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Yesterday the Alberta government under Danielle Smith unveiled Bill 1, the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act. This is the ‘Sovereignty Act’ Smith had long talked about and it is every bit the assault on the constitutional division of powers, rule of law, and democracy her initial descriptions foretold. But for an added surprise it includes an additional assault on responsible government and the separation of powers in the form of provisions that would allow the government to unilaterally amend legislation - any legislation - in the legislature’s stead.Bill 1 purports to allow the Alberta legislature to determine whether a federal law violates the constitution or to declare whether it “causes or is anticipated to cause harm to Albertans” as a prelude to allowing the government to amend legislation to combat, revoke, or address the allegedly dangerous federal law(s) however it sees fit. This can happen only after a resolution to this effect passes the legislature. But upon the passing of such a resolution, Bill 1 gives a free hand to the government to change any law on the books and to order “provincial entities” - which include any provincial agencies or institutions (municipalities, universities and even the police!) - to ignore or violate federal law, even criminal law.We’re talking about a full-frontal assault on not only the very idea of federalism and the constitutional division of powers but also on responsible government and representative democracy, the lynchpins of democracy in a parliamentary system that rest on the legislature not abdicating its roles in either holding the government to account or, y’know, being the body that legislates.And to be extra clear, under the terms of section 3 of this Bill, Smith and her government are claiming the right to order provincial entities to ignore or violate federal law even if that federal law is valid.
oh my! PeePee is already MIA during the Emergencies Act Inquiry! Now with Poilievre's refusal to answer questions concerning the Alberta Sovereignty {within a United Canada Act}, just when will we ever see PeePee again?
Doesn't Quebec already do whatever the heck it wants and ignore the Charter when it suits and Ottawa bends over for them?
Quebec never signed the Constitution. Alberta did.
We are not saying that Canada’s duly elected premiers are tinpot dictators. But we are saying that some of them have gone off the democratic deep end in the pursuit of their political agendas.The latest example is Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Her government this week tabled its promised deliverance from the iron chains of federalism, the Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act, and it’s as loony as anticipated.The bill proposes, after the simple passage of a resolution in the legislature, to give cabinet the power to unilaterally amend legislation via orders in council. Cabinet can do so if it’s been decided that a federal law is unconstitutional, or even just “harmful,” without first testing the constitutionality of the law in question in court, and without defining the word “harmful.”Cabinet can also order provincial bodies not to enforce specific federal policies or laws. It verges on insanity.
Trudeau standing above The fray with this idiot in Alberta is a godsend.
AB has gone rogue because Trudeau gov keeps squatting over AB and taking poos on them. War on carbon means war on oil and gas & war on farming fertilizer.
Alberta is taking policy as a personal attack. Again.Boo hoo.