Tourism and Sport, Andrew Boitchenko
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18:57Josh HallHOST
It's just not as... aligned with your portfolio but i think the world juniors is a good launching pad to ask you about it because watching the world juniors in canada has become such a beloved pastime for canadians and that applies to alberta as well or else alberta wouldn't be hosting the tournament of course but given the separatism related question that's on the referendum coming up in just a few weeks it seems a little ironic that alberta would be hosting this tournament just a
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19:27Andrew BoitchenkoGUEST
Well, I want to highlight something else on World Juniors, right? What we're trying to do is making sure that we're restoring investment confidence and encouraging these events to come to here to Alberta so that people can experience Alberta.
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19:42Andrew BoitchenkoGUEST
And the benefits for the region and for the province are tremendous, right? We have 220,000 visitors expected to come to the region.
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19:53Andrew BoitchenkoGUEST
That's huge, you know, both provincially, nationally, and international visitors.
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19:59Andrew BoitchenkoGUEST
And what it do for the area, basically we're expecting $50 million in economic activities in Alberta, right? So that's, you know, we're restoring investment and confidence and, you know, advertising Alberta as a world destination for sports events.
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20:17Andrew BoitchenkoGUEST
We're also expecting 100 million views worldwide, right? through the broadcast channels.
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21:01Josh HallHOST
In the, dare I say, unlikely scenario, and I'm putting that lightly, that Albertans ultimately vote on October 19th to begin the binding referendum process, would you be worried that that would be a bit of a dark cloud hanging over the world juniors?