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The Government of Alberta (French: gouvernement de l'Alberta) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Alberta.In modern Canadian use, the term Government of Alberta refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council) who are appointed on the advice of the premier.
The Alberta government and the Canadian federal government responded politically to address oil reserves and conservation of petroleum resources. In 1971, the Alberta Social Credit Party provincial government, headed by Harry Strom , created an environmental ministry , the first of its kind, with a mandate to manage and conserve Alberta's ...
The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, commonly known as the Alberta Sovereignty Act, is an act introduced on November 29, 2022, the first day of the fall sitting of the 4th Session of the 30th Alberta Legislature by the Premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, and passed on December 8, 2022.
Society of Local Government Managers of Alberta - Board of Directors Regulatory/Adjudicative Regulates local government managers, sets practice standards, and offers Certified Local Government Managers (CLGM) designation. Advanced Education: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Board of Governors Service Delivery
Besides the cost of surveying the area, and $10 spent on seed, the colony had incurred no expense to the provincial government. [3] The Province withdrew the settlement in 1960, causing most of the settlers to disperse. But one Wolf Lake settler, Isadore Cardinal, refused to leave, living and trapping in the former settlement area until at ...
The consequences of continued control of Alberta's resources by the federal government extended beyond the merely financial. As Alberta's smaller towns and rural areas were being connected to the electrical grid, Calgary Power made an application to the federal government for hydroelectric rights on the upper Bow River. Not wanting these rights ...
The Special Areas Board is the governing body of Alberta's special areas. Special areas are designated rural municipalities similar to municipal districts ; however, the elected advisory councils are overseen by four representatives appointed by the province, under the direct authority of Alberta Municipal Affairs .
Nevertheless, Alberta has always had the power to change its own internal composition without the approval of the federal parliament (within limits), and has done so on many occasions. For example Alberta has at various times had both a first-past-the-post and a hybrid single transferable vote / instant-runoff voting electoral system.