Monday, June 23: Voters head to the polls for by-elections in three Alberta electoral districts: Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Strathcona, where provincial NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is running.
Tuesday, June 24: Elections Alberta posts the unofficial results of three provincial by-elections: Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi wins Edmonton-Strathcona with 82% of the vote; Gurtej Singh Brar (NDP) wins Edmonton-Ellerslie; and Tara Sawyer (UCP) wins Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.
June 24: Premier Danielle Smith launches the Alberta Next Panel, a series of in-person and virtual town halls to discuss “potential options to strengthen Alberta sovereignty within a united Canada, including recommendations on potential referendum questions for Albertans to vote on in 2026.” Among those options are leaving the CPP and “establishing an Alberta Pension Plan” and “using an Alberta Provincial Police Service rather than the RCMP.”
Wednesday, June 25: The Alberta Next panel launched its survey on six issues late Tuesday, including questions such as whether the province should be able to withhold social services for immigrants and “what potential benefit do you like most about Alberta opting to leave the CPP and create its own pension plan?”
Thursday, June 26: On Thursday afternoon Premier Danielle Smith told media the public desire in Alberta to quit Canada has never been higher. On Friday morning
Friday, June 27: Finance Minister Nate Horner reported that in the 2024-25 fiscal year Alberta had a surplus of $8.3 billion.
June 27: The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta granted an injunction request by Egale Canada and Skipping Stone to block the Government of Alberta’s denial of gender-affirming care for gender diverse young people in the province from coming into effect. The Court concluded that Bill 26 would cause irreparable harm to gender diverse young people, and that barring medical care for gender diverse young people would “reinforce the discrimination and prejudice that they are already subjected to.”
