By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on April 13, 2021.
Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley announces proposed new legislation to protect Alberta s mountains and watershed from coal mining at a news conference in Calgary on March 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
EDMONTON – An Opposition bill that would preserve Alberta’s Rocky Mountains from open-pit coal mines could be debated in the legislature after a government-dominated committee on Tuesday gave unanimous consent for it to move forward.
NDP Leader Rachel Notley, the bill’s sponsor,immediately challenged government members to approve a motion to debate the bill next Monday instead of letting it die on the order paper.
Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley announces proposed new legislation to protect Alberta s mountains and watershed from coal mining at a news conference in Calgary on March 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
EDMONTON – An Opposition bill that would preserve Alberta’s Rocky Mountains from open-pit coal mines could be debated in the legislature after a government-dominated committee on Tuesday gave unanimous consent for it to move forward.
NDP Leader Rachel Notley, the bill’s sponsor,immediately challenged government members to approve a motion to debate the bill next Monday instead of letting it die on the order paper.
“Are they just going through the motions or are they really prepared to do what it takes and stand up for and represent the views of their constituents?” Notley asked after a meeting of the committee that screens private members’ bills and decides which of them goes ahead.
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