Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act amendment

Alberta's Bill 7 amends the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (S.A. 2022, c. A-39.5, the Smith UCP government's flagship 2022 statute giving Alberta Cabinet authority to declare federal initiatives unconstitutional and direct provincial entities not to enforce them). The 2024 amendment defines new procedural steps before invocation, requires the Cabinet motion to identify the specific federal statute or regulation challenged, and reduces but does not eliminate the central executive-override mechanism. The original Act is the subject of ongoing Alberta Court of King's Bench challenges by civil-liberties groups arguing it conflicts with section 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867 and the principle of parliamentary sovereignty.