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Alberta Debates UCP Electoral Plans, COVID Access Hurdles and Free-Speech Permit

A new law scrapping municipal boundary criteria enabled UCP ministers to propose urban-rural ridings that critics say would dilute city vote shares.

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Overview

  • The UCP’s recent legislation removed municipal boundary rules for electoral redistribution, paving the way for hybrid ridings across Alberta.
  • Minister Searle Turton suggested merging Spruce Grove with Edmonton’s western suburbs, and Minister Nathan Neudorf proposed expanding Lethbridge ridings into rural areas, moves opponents label as partisan gerrymandering.
  • Reader letters report that pharmacists were instructed to destroy leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses on August 1 and that 811 hotlines now show no shot availability until fall.
  • A newly launched online pre-order system for COVID vaccines lacks confirmation of submissions, and readers raise concerns over the introduction of out-of-pocket costs for tests and potential vaccine fees.
  • The Infrastructure Minister’s office defended granting a permit for pro-Trump singer Sean Feucht to perform on legislature grounds as a commitment to free speech.