Alberta Minute: Session Concluded, Candidates Selected, and Contentious Election Reforms

Alberta Minute: Session Concluded, Candidates Selected, and Contentious Election Reforms

Alberta Minute - Your weekly one-minute summary of Alberta politics.

 

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This Week In Alberta:

 

Last Week In Alberta:

  • The Legislature wrapped up its fall sitting by passing the contentious Bill 81 amongst other items. Bill 81, the Election Statutes Amendment Act, was criticized for enabling people to buy party memberships for others without their consent. It also made changes to various other campaign finance rules. Three current UCP MLAs and the two former-UCP, now Independent MLAs joined the NDP in voting against the Bill. Given that the Legislature session is concluded, the next session will begin with a Speech from the Throne, likely sometime in February.

  • The long-awaited UCP leadership review for Premier Jason Kenney was set for April 9th in Red Deer. The request from 22 constituency associations (the 1/4 required in the UCP bylaws) to hold the review earlier was denied by the Party's board.

 

 

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    published this page in News 2021-12-12 19:30:45 -0700