Overview
- The provincial election agency said on Dec. 22 that a proposed Alberta separation question could go to a 2026 vote if organizers file 178,000 signatures.
- Readers attack the newly passed Alberta Disability Assistance Program, likening it to Britain’s work‑capability assessments and warning of duplicate paperwork for more than 75,000 clients and added strain on doctors.
- Letters accuse Premier Danielle Smith’s government of reducing vaccine promotion and complicating access to COVID, flu and RSV shots, which critics link to current respiratory illness pressures.
- A quoted claim from a justice minister’s press secretary that “Bill 9 preserves the choices of children and youth” drew rebuttals from letter writers who argue the law curtails those choices.
- Civic commentary urges tougher recall‑petition rules requiring in‑person, witnessed signatures and calls for expanded oil export efforts to Asia, including northern west‑coast terminals.