By DEIRDRE MITCHELL-MacLEAN.A Wheatland County councillor has made a change to his proposed resolution demanding changes in confederation – that if rejected by Ottawa – would trigger a referendum on Alberta’s independence..Jason Wilson is hoping to be able to table the resolution for a vote at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta zone meeting in January. .His original motion brought forward Nov. 6 said the referendum would happen in 2021. Now he has pushed back the date to 2023..But if Wheatland council does not agree to accept the resolution in their Dec. 17 meeting, it will not be presented to the zone meeting..Councillor Ben Armstrong said he was not ready to accept the resolution because it suggested a potential separation from Canada..Councillor Glenn Koester said he was also against the resolution now as the feedback he’s heard has been to “stay in (their) lane.”.County Reeve Amber Link spoke in favour of supporting the resolution as a method of advocacy from the municipality to other levels of government..“Grassroots movements can be powerful and the concerns of the West need to be addressed,” Link said..But she was also interested in doing more consultation with residents..The Resolution asks that the Government of Alberta act on the following recommendations:.Withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan and create an Alberta Pension Plan offering the same benefits at lower cost while giving Alberta control over the investment fund;Collect its own revenue from personal income tax, as the province already does for corporate income tax;Use Section 88 of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Quebec Secession Reference to remove Equalization from the Canadian Constitution;Use Section 88 of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Quebec Secession Reference to demand Senate reform;Start preparing to replace the R.C.M.P. as the provincial police force;The Province of Alberta enter into an agreement with the federal government, similar to the Canada-Quebec Accord, allowing Alberta to oversee its own immigration that depicts the regional, cultural and economic needs of the Province..It said if those demands aren’t met, Albertans would vote on in an independence referendum in 2023..Wilson was a Jason Kenney delegate for his 2017 run for the PC leadership, and currently holds memberships in the United Conservative Party of Alberta, Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta, and the People’s Party of Canada.
By DEIRDRE MITCHELL-MacLEAN.A Wheatland County councillor has made a change to his proposed resolution demanding changes in confederation – that if rejected by Ottawa – would trigger a referendum on Alberta’s independence..Jason Wilson is hoping to be able to table the resolution for a vote at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta zone meeting in January. .His original motion brought forward Nov. 6 said the referendum would happen in 2021. Now he has pushed back the date to 2023..But if Wheatland council does not agree to accept the resolution in their Dec. 17 meeting, it will not be presented to the zone meeting..Councillor Ben Armstrong said he was not ready to accept the resolution because it suggested a potential separation from Canada..Councillor Glenn Koester said he was also against the resolution now as the feedback he’s heard has been to “stay in (their) lane.”.County Reeve Amber Link spoke in favour of supporting the resolution as a method of advocacy from the municipality to other levels of government..“Grassroots movements can be powerful and the concerns of the West need to be addressed,” Link said..But she was also interested in doing more consultation with residents..The Resolution asks that the Government of Alberta act on the following recommendations:.Withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan and create an Alberta Pension Plan offering the same benefits at lower cost while giving Alberta control over the investment fund;Collect its own revenue from personal income tax, as the province already does for corporate income tax;Use Section 88 of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Quebec Secession Reference to remove Equalization from the Canadian Constitution;Use Section 88 of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Quebec Secession Reference to demand Senate reform;Start preparing to replace the R.C.M.P. as the provincial police force;The Province of Alberta enter into an agreement with the federal government, similar to the Canada-Quebec Accord, allowing Alberta to oversee its own immigration that depicts the regional, cultural and economic needs of the Province..It said if those demands aren’t met, Albertans would vote on in an independence referendum in 2023..Wilson was a Jason Kenney delegate for his 2017 run for the PC leadership, and currently holds memberships in the United Conservative Party of Alberta, Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta, and the People’s Party of Canada.
