“Petitions: I recently contacted my member of parliament’s office and enquired if a person signed a petition in a previous year and the requested action had not been achieved, could they resign the same petition? The response was that a petition is a formal public document and therefore, once signed is always on record. The request has been noted and a person should not resign a petition.”
Alberta Legislation:
Bill Status Report: Bill 5 — An Act to Strengthen Financial Security for Persons with Disabilities (Sabir)
First Reading — 200-201 (Mar. 19, 2018 aft., passed) Second Reading — (Apr. 3, 2018 morn., adjourned)
Newsworthy items:
Edmonton councillors debates how to enforce rules for when recreational cannabis becomes legal.
Bills to watch:
Bill 26, an act to control and regulate cannabis. This Bill has been passed, but has not yet been proclaimed. I would encourage members to continue to educate themselves regarding the effects of cannabis use, especially in the area of secondhand smoke. I would also invite resolutions at the grassroots level regarding encouragement of government to limit wide-spread use with the thought of
what effects secondhand cannabis smoke can have on the general public, especially children and the
elderly.
To do list:
- Contact our provincial Minister of Health, Sarah Hoffman, to ensure that her office is developing a provincial framework to support improved access to palliative care.
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_contact&rnumber=34&leg=29 - Contact all levels of provincial government urging that coercing healthcare professionals into referring for or performing procedures that are in opposition to their charter rights of freedom of conscience and religion be considered an offence.
- Premier Rachel Notley,
https://www.alberta.ca/albertaFiles/includes/DirectorySearch/browse_view.cfm?txtSearch=Rachel%20Notley&item=69973#69973 - Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, Minister Kathleen Ganley,
https://www.alberta.ca/albertaFiles/includes/DirectorySearch/browse_view.cfm?txtSearch=kathleen%20ganley&item=82821#82821 - Your local MLAs
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_home
- Premier Rachel Notley,
- Contact your local members of parliament to support Bill C-38 (amendment to the act regarding exploitation and trafficking).
- Your local MPs
https://www.canada.ca/en/contact.html
- Your local MPs
- Pass the word - Seniors’ Advocate, available for assistance - https://seniorsadvocateab.ca
If anyone has any questions regarding the legislation committee, please send them my way.
For God and Canada.
Linda VandenBerg, Alberta MacKenzie Provincial Legislation Committee Chair
