Alberta plans bills on insurance, utility bills and data centres this fall

Bills coming this fall

• Lower auto insurance costs
• Utility bill protections
• Ticket resale and used-vehicle rules
• Stronger AI data centre rules

Government house leader Joseph Schow says new bills will lower auto insurance costs and protect Albertans on utility bills. Rules on ticket resales and used vehicles are also coming.

Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi questions the new data centre rules after two years of courting builders, including a $13-billion Meta project in Sturgeon County. Schow says residents' worries about the grid, power bills and water were heard.

A plan for merit-based public sector hiring draws criticism: Nenshi calls it a coded message against diversity hiring, while Schow says it is about public trust. Alberta's next election is set for Oct 18, 2027.