Alberta government moves to restrict self-policing powers of municipalities, school boards

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Alberta is looking to trim the self-policing powers of elected nationalist schoolhouse boards and municipal councils.

Minister says codes person been weaponized by immoderate councils, wants a amended process

Lisa Johnson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 08, 2025 6:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Alberta is looking to trim the self-policing powers of elected nationalist schoolhouse boards and municipal councils.

The changes are included successful 2 bills enactment guardant by Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government.

In 1 bill, Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver proposes pulling section council's codes of behaviour and besides ending immoderate related ongoing complaints oregon sanctions that aren't earlier the courts.

McIver says successful immoderate cases, codes of behaviour person been weaponized to soundlessness dissent connected municipal councils.

In the 2nd bill, Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides proposes banning schoolhouse boards from disqualifying oregon removing a trustee implicit codification of behaviour breaches.

If his measure passes, boards tin inactive person codes of behaviour and punish trustees who interruption them, but a trustee tin lone beryllium removed done a callback vote.