UCP caucus votes to propose changes to Alberta's controversial sovereignty act ableg abpoli
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.“Neither the head of the chamber nor the head of the CAPP consulted their members because I have been getting dozens of calls,” said Smith.
The bill as originally written pledges to give Alberta the power to direct provincial agencies to act against federal laws it considers unconstitutional or harmful to Albertans. Smith and her cabinet ministers were defending the bill last week, denying it would give cabinet the power to unilaterally alter legislation behind closed doors, and accusing the NDP of fearmongering.For her part, NDP Leader Rachel said in the legislature that Smith has changed her characterization of the bill from denial to admitting it has problems.
“I honestly think that this is an act in process of being written, and the conversation going on now between the UCP caucus and the premier is a conversation that should have happened before it was introduced, and the market saw it and investors saw it and opinion leaders all across the country saw it. It is a mess,” said Notley.
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