globalnews.ca
71%
814
COVID-19 vaccination or negative test to be required for MLAs to sit in Alberta legislature: Nixon
Nixon indicated that rule will apply to staff at the Legislative Assembly Office but noted that since MLAs fall under a different jurisdiction, applying the policy to elected lawmakers has been more complicated.“The requirement, the need to be able to make sure that democratically elected officials can take their seat inside the chamber is something we have to address,” he said.Nixon said he expects that rules will be in place to also require MLAs who choose not to get vaccinated to produce a negative PCR test result or rapid test result within 72 hours of every scheduled shift and pay for that themselves.There are two Independent MLAs in Alberta’s legislature: Todd Loewen and Drew Barnes. Both are former UCP caucus members.