Monday, May 11: Alberta Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure and former Supreme Court justice Russell Brown tell a legislative committee that whether Thomas Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian petition is put to a referendum or to a vote in the legislature is ultimately up to them.
Read more: Forever Canadian
Wednesday, May 13: Court of King’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard rules that the Alberta separation petition should never have been issued because it would violate treaty rights and the province failed to consult with First Nations.
Read more: Is a Referendum a Good Idea?
May 13: Premier Danielle Smith announces she’ll be meeting with her UCP caucus to review the court’s decision but that, in her view, the ruling is “incorrect in law and anti-democratic… we will be appealing it.”
Read more: The Case for Sticking Around
May 13: Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announces that the government is spending $200-million on its Class Size Reduction Grant, in hopes of hiring up to 1,400 new teachers to work in schools with the largest class sizes.
Read more: What to Teach Kids?
Friday, May 15: Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith say they have reached an agreement, building off a memorandum of understanding from last November, that will see Alberta submit a proposal for a new oil pipeline to the major projects office, with a decision coming by October 1, 2026.
Read more: Should the BC Tanker Ban be Lifted?
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