Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Justice Minister Mickey Amery stand together during the swearing in of her cabinet in Edmonton on Friday, June 9, 2023. Alberta is proposing legislation to make it easier to change dollar limits and rules surrounding gifts for elected officials.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will review professional regulatory bodies and introduce legislation next year to limit how they can police their own members.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Justice Minister Mickey Amery during the swearing in of Smith's cabinet in June 2023. In a social media video Wednesday, Smith and Amery said the province will review professional regulatory bodies to ensure that professionals have freedom to express personal views.
The premier said Albertans need to be confident regulated professionals are competent and practise ethically, but those professionals should also have freedom to express their personal views, especially outside their jobs. Smith has long railed against what she called "mission creep" by regulators and complaints she's suggested came from "woke" colleagues.Driven by COVID-era grievances, members of Smith's United Conservative Party voted in 2023 to adopt policy aimed at protecting Albertans from censorship.
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