The government of Alberta plans on introducing legislation that would allow it to refuse to enforce international agreements signed by Ottawa, such as the recent World Health Organization pandemic pact, unless the provincial legislature votes them into law.
Premier Danielle Smith directed her deputy minister of international and intergovernmental affairs, Liam Stone, to develop the legislation in her Sept. 25 mandate letter. The ministry is headed by Smith.
Smith’s press secretary, Sam Blackett, told The Epoch Times in an email that the province wants to assert that Alberta has the final say on matters under provincial jurisdiction.
“Alberta seeks to clarify that international agreements entered into by the federal government with subject matter that falls within provincial jurisdiction are only binding and enforceable in Alberta if passed into law under provincial legislation,” Blackett said in the email….