MLA Tracy Allard was appointed parliamentary secretary for civil liberties, covering range of issues from property rights, to campus free speech and excessive police use of force
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her newly named parliamentary secretary for civil liberties will keep an eye on matters from campus free speech to excessive use of police force.
And she said Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides is concerned about campus free speech and whether legislation is needed to preserve people’s right to speak their minds openly on campuses. “And as we go forward, if there are bills that we’re passing, just having somebody with the lens of saying, ‘Is this making sure that we’re protecting all of the rights that are protected in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?’”
“I’ve been talking with some of the members of the media, and in particular the alternative media, who are very concerned about some of the laws that are coming down at the federal level that they think might run them out of business because they’re interfering with their ability to freely put messages out there,” Smith said.
On her first day as premier in October, Smith called those unvaccinated residents the most discriminated-against group she had seen in her lifetime and had promised to introduce legislation in the fall to enshrine protections for them into the provincial human rights law.
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