Partisan intervention makes a mockery of referendums

Partisan intervention makes a mockery of referendums

Democracy in Alberta has been significantly weakened by the provincial government through multiple measures. These range from legislation such as Bill 20 in 2024 and Bill 54 in 2025 — which banned electronic tabulators, weakened local self-government by consolidating power within the provincial cabinet and restricted voting methods — to Bill 21 in 2024, where the UCP extended its own term in office by several months rather than shortening it.