Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre (L) holds a press conference with (2nd L–R) lawyer Jeffrey Rath, Dr. Dennis Modry, and former MP LaVar Payne in Calgary on March 26, 2025. The Epoch Times
The Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), a sovereignty advocacy group, has filed a new question for an independent referendum following the royal assent of Bill 14, the Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, on Dec. 11.
Introduced by Alberta’s United Conservative Party government on Dec. 4, Bill 14 contains a range of proposed amendments to existing legislation, including removing the province’s chief electoral officer’s ability to refer citizen-initiated questions to the courts, transferring that authority to the justice minister instead. Another amendment was to provide the ability to halt any active court cases brought by the chief electoral officer in relation to citizens’ initiatives.
