Mount Royal rally to fight against Bill 18 [Video]

Faculty and staff at Mount Royal University will be demonstrating Tuesday morning to protest provincial legislation that they say could restrict research funding.

The province introduced Bill 18 in April to push back against what it called overreach by the federal government. It received Royal Assent at the end of May.

Bill 18 would require the province to approve all federal funding to provincial entities.

That would include federal money going to cities, towns and universities across Alberta.

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In a statement released Monday, the Mount Royal Faculty Association shared some of its concerns.

These policies, “if left in their current state, will give the government unprecedented authority to block or alter federal research funding at universities and municipalities, jeopardizing academic freedom and …