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New bill would expand Travel Alberta s mandate
The changes aims to transform Travel Alberta from an agency that markets and promotes existing tourism companies to a body that also manages programs to help new tourism businesses and works to grow the industry.
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Normally bustling Banff Avenue is quiet on a Friday afternoon in April.(Dale Einarson/Banff & Lake Louise Tourism)
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that would expand Travel Alberta s mandate.
The changes are contained in Bill 62, the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021, which was introduced Thursday in the Alberta legislature.
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Alberta’s UCP government introduced two bills Thursday that would change at least 14 other laws and related regulations in a flurry of what it calls legislative housekeeping.
Health Minister Tyler Shandro introduced Bill 65, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, which will change six pieces of legislation, including giving government the power to waive fees for auto insurers in emergencies.
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The government would have the discretion to waive late-filing penalties when insurance records are lost in “extraordinary circumstances,” like fires or floods.
As 2020 wound to a close, the Alberta Government
passed
Bill 48, the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act,
2020 (No. 2). As the name suggests, this is an omnibus bill
which represents the second major legislative step in this
Government s stated plan to reduce red tape by as
much as one third. Most of the Bill s provisions will take
effect in early June of 2021.
Bill 48 updates or repeals 12 different pieces of
legislation. Most of these changes simply eliminate provisions
which were identified as redundant or outdated. However, there are
some important changes which will be of particular interest to
homebuilders and owners, and to developers and municipalities.