Monday, April 13, 2020

COVID Emergency Powers for AB Govt

There have bene sweeping changes in the government and it's involved huge increase in powers. Specifically, Ministers can now make their own laws without a sunset clause. Sometimes you need to give governments more power in times of pandemics to enact change / decision making quicker. But this sounds like another abuse from the UCP govt.

This is the best explanation on it that i could find.

Ultimately, UCPs are doing what's best for themselves in the interim, knowing full well the legislation change would never would weight in the SCC.

https://ablawg.ca/2020/04/06/covid-19-and-retroactive-law-making-in-the-public-health-emergency-powers-amendment-act-alberta/