Overview

• Premier Danielle Smith chairs the 15-member panel, which includes UCP MLAs, Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz, economist Trevor Tombe and business leaders.
• Online surveys launched June 24 ask whether to withhold services from non-citizens, establish an Alberta pension plan and police service, create a provincial tax agency, and pursue constitutional and equalization reforms.
• The panel will tour Alberta in town halls from July through September to gather in-person feedback on proposed policy questions before a scheduled 2026 referendum.
• Business Council president Adam Legge and economist Trevor Tombe say the website’s policy ideas reflect government messaging rather than their own, and the panel will welcome additional public suggestions.
• Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi and other critics liken the initiative to the earlier Fair Deal panel, calling it a costly distraction that risks fueling separatist and xenophobic sentiment.