For a sense of the Alberta government’s intended audience for its revised provincial Bill of Rights, let’s consider where Albertans first heard of it.
Premier Danielle Smith first revealed it in a series of private, members-only town halls for the United Conservative Party base, months after party members called for these new enshrined rights at a party convention.
The party’s activists have called repeatedly for greater protections for the vaccine-resistant and firearms owners and for property rights — all featured in new amendments to Alberta’s rights document.
And Smith is fulfilling this summer’s pledge to her party members days before this weekend’s 2024 UCP convention, where Smith is subject to a leadership review (in which party leaders are historically 0 for 1, thus far).
For her critics, this new piece of legislation is all about avoiding Jason Kenney’s fate.
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