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The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, commonly known as the Alberta Sovereignty Act, is an act introduced on November 29, 2022, the first day of the fall sitting of the 4th Session of the 30th Alberta Legislature by the Premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, and passed on December 8, 2022.
The 2023 Alberta general election was held on May 29, 2023. [1] Voters elected the members of the 31st Alberta Legislature.The United Conservative Party under Danielle Smith, the incumbent Premier of Alberta, was re-elected to a second term with a reduced majority. [2]
The Government of Alberta (French: gouvernement de l'Alberta) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Alberta.In modern Canadian use, the term Government of Alberta refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council) who are appointed on the advice of the premier.
The Digital Citizen Initiative was launched by Canadian Heritage to combat online disinformation by encouraging critical thinking. [9] In September 2019, CBC/Radio-Canada joined the Trusted News Initiative, intended to develop tools to assist news industry partners in "moving quickly and collectively to undermine disinformation before it can take hold."
All Alberta elections have resulted in a majority government, a trend unseen in any other Canadian province. (But frequently the most popular party was the choice of less than half the voters.) Even with crossing the floor or by-elections, Alberta has never had a minority government. Each government has held a majority of seats in the Legislature.
Alberta's politics has historically been one of long-lasting governments with government changes being few and far between. The province from 1905 to 2015 was ruled by four "dynasties": the Liberal Party (1905–1921); the United Farmers of Alberta (1921–1935), the Social Credit Party (1935–1971), and the Progressive Conservative (PC ...
A video shared on X claims to show Syria’s new government fighting. Verdict: Misleading The video is from August 2024, before the new Syrian government was put into place. It appears the video ...
The UCP government indexes Alberta's income tax brackets to keep up with inflation. It has pledged to cut Alberta's provincial income tax by adding a new, lower bottom income tax bracket of 8% for the first C$60,000 of income earned (down from 10% on the first C$142,292 in 2023) and it cut Alberta's corporate tax rate from 12% to 8%.