Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rolling back on a promise to introduce legislation this fall that would have outlawed restrictions on people not vaccinated against COVID-19.
Government house leader Joseph Schow says such a bill will not be introduced this fall, as the focus is on other priorities.
Smith won the leadership of the United Conservative Party this summer promising to make the change, adding last month thatSmith said the human rights changes were also needed to prevent small and medium-sized businesses from arbitrary, suffocating government rules and to send a message that Alberta believes in freedom.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 28, 2022.
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