The Alberta Sovereignty Act has passed third reading in the legislature..A third and final reading on the bill and was approved around 1 a.m. MT Thursday.."It's not like Ottawa is a national government," said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said.."The way our country works is that we are a federation of sovereign, independent jurisdictions. They are one of those signatories to the constitution and the rest of us, as signatories to the constitution, have a right to exercise our sovereign powers in our own areas of jurisdiction.".On Monday, the UCP Caucus sent a news release to media to clarify that any changes to existing Alberta statutes outlined in a resolution and introduced and passed by the Legislative Assembly under the act, must be made separate through the regular Legislative Assembly process (first reading, second reading, committee of the whole, and third reading).."The proposed amendments would also clarify that the harms addressed by the ASA are limited to federal initiatives that, in the opinion of the Legislative Assembly, are unconstitutional, affect or interfere with Alberta’s constitutional areas of provincial jurisdiction, or interfere or violate the charter rights of Albertans," said the United Conservative Caucus..READ MORE: Alberta UCP caucus votes to propose Bill 1 amendments.The final vote was 27-7..After the act passed, all UCP members stood in rejoice..The NDP voted against the amendment and the bill at all three readings..More to come...
