Ottawa ‘not looking for a fight’ over Alberta sovereignty bill, Trudeau says
When defining the provincial entities it would have power over, the bill casts a wide net. It includes provincial crown-controlled organizations and public agencies, regional health authorities, school boards and public post-secondary institutions, and municipalities, as well as municipal police services.The act would give cabinet the power to change legislation by order in council. That means laws could be changed or amended without legislative debate.
The process would be: any minister or the premier introduces a motion in the legislative assembly, identifying a federal initiative believed to be harmful to Alberta. Then they’d present a motion that would include a response – or directives — to that initiative using the act. The motion would be debated in legislature and if the majority of MLAs vote for it, it would be passed and then would go to cabinet.
Opposition NDP MLAs, meanwhile, voted against the first reading of the bill and released a statement saying the legislation would create “investment uncertainty, jeopardize federal funding agreements and risk Alberta’s economic future.”As the controversial legislation makes its way through the province’s legislature, Trudeau said the federal government will “focus on delivering for Albertans.”
“There’s going to be things that we agree with that government on, there’s going to things we disagree with them on,” he said. “My focus is always going to be to be constructive in terms of delivering for people right across the country.”
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