Alberta legislative committee on pro-Canada petition adjourns after prematurely sent news release
A legislative committee deciding what to do about a pro-Confederation petition descended into procedural chaos at Alberta's legislature on Wednesday after the governing UCP caucus sent out a news release that presumed the outcome of a vote that hadn’t yet happened.
The news release issued by the UCP caucus said the committee had decided to recommend that the question on the Forever Canadian petition was going to a referendum on Oct. 19. The release quoted Brandon Lunty, UCP MLA and chair of the select special citizen initiative proposal review committee.
However, a vote on the matter hadn’t yet happened in the committee room.
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Rakhi Pancholi, deputy leader of the NDP, told reporters afterwards that the premature news release suggests to her that the whole process is a sham.
“So whenever that next meeting is held, it doesn't even matter anymore because this question has already been decided," she said.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-mlas-meet-pro-canada-petition-9.7206136
Nothing hinky about this, nosirree.
No one should be surprised, disgusted but not surprised, this government would do this, it's SOP, imo.
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