The Alberta government says a provincial judge’s comment on a new bill aimed at removing barriers to citizen-initiated petitions interferes with the democratic process.
Heather Jenkins, press secretary to Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery, was referring to a Dec. 5 decision by Court of King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby in which he noted that Bill 14, the Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, could potentially silence the court.
Introduced by Alberta’s United Conservative Party government on Dec. 4, Bill 14 proposes to remove the ability of the province’s chief electoral officer to refer citizen-initiated questions to the courts, transferring that authority to the justice minister….