THIS WEEK IN ALBERTA

• The Legislature is in session with afternoon sittings Monday through Thursday. On the Order Paper are the 2023-24 Main Estimates Considerations - a series of Committee meetings scrutinizing the individual budgets for each Ministry. Rather than list the details of every meeting here, we’ve written an explainer that includes a handy spreadsheet that lists which department is attending which Committee meeting and when. Estimates Considerations will continue for about two weeks.
• The Province is considering the introduction of a Bill that would ban federal officials from trespassing on private property in Alberta. Last summer, landowners in Saskatchewan raised concerns that federal inspectors were taking water samples from their land without permission. In response, Saskatchewan amended their laws to include federal officials in their no trespass laws.
• Grande Prairie City Council will vote on whether or not to ditch the RCMP and create a municipal police force instead. The Province has promised to provide $9.7 million of the estimated $19 million in transition co

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