(Bill 23 has not been passed yet but it will have
retroactive effect, if passed)
On June 16, 2020, the Alberta government introduced the
Commercial Tenancies Protection Act (the
“Act”) via Bill 23. This Act seeks to “close the
gaps” for commercial tenants whose landlords are choosing not
to participate in the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance
("CECRA"). If this Act is passed, it
will apply to all commercial tenancy agreements in effect at March
17, 2020 and to tenancy agreements that were entered into prior to
March 17 but became effective between March 17, 2020 and June 17,
2020.[1] (if the
government later chose to limit the types of landlords and tenants
this act applies to you it has the power to do so. Currently there
is no such limitation).
