{"id":228168,"date":"2025-10-21T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/228168\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T01:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:04:08","slug":"alberta-government-to-introduce-bill-limiting-who-can-run-in-provincial-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/228168\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta government to introduce bill limiting who can run in provincial elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Lisa Johnson<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted October 20, 2025 6:21 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith\u2019s government is planning to introduce legislation this fall to limit who can run in provincial elections.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Government house leader Joseph Schow says the changes will ensure only those who, in his words, \u201ctruly care and are serious about representing a community\u201d will be put on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Schow, speaking to reporters, declined to provide details on how that process would work.<\/p>\n<p>Asked how the bill would ensure the candidate approval process would not be abused for partisan political reasons, Schow would only say the goal is to bring transparency and clarity to the process.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760811490_766_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>He says there have been instances around the country where \u201ccertain interest groups\u201d have created very long ballots of names \u201cto confuse\u201d voters.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Minister Mickey Amery will be introducing the legislation, and his office confirmed that it will only apply to provincial elections.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The fall legislature sitting begins Thursday with a speech from the throne.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Poilievre calls \u2018longest ballot\u2019 protest in his new riding a \u2018scam\u2019'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Poilievre_longest_ballot.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:57<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPoilievre calls \u2018longest ballot\u2019 protest in his new riding a \u2018scam\u2019\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted October 20, 2025 6:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article 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