{"id":237943,"date":"2019-11-20T00:51:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T05:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237943"},"modified":"2019-11-20T00:51:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T05:51:44","slug":"notley-writes-to-lieutenant-governor-to-stop-ucp-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/20\/notley-writes-to-lieutenant-governor-to-stop-ucp-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Notley writes to lieutenant governor to stop UCP cover up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208502\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/55788363_10156964717171427_1631973309170057216_n-e1554449170478.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208502\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/55788363_10156964717171427_1631973309170057216_n-e1554449170478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/55788363_10156964717171427_1631973309170057216_n-e1554449170478.jpg 628w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/55788363_10156964717171427_1631973309170057216_n-e1554449170478-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/55788363_10156964717171427_1631973309170057216_n-e1554449170478-20x18.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cBill 22 is an abuse of power and an assault on the principles of democracy,\u201d said Notley on Tuesday after sending the letter. \u201cI am asking the Lieutenant Governor to step in and stop this government from passing this corrupt bill.\u201d (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rachelnotley\/photos\/a.10152482805471427\/10156964717166427\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rachelnotley\/\">Rachel Notley\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EDMONTON &#8211; Leader of Alberta\u2019s NDP and Official Opposition, Rachel Notley has sent a letter to her honour Lois Mitchell, the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, requesting that she exercise her authority to deny assent of Bill 22, that would remove the Office of the Election Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBill 22 is an abuse of power and an assault on the principles of democracy,\u201d said Notley on Tuesday after sending the letter. \u201cI am asking the Lieutenant Governor to step in and stop this government from passing this corrupt bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The letter contends that the bill represents an attack on the constitutionally acknowledged protections and distinctions between the executive, judicial, and legislative branches and asks the Lieutenant Governor to consider whether passing the bill would be an abuse of the privileges of executive council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NDP Caucus House Leader, Deron Bilous will be calling for an emergency debate in the legislature, Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis attack on our democratic principles and the disregard for accountability certainly constitutes an emergency,\u201d Bilous said. \u201cThis government\u2019s introduction of the closure motion prior to the introduction of the Bill represents a first in the history of the Alberta legislature and is an unprecedented and outrageous oppression of members\u2019 legislative rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON &#8211; Leader of Alberta\u2019s NDP and Official Opposition, Rachel Notley has sent a letter to her honour Lois Mitchell, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":208502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-albertas-ndp-caucus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237944,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237943\/revisions\/237944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}