The Legislature will be quiet this week. It’s adjourned until February 22nd. No committee business is scheduled for this week either.
The Government of Alberta will apparently announce a plan to begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions, perhaps starting with the vaccine passport. Some people have been interpreting this as “The vaccine passport will end next week.” But the government has not explicitly said this. They have only promised to lay out a phased plan. Whether they actually follow the plan or not is anyone’s guess.
The saga of the Allan Inquiry into foreign-funding of environmental groups continues, as a lawsuit against Kenney and the Provincial Government has been filed by five environmental groups. The groups are accusing Kenney and the Provincial Government of defamation related to the findings of the inquiry. The government has hired lawyers to defend itself.
