Overview
- A Court of King’s Bench judge struck down a citizen-led Alberta independence petition after First Nations challenged its legality, and Premier Danielle Smith said the province will appeal the ruling and called it anti-democratic.
- The government ended its spring sitting after passing 18 bills and tabling a deficit projected at roughly $9.4 to $9.6 billion.
- Lawmakers moved to change election rules by increasing legislative seats to 91 and replacing an independent electoral boundaries map with a government-led process.
- Elections Alberta disclosed a voter-list leak that exposed personal data for more than 2.9 million people to the Centurion Project, and both Elections Alberta and the Alberta RCMP are investigating.
- Take Back Alberta and founder David Parker filed constitutional questions as they fight $120,000 in fines tied to 2023 activities, arguing Alberta’s disclosure and spending rules violate rights to free expression, assembly and association.