Kenney commits to lifting COVID-19 restrictions as Alberta highway protests continue The comments contradict what the premier has said about the issue in the past.“We’ve said we’ll respect the decision of municipalities in that regard.
We think these decisions are better taken locally,” Kenney said at a news conference on July 22, 2020.“Municipalities representing about 90 per cent of the population have already brought in various mask mandates based on their own various conditions.
We respect their authority to do so,” he commented on Nov. 25, 2020.But now he insists Alberta Health has more data and is better equipped to make the decisions.“The province, of course, has the right to consider economic impacts and mental health impacts,” Andrew Knack, the city councillor for Edmonton’s Ward Nakota Isga, told Global News.“Nobody would fault them for that, but just trust us enough to share the data.
Be transparent.”Knack said the province is considering the more difficult route by looking at changing the Municipal Government Act when it could simply provide municipalities with the data backing up its decisions to lift restrictions.“Premier Kenney is right — we don’t have the same information and data,” St.