If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again..And that’s what the Alberta government is doing with its controversial Bill 10..Under Bill 10, a cabinet minister can make legislative changes without the approval of the legislature. The NDP fought tooth and nail against the bill but it was ultimately passed by the majority UCP government..In a live Facebook stream Thursday, Kenney said the idea of Bill 10 was so it could still govern in the event of a legislative shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic..He said the government will consider “minor technical amendments.”.“Given the public concerns, which I think are reasonable or understandable, I’ve asked our lawyers to go back to the drawing board and we’re looking at possibly bringing forward amendments to the Public Health Act to narrow, circumscribe or limit what we brought forward in Bill 10,” Kenney said..The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said this week it would file a constitutional challenge against the bill..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again..And that’s what the Alberta government is doing with its controversial Bill 10..Under Bill 10, a cabinet minister can make legislative changes without the approval of the legislature. The NDP fought tooth and nail against the bill but it was ultimately passed by the majority UCP government..In a live Facebook stream Thursday, Kenney said the idea of Bill 10 was so it could still govern in the event of a legislative shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic..He said the government will consider “minor technical amendments.”.“Given the public concerns, which I think are reasonable or understandable, I’ve asked our lawyers to go back to the drawing board and we’re looking at possibly bringing forward amendments to the Public Health Act to narrow, circumscribe or limit what we brought forward in Bill 10,” Kenney said..The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said this week it would file a constitutional challenge against the bill..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694