Alberta’s Bill 1: The Legal Questions Around Jason Kenney’s Protester Law

EDMONTON — On Tuesday, Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Alberta government tabled its first bill of the spring session — Bill 1, the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act.If voted into law, the bill would dictate sweeping penalties for anyone who gathers on what the government defines as “critical infrastructure.” “Over the last number of weeks, we’ve seen growing lawlessness across the country, pushing our railway lines to grind to a halt,” A