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Alberta Next panel recommends ditching RCMP, referendum to quit CPP
The Alberta Next Panel recommends referendums on pension plan exit, immigration control, and constitutional changes following input from over 5,000 residents across the province.
- Dec. 19, 2025 — The Alberta Next Panel recommended replacing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with a provincial police force and holding a referendum on quitting the Canada Pension Plan.
- Premier Danielle Smith formed the panel earlier this year amid tense relations with Ottawa, holding 10 in-person town halls and engaging more than 5,000 Albertans through meetings and online consultations.
- The panel proposed two referendum questions asking about provincial control over immigration and collaborating on constitutional amendments, recommended a provincial certificate of immigration, and urged a cost-benefit analysis of Alberta collecting personal income taxes.
- Premier Danielle Smith said the UCP caucus will review recommendations before any action, and issues will be put to voters in 2026, amid opposition criticism.
- If followed, the recommendations could reshape policing by 2032 when the RCMP contract ending in 2032 shifts rural policing to the Alberta Police Service, and Alberta leads equalization and fiscal federalism reforms amid contested CPP claims.
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Leaning Left17Leaning Right1Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution74% Left
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