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EDMONTON — Alberta’s deputy premier says the proposed sovereignty act does not grant cabinet unilateral power to rewrite laws behind closed doors, but amendments may be needed to clear that up.
However, the act does not state this and legal experts say the sweeping power it would give cabinet coupled with a lack of legislature oversight is democratically dangerous. Under the act, cabinet must get majority support of the house in a resolution in order to fight back against what cabinet believes to be unconstitutional federal intrusion in provincial areas.
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