Alberta sovereignty bill close to finish line as government invokes debate time limit
Alberta sovereignty bill close to finish line as government invokes debate time limit

By Dean Bennett THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s sovereignty bill galloped toward the finish line Wednesday, with the government using debate time limits to rebut what it called Opposition delay tactics. Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley said the government was on pace to pass the bill Wednesday night or in the early hours Thursday, saying Smith’s United Conservatives are desperate to take the controversial bill out of the spotlight. “I suspect we’ll see them jam it through today in order to try to change the channel from the growing chorus of critiques from investors, legal scholars, business owners, regular Albertans, treaty chiefs, you name it,” Notley told reporters. “The concerns are growing, and they want to run away from what was supposed to be the premier’s flagship

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