[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Wolven

How long do you think the "will of the majority" should last? The recall process documents the timing within the process documentation:



If you are going to have a recall process at all, I do not mind those time periods. There is a reasonable cooldown period after the last election so that you can give the MLA a chance to work for a year before a recall. Ideally the MLA is not doing anything to piss off the majority of the voters because the threshold is not just a 50% majority but 60% of the total number of votes cast in the last election.



By definition, the recall only works if the will of the majority says the elected MLA has done something so wrong that 60% of them are willing to sign a petition. But this is a new 'will of the majority' that has been updated by the actions of the MLA.

As for "rare and exceptional cases", I think the first and only use of the Notwithstanding Clause in the history of our province is exactly what you are looking for. We are not recalling the UCP because they gave themselves raises (which they did), or because they are grifting billions of our dollars to their friends (did that too - multiple times), but because they are destroying our public education system and revoking the charter rights of our fellow citizens (unique situation!).

Sadly, this is not true.
Klein used it in 2000 to try to block same sex marriage in Alberta.
But that was actually struck down by the Supreme Court because Provinces don't have the authority to define marriage. So even though it was ultimately unsuccessful, it was used.....to keep gay people from getting married....

Man, sometimes it really is embarrassing to be from Alberta.