EDMONTON—A veteran Alberta MLA says it is essential that the province creates its own written constitution to send a clear message to Ottawa about the need to preserve the province’s freedom and prosperity.
Drew Barnes, the MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat, has served as an Independent member of Alberta’s Legislature for nearly two years, after being kicked out of the United Conservative Party in May 2021 for criticizing former Premier Jason Kenney’s COVID-19 lockdowns and pandemic management.
Barnes was first elected in 2012, under the banner of the Wildrose Party, and has been reelected twice, in 2015 and 2019.
In his view, Alberta’s constitution should serve four primary purposes….