Smith orders final decision, launch of Alberta Police Service | CTV News
Alberta’s new premier is moving ahead on a plan to ditch the RCMP and create a provincial police force, despite a report stating it will cost taxpayers more.
Danielle Smith made the order in a Wednesday mandate letter to Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis.
In it, she instructed Ellis to work with Justice Minister Tyler Shandro to “launch an Alberta Police Service (APS).” In Shandro’s letter, she instructed him to “finalize a decision” on the matter.
Both letters were made public Thursday, but contained no timelines for when changes could be made. The pair of ministers have spoken in favour of an APS this week.
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Smith asks Shandro to develop sovereignty act in mandate letter | CTV News
Alberta’s justice minister has received a long to-do list from Premier Danielle Smith in his mandate letter.
The letter says Tyler Shandro is to develop and enact the proposed sovereignty act to challenge “unconstitutional federal encroachments on areas of provincial jurisdiction.”
“I expect our cabinet to remain united and determined in the face of a federal government that no longer treats its partners in Confederation as equals,” Smith writes in the letter dated Nov. 9.
“We must proactively protect Albertans from continued federal government overreach, including hostile economic policies that landlock our provincial resources, that chase billions in investment and thousands of jobs from our province, and that are detrimental to the short-term and long-term prosperity of Albertans.”
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