Overview
- Letter writers argue Alberta's recall law is being used as a partisan weapon for policy disputes, noting petitions now target both UCP and NDP MLAs and recalling its fraught 1936–37 history.
- Contributors say the 'Alberta Is Calling' campaign brought newcomers without matching investments, with interprovincial migration adding tens of thousands and straining hospitals, schools, and housing.
- Citing research on a healthy immigrant effect, letters note newcomers arrive with lower rates of chronic disease, including an Ontario study finding immigrants less likely to develop kidney failure.
- The Alberta Next panel is criticized as unrepresentative, with one writer expecting the cabinet to accept all seven recommendations despite concerns about the process.
- Debate continues over raising highway speed limits to 120 km/h, with Minister Devin Dreeshen asserting divided highways were engineered for that speed and critics questioning the lack of cited engineering evidence.