Tue Mar 7, 2023 – 5:03 pm EST
EDMONTON, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) – The provincial government of Alberta will soon introduce a bill that would ban federal agents from illegally trespassing on private land.
Last Wednesday, House Leader Joseph Schow said that the forthcoming trespassing legislation, should it become law, will include federal agents being charged if they violate private property.
“We are seeing federal employees trespassing onto private land in Alberta,” Schow said.
“And as a result of that, we don’t think that that’s appropriate, so we’re making that an offence in this province — especially with the water testing … Should federal employees decide to trespass on private land, they will be charged.”
The bill will be introduced to the Alberta legislature in the spring session by the United Conservative Party government under Premier Danielle Smith.
Also coming in the spring will be a bill protecting the rights of legal firearms owners that will be designed to prevent federal overreach.
According to the office of Alberta Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro, there have been “no confirmed cases of trespass by federal government employees in Alberta.”
The trespassing bill follows reports last year that federal government
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