Ms. Smith says the bill was never intended to give executive members the authority to change law without the legislature’s approval
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’ll change language in her government’s proposed sovereignty act that allows executive members to unilaterally change statutory law, a provision that drew criticism after the bill’s introduction into legislature this week.Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act
When asked if the bill would give cabinet members unilateral power to change laws, he answered that “that is correct.” “If we caused some confusion with some awkward wording, then let’s clean it up and then be able to talk about the bigger issues.” Mr. Adams said it was surprising that there was a mechanism to give such sweeping powers to the executive branch in the first place, and that Saturday’s turnabout will shake people’s confidence into the planning of the bill.
“It’s a positive development for the democratic credentials of the proposal … but I don’t think this change sweeps away the likelihood that the act faces serious constitutional challenges. It does reduce one of its major lines of exposure.”
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