Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pictured in a file photo from April 2024.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to "fringe" elements of Smith's United Conservative Party. The fall sitting of the legislature begins Monday.
Government house leader Joseph Schow said the sitting could see 13 government bills that aim to answer demands Smith has been hearing from Albertans at party town halls, local events and rodeos, and from chambers of commerce.Among the changes to the Bill of Rights, Smith has said she wants to reinforce Albertans' right to refuse vaccinations.
Saskatchewan previously invoked the clause to enforce parental consent for students using preferred names pronouns in its schools.Premier's announcement on transgender policies surprised Alberta Health Services advisory groupHe will need to watch the proceedings remotely or from the public gallery and lob criticisms from the building's marbled hallways.
"We need to see a government that's working for the province of Alberta — not just trying to win a leadership race," said Gray.Instead of introducing omnibus legislation incorporating multiple ministries, Schow said there will be three pieces of legislation from Health, Education and his Ministry of Tourism and Sport.
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