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

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

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

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

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

In the last two weeks of the spring Legislative session, the Alberta government introduced and debated Bill 51 (the Citizen Initiative Act) and Bill 52 (the Recall Act).

Overall, we're pleased that these two Bills have passed and are now law in Alberta, but we're also very concerned that the way they have been implemented will mean that it will be virtually impossible to achieve either a citizen-initiated referendum or a recall vote.

In this update, we'd like to give you an overview of what happened in the Legislative debate, outline some amendments that were proposed to improve the laws, show you how your representatives voted on those amendments, and explain what the path forward looks like now.

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

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

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

Recently, the Alberta government introduced Bill 51, the Citizen Initiative Act and Bill 52, the Recall Act.

While both bills are a big step forward for democracy in Alberta, both bills also contain major flaws that need correcting before they are passed into law.

Please read on for an explanation of the problems with these two bills, and how you can get involved and help fix them!