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Alberta premier rejects suggestion she erred with bill giving her sweeping powers

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting suggestions she made a mistake when she introduced a bill that gave her and her cabinet sweeping power to rewrite laws outside the legislature process.

Smith says the changes being made to her sovereignty act reversing that authority simply reflect the normal process of honing and clarifying legislation.

Smith says the act was never meant to grant such power and if changes need to be made to fix the wording to reflect that, she’s happy to do it.

<who>Photo Credit: Canadian Press

Smith has been widely criticized for introducing those powers in her sovereignty act as part of a broader plan to fight what she deems federal intrusion in areas of provincial responsibility.

After initially rejecting accusations that the bill gave her those powers, Smith reversed course on the weekend and said there would be amendments to fix it.

The Opposition NDP says Smith either got caught trying to make an end−run power grab or is so incompetent she introduced an authoritarian bill without knowing it.



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