The act aims to give Alberta the power to direct provincial agencies to act against federal laws it considers unconstitutional or harmful.
Those include giving directives to “provincial entities,” like a health authority, school board, police service, crown-controlled organization, publicly funded service provider, or provincial agency.Article content
The bill provides protection to provincial entities from civil liability when they are acting in good faith under a directive issued under the bill, government officials said.Article content “If the federal government were to use the disallowance power against the act, they would provoke an unprecedented constitutional crisis. While we do not know for certain, we believe this scenario is unlikely,” the government said.Article content
An order made under the act would last for up to two years but could be extended for another two years.
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