ALBERTA’S REFERENDUM QUESTIONS 1-9 BREAKDOWN. 1. IMMIGRATION - WHO CONTROLS IT? The question asks whether Alberta should take increased control over immigration, with the stated purposes of bringing immigration down to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority for new employment opportunities. 🔹 Should Alberta have more control over who comes here, how many people come here and who gets priority for jobs? 2. WHO SHOULD QUALIFY FOR PROVINCIAL PROGRAMS? This asks whether Alberta should introduce a law limiting eligibility for provincially funded programs - including health care, education and social services - to Canadian citizens, permanent residents and people with Alberta-approved immigration status. 🔹 Should access to taxpayer-funded provincial programs depend on a person’s citizenship or immigration status? 3. A 12-MONTH WAIT FOR SOME SOCIAL SUPPORT? Assuming Canadian citizens and permanent residents continue to qualify as they do now, the question asks whether people with non-permanent legal immigration status should have to live in Alberta for at least 12 months before qualifying for provincially funded social-support programs. 🔹Should someone who is legally in Alberta temporarily have to establish 12 months of Alberta residency before accessing provincial social-support programs? 4. SHOULD SOME TEMPORARY RESIDENTS PAY FOR HEALTH CARE & EDUCATION? Again, the question specifically says Canadian citizens and permanent residents would continue to qualify as they do now. 🔹 It asks whether Alberta should charge a reasonable fee or premium to people with non-permanent immigration status for their own and their family’s use of Alberta’s health-care and education systems. Should some people who are temporarily living in Alberta pay an additional amount toward the provincial health and education systems they use? 5. SHOULD YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOU’RE CANADIAN TO VOTE? This asks whether Alberta should require people to provide proof of Canadian citizenship - such as a passport, birth certificate or citizenship card - when voting in a provincial election. 🔹Should proving Canadian citizenship become a requirement for voting in Alberta elections? 6. WHO SHOULD CHOOSE PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES? This question proposes that Alberta work with other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution so that provincial governments - rather than the federal government - select justices appointed to provincial King’s Bench and Appeal courts. 🔹 Should Alberta and other provinces have the constitutional power to choose these provincial judges instead of Ottawa? 7. SHOULD CANADA ABOLISH THE SENATE? This asks whether Alberta should work with other willing provinces to amend the Constitution to abolish the unelected federal Senate. 🔹 Should Canada get rid of the Senate altogether? 8. SHOULD ALBERTA BE ABLE TO OPT OUT OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND KEEP THE MONEY? It asks whether provinces should be able to opt out of federal programs that intrude on provincial jurisdiction - including areas such as health care, education and social services - without losing the associated federal funding, which could then be used in provincial social programs. 🔹 If Ottawa creates or funds a program in an area Alberta considers provincial jurisdiction, should Alberta be able to say “no thanks” and still receive the federal money associated with it? 9. SHOULD PROVINCIAL LAWS TAKE PRIORITY OVER CONFLICTING FEDERAL LAWS? This asks whether Alberta should work with other willing provinces to amend the Constitution to better protect provincial rights from federal interference by giving a province’s laws priority over conflicting federal laws in areas of provincial or shared constitutional jurisdiction. 🔹 When Alberta and Ottawa pass conflicting laws in areas of provincial or shared jurisdiction, should Alberta’s law take priority?