Premier Danielle Smith spoke to business leaders at a Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Medicine Hat, Alberta on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta)
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Alberta set next week to amend bill granting cabinet broad powers over municipalities, premier says
May 3, 2024 | 1:53 PM
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says changes will come next week to a bill granting cabinet broad power to fire local councillors and overturn bylaws.
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Smith said the province is working on the language of the proposed Bill 20 to clarify guardrails that don’t currently exist in the legislation.
The bill has met with a torrent of criticism from municipal leaders, who call it a dramatic and undemocratic overreach by Smith’s United Conservative government.
