On June 18, 2020, Bill 24: COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Statutes Amendment Act 2020 (the
"Bill") received its first reading in
the Alberta legislature. The Bill introduces amendments to 15
provincial statutes and aims to maintain response efforts to the
COVID-19 pandemic despite the expiry of the Province's state of
emergency. These amendments will impact legislation governing
labour and employment, child care, public health, and more.
The Bill also provides the Chief Medical Officer of Health with
a broad regulation-making power to introduce or extend orders
related to COVID-19 without a state of emergency imposed and to
allow all current public health orders that have been enacted by
the Chief Medical Officer of Health to remain in force.
Specifically, the Bill extends various existing measures and
Ministerial Orders, including:
